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A new PPP found that Louisiana Republicans blame Barack Obama for the response to Hurricane Katrina that happened three plus years before he was president.

According to PPP, “And one final note from Louisiana- he may have been 3.5 years away from the White House when the storm hit, but slightly more Republicans in the state blame Barack Obama for the handling of Hurricane Katrina (29%) than do George W. Bush (28%). 44% don’t have an opinion either way.”

Many Republicans have apparently selectively blacked out all memories of George W. Bush’s second term, and have assigned anything that happened after 2004 to Barack Obama.

The question itself was interesting because it wasn’t measuring who Republicans in the state blame for the response to Katrina. What the question was really measuring was the depth of the Obama hate in the state. How far were Republicans willing to break from reality in order to blame President Obama for something that he had absolutely nothing to do with? The answer was pretty far.

A sizable number of Louisiana Republicans were more than willing to rewrite history in order to blame Obama.

Instead of accepting and coping with their failures, Republicans have created an alternate reality. Due to the collective reinforcement provided by Republican political dominance, red states have taken this a step beyