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funkah on Dec 28, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Would Obama Veto SOPA? Extremely Doubtful

People don't care, he gets blamed for stuff that happened before he was in office all the time. I've seen Republican members of congress publicly blame him for TARP too. The downturn we're in right now is the "Obama economy" even though it started before he was elected.

throwaway64 on Dec 28, 2011 [–]

blame everything on the previous guy, claim all success, rise, repeat

Its amazing how people fall for this tactic over and over again

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