They continue with the "It was Bush's fault" mantra in Chicago.

 

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/04/inevitable-chicago-pols-blame-bush-for-olympics-loss/

“There must be” resentment against America, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, near the stage where he had hoped to give a victory speech in Daley Center Plaza. “The way we [refused to sign] the Kyoto Treaty, we misled the world into Iraq. The world had a very bad taste in its mouth about us. But there was such a turnaround after last November. The world now feels better about America and about Americans. That’s why I thought the president’s going was the deal-maker.”

State Rep. Susana Mendoza (D-Chicago) said she saw firsthand the resentment against America five years ago when she was in Rio de Janeiro. “I feel in my gut that this vote today was political and mean-spirited,” she said.

“I travel a lot. … I thought we had really turned a corner with the election of President Obama. People are so much more welcoming of Americans now. But this isn’t the people of those countries. This is the leaders still living with outdated impressions of Americans.”

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said she was approached by a consul general at the plaza as they waited for word Friday. “He said … he was hearing that there wasn’t enough time for Barack Obama to dispel the old image. … But I don’t know if that’s it.”

 

To be fair, Republicans are still blaming Bill Clinton for stuff, so why should Dubya get off the hook so soon?

To be fair, Republicans are still blaming Bill Clinton for stuff, so why should Dubya get off the hook so soon?

 

Yep, both sides do it.:thumb:

Heck, FDR was being attacked this past year for making the Great Depression linger.

To blame any single person is just ignorant in my opinion.

 

No doubt, but the Obamas (Obamas Fail in Personal Pitch...) are technically two people; hence the blame...

No doubt, but the Obamas (Obamas Fail in Personal Pitch...) are technically two people; hence the blame...

 

Add in the 3rd O in the equation and I think that accounts for 4 people.

Yep, both sides do it.:thumb:

Heck, FDR was being attacked this past year for making the Great Depression linger.

 

To be fair, the individual who did that was a free market libertarian.

Is this the new "American way?"

 

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1460906593?bctid=43158474001

Is this the new "American way?"

 

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1460906593?bctid=43158474001

Just imagine the uproar if this had happened during the Bush administration. They would be accused of being unpatriotic and anti-American.

Just imagine the uproar if this had happened during the Bush administration. They would be accused of being unpatriotic and anti-American.

 

I'm sure you're like me and realize that not all who are anti-Obama were thrilled to lose the Olympics. O'Reilly, for example, has come out against this type of response.

 

Unfortunately, while in the past this kind of response was simply not even a remote possibility from anyone it is in today's world of "part first country second."

Just imagine the uproar if this had happened during the Bush administration. They would be accused of being unpatriotic and anti-American.

It would have been the same response, different group.

I'm sure you're like me and realize that not all who are anti-Obama were thrilled to lose the Olympics. O'Reilly, for example, has come out against this type of response.

 

Unfortunately, while in the past this kind of response was simply not even a remote possibility from anyone it is in today's world of "part first country second."

Heck, even Ann Coulter did not think the whole Olympic thing was not that big of a deal :lol:

It would have been the same response, different group.

The groups cackling now would be abhorred if the shoe was on the other foot, which just illustrates the hypocrisy.

 

And we'd never hear the end of it on this forum, either.

The groups cackling now would be abhorred if the shoe was on the other foot, which just illustrates the hypocrisy.

 

And we'd never hear the end of it on this forum, either.

Again, that's no different, the groups that are abhorred now would be cackling if the shoe was on the other foot. Unless you're trying to tell all of that hypocrisy exists only on the right....wihich would be.....hypocrisy.

I'm mainly talking about the muted reaction here. If the shoe was on the other foot ...