Biden: Bush made WV voters so angry that they voted for felon instead of Obama
By AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16676)
Boston, Massachusetts
May 18, 2012 3:43pm CST
Confused? You shouldn't be. There's nothing this administration can't blame on Bush.
According to Joe Biden, he doesn't blame West Virginia voters for being so angry and scared that a convicted felon garnered a large portion of the vote in the Democratic presidential primary.
According to Joe the Genius:
"And a lot of people are still hurting because of this god-awful recession we inherited that cost 8.4 million jobs before we could really get going. And so I don’t blame people, they’re frustrated, they’re angry."
Of course, there's no reason that the people of WV would be disappointed with the president who promised to shut down the coal industry. They certainly wouldn't hold his three years of failed economic policies against him. They're just angry at the god-awful recession that Obama inherited from Bush, not angry because Obama made it worse.
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8 responses
@6precious102 (4043)
• United States
19 May 12
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Bush warn Congress that they needed to do something about Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac otherwise there was going to be financial trouble, and didn't Congress pooh-pooh his warning? Which was the majority party in the House and Senate during the Bush years?
You have to hand it to the Democrats. They're masters at putting the blame for their own mistakes on the Republicans and getting away with it.
@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
19 May 12
It's easy to get away with it when you are aided and abetted by the mainstream media. The blame game is so pervasive now, if it rains on a day someone planned a picnic, they blame the Bush administration. For some reason, they don't see that by saying the policies of someone who has been out of office for three years are more powerful than the policies you've had in effect for the last three years, you've admitted that you don't know what you're doing.
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@deebomb (15304)
• United States
19 May 12
That man just doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut does he? It's a good thing that Bush has broad shoulders. He is the reason that solyndra went bankrupt Every thing is his fault. Keith Russell Judd may be better looking than Obama is. The first time my granddaughter was old enough to vote she was going to vote for Clinten because she thought he was so good looking. Well her Dad set her straight She just turned eighteen on election day that year. I'm sure a number f young girls voted for Obama for the same reason
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@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
19 May 12
I think that's the best description of their argument style that I have ever heard - the rationalization of a teen-aged girl. I have mentally contrasted their blame-heavy excuses with those I hear regularly from my teen and they are eerily similar. It's always someone else's fault...
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@redhotpogo (4398)
• United States
26 May 12
I yi yi. I read this story before. They should change the name of their party to "Blame Bush". There has never been a more incompetent administration in the history of the United States. Lying to the American public and pointing fingers instead of taking responsibility and trying to fix things. How is anything going to get better when you just point fingers? Obama is the biggest disgrace to America, the democrat party, and the black American community. His nomination as the first black president was wasted.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
18 May 12
It has gone past ignorance and being uneducated, it is in the creepy zone now. Like the twilight zone where reality has no bearing.
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@millertime (1394)
• United States
19 May 12
Joe Biden should just stop talking altogether. He's just not very good at it.
If you think blaming Bush, or anybody and everybody else for this administration's failures is ridiculous, just wait until the campaigning really gins up. They will be blaming anybody else they possibly can to try and hide their own shortcomings. Obama is already telling fairy tales, so what's a little finger pointing to go along with it.
I really think the Obama administration is going to go down in flames. The campaign should be interesting if not downright entertaining. 
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@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
20 May 12
I was thinking they may break out his mother's ob/gyn. I'm sure he could tell us how horrible the little fetus was to his mother's rights as a woman.
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
24 May 12
It seems that President Bush made a lot of people angry as I heard that 40% of the primary voters in the last round of Democratic Primaries voted for delegates other those who are pledged to President Obama. That is a large number to lose in your own party, people who supported you in the 2008 election. I guess thay did not get the "Change" they thought they were getting.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
24 May 12
You did mean Obama and not Bush right? I admit, it is hard to tell the difference sometimes.
@bestboy19 (5478)
• United States
19 May 12
Where was Biden when Obama was making all those promises for his first term in office? It appears the Democrat voters of West Virginia were paying more attention than our Vice President. Maybe promises not kept and jobs threatened are reasons enough to vote for a felon, especially when it's obvious Obama didn't know what he was doing any more than you'd expect a felon to know. I suppose it's WV's way of saying, "What's the difference?"
