And You Know That Whole Pearl Harbor Thing? Obama’s Fault.
Just when you think that Texas Republicans are the dumbest creatures on God’s green earth, along come Louisiana to grab the crown.
Louisiana Republicans are closely split on who was at fault for the Katrina mess. But, Obama wins.
According to a Public Policy Polling survey, 29 percent of Louisiana Republicans say President Obama is more to blame for the botched executive branch response to Hurricane Katrina while just 28 percent blamed George W. Bush. A plurality of 44 percent said they were unsure who was more responsible, even though Hurricane Katrina occurred over three years before Obama entered the presidency when he was still a freshman Senator.
That must have been difficult to do after he piloted the airplanes that attacked the World Trade Center.
You know, you’d think the people in Louisiana would remember the Katrina thing because … well, THEY WERE FREEKIN’ THERE.
Thanks to Raphael and Carl for the heads up.
That is holy crap on a cracker there hons.
1If you drill down into the numbers…of those blaming Obama, 60% call themselves somewhat conservative or very conservative:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/161910086/PPP-Louisiana-poll-August-2013
Moral of the story: If you’re conservative, you have a memory like a brain-damaged goldfish.
2You just can’t fix stupid.
3That is so funny. I was just thinking this morning how southern states are standing up and fighting back against the red-state, regressive policies that plague us. And, then there’s Louisiana over there. Just sitting, doing nothing. They must be content in their misery and/or in la-la land.
4And we wonder why Louisiana leads the nation in gun violence?
5As a student of history, I have wondered how different this country would be if the South had won “the war”. These folks really should have space all to them-selves. Someday Girl and Carolsb are correct.
628%
18 to 45
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35%
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37%
Older than 65
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Here is the problem with polls – they usually call land lines. This poll would indicate that the majority of the people in Louisiana are over 65. That is true – with land line use only. That group is also the Faux News demographic – unfortunately for us that are older, but somehow have resisted the Faux indoctrination..
7Didn’t Loosiana’s Republican governor Piyush Jindal warn his party about being the party of stupid? Evidently the warning was not heard,or if heard not heeded.
8Well, Bush did say “Good job, Brownie!” I can see the confusion! Snark!
9But … don’t ya’ll understand … Obama is Teh Black!!
10And, for Taxed Enough Already Party and ancient Republicans, recorded history started on January 21,2009, when “That Black Man Invaded Our White House”, according to Faux Nooz.
11Wonder how the poll was worded. I was taking an online poll a week or so ago and got to a question with two possible answers and didn’t agree with either – I was in the middle on the issue, and there was no “agree, strongly agree,” etc., just two extremes. I quit answering then.
12I can see how Obama would be responsible for Pearl Harbor, because he was born in Hawaii. Or wait, was it that he was responsible for Karen Blixen’s coffee farm burning in Kenya? Gotta get Trump on the phone…
13Off topic but thank you so much for the lovely snail mail note. I’ve donated to many causes and always receive acknowledgment but never such a personal one.
What a classy lady you are!
Barbara in Los Angeles
14It’s just another example of how Republicans in particular have forgotten who was President of the United States between January of 2001 and January of 2009. To them, it was either Clinton or Obama who was in office… but not You Know Who.
15Didn’t President Obama also order the Death Star to destroy Alderan? We should demand Congressional hearings on this!
16Compare this thread with the earlier one about Don Dwyer blaiming his DWI on gay marriage. Do Republicans first light up before ever discussing cause and effect or responsibility? And what are they smoking?
17Yeah, it all that, and they drink!!!
18Now I know how Louie Gohmert keeps being reelected. There are a bunch of Luzianians who are coming over the state line and voting in his district!
19Stupid is as stupid does! Shades of Forest Gump!
20I am embarrassed, as a former (too old now) teacher. I taught Government, US History and World History… I would be thrown OUT of a classroom now..because I would NOT confine my remarks to ‘sweet’… They are guano psychotic!!!!
