If Obama came to each of them and personally shot him, it would still be our fault somehow. When we are all starving, broke, and dying in the streets, it will not be the fault of their glorious Messiah. No, they feel no remorse.
Talking to one of them the other day about the glories of Obamacare. This is my area of professional specialty and I do know a good deal about it. He said (a) I didn’t know what I was talking about, and (b) it was going to be wonderful, fabulous, etc. I pointed out all the flaws and problems, and he just shook his head in incomprehension. Obama did this wonderful thing for us, but I was still ungrateful? If Obamacare wasn’t perfect, that was just because the mean Republicans weren’t willing to spend enough on it.
How can you reason with that thinking? They’re insane. This must have been how the German people were during Hitler’s ascendancy.
You can't.
Whenever you score an inescapable logical direct hit, complete with citing sources that even they have to accept as valid, their eyes go unfocused for a moment, then they completely change the subject. I grew up the the San Francisco Bay Area up to my neck in people like that, and lived there for much of my life, I don't even debate them anymore. It'd be easier to spend my time trying to teach my cat to manage my finances or something. I think he's brighter than a lot of them.
You're right about the Hitler thing. I read a quote years ago that held that fascism would return- wearing the mask of antifascism.
Ask them what student loans have to do with healthcare. The bill took over the student loan system in the country except, as I recall, one bank in the upper midwest that is an Obama donor. They look at you stupidly because they have no idea what this means.