My husband and I had this discussion last night. He said to me that if the economy tanks, Obama gets this election. I vehemently disagreed, and he said, “Look, most of the American public is not the political junkie you are. Ask fifty people at random who is at fault for the financial crisis, and they’re going to blame Bush.”
I hope and pray that my fellow citizens are at least smarter than that, but I don’t know.
The average American voter is ignorant.
He’s right; 99% of people are blaming Bush and Republicans for the financial meltdown. The MSM is either too stupid or too corrupt to report what is actually happening and why, so they simply parrot the Dems talking point that this is the fault of deregulation (i.e., Republicans). Nothing the Republicans say from here on out will get a moment of air-time.
The election is over unless something big happens on the foreign policy side and Obama screws up in a very public way. At this point, I don’t see that happening. There is nothing that McCain-Palin can do now to turn this around; they will not even be allowed to get a word in edgewise (so far, McCain’s response has been lame anyway).
Well, consider the fact that many hold Bush personally responsible for high gasoline prices so his buddies in the oil business can get richer.
The level of ignorance in America is frightening, and I am not optimistic.