I have this great idea. Let’s start doing street comedy and dance and sing the facts in neighborhoods where folks go outside. You get a nice beat going, with facts worked in, some of it’s gonna stick. I’m serious.
21One thing to remember is the experiment that showed people who aren’t incentivized in surveys like this are more likely to say things they know to be false in order to demonstrate their ideology. From that viewpoint, it’s unlikely that as many conservatives actually believe this, but have no problem fucking with survey takers.
22New Orleans & the delta are heavily Democratic.
23Thanks for the poll breakdown, Someday Girl.
24The actual percentage of conservative/ somewhat conservative voters is 82%. This poll was skewed from the start. No self-respecting Democrat would blame anybody else but Dubya. No way, no how.
Granny, Dems were not part of this poll – it was 274 self identifying R primary voterss. And yes, it was 82% overall identifying as somewhat or very conservative but specifically on blaming Obama for the Katrina response it was 60% (page 2).
Susie, the wording of the question was:
“Who do you think is more responsible for the poor response to Hurricane Katrina: George W. Bush or Barack Obama?”
It did have a push aspect, but there’s still only one right answer. lol
25I have never seen clearer evidence of why Republicans keep winning when they are wrong on just about every issue.
26Maggie, you crack me up. I think Jim Wright from Stonekettle Station might say, “And also Nazis.”
I say, “Bless their hearts, the poor little nitwits.” I’m going to go have a glass of wine now.
27Just 274 Republican voters were polled. So I don’t think can really be extrapolated to the entire population of the state. (I’m an optimist!) My favorite post on the website:
“I think it is a fair response.
Obama did nothing to manage the Federal response to Katrina, and Bush did slightly more than that.”
28Wholly unsurprising. Ignorance is a feature, not a bug, of regressive educational policy.
29God help us, don’t they have schools in that state, also
30you have to wonder about the mentality of people who make a conspiracy theory about the Obama’s having a black puppy, obviously showing his racism, but also that the puppy is named sunny, they think it means sunni – of course it is a muslim puppy!
I suspect it’s the okra :>)
All that gumbo they eat, made with that dangerous okra plant, (that needed a S.W.A.T. invasion to pull up), has got to be affecting people in our neighboring state. Can’t be good for them.
Or, it even could be the lack of the opportunity for a good education. I once tutored a kid who had gone to school, through the 9th grade in Louisiana. Darned good football player. Nice kid. Problem was… he couldn’t read. And, he was dyslexic.
I love New Orleans. It’s a beautiful old city. But, times change, and sometimes people change with the times. Hasn’t happened in Louisiana. It’s sad.
Too bad they didn’t poll the people who lost everything during Katrina. Probably would have been a different outlook on all their questions. Good Lord Y’all.
31Point of personal priviledge, please Miss JJ.
Totally off topic. Or, maybe not since we are talking lack of education.
If you haven’t yet had the chance to do so…give Al Jazzera America a look. Don’t watch a lot of daytime tv. Did yesterday, just for the heck of it. Saw an hour long interview with David Frost (about those red sox) and a Cuban ballet star. Turns out he has, in the past danced with the Houston Ballet, The Royal Ballet, and so many more prominent dance companies. He is building an “Arts” center, in Cuba which will include dance, painting, you name it. To further artistic endeavors of people there. An hour of pure delight…. and I’m not a big fan of the ballet. But, it was a great interview. Give the network look sometime when you can. I don’t think you will waste your time.
32Math is hhaaarrdd! Reality of time is even HHaarrddeeerr!!!
33BIG UPS to Miemaw… love your beautiful insight, I am trying to formulate my thoughts the way you do. You have beautiful flow.
“If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.” ~ George W. Bush
If you make everyone stupid, then you can tell them anything you want, and they will embrace it as gospel. “1st Republicans”
34Is it any wonder now that the Republicans are against education? Keep the “unwashed masses” stupid so they will vote for you.
35Go home Louisiana. You’re drunk.
36Militant Milk Mustache Marxist Manifesto
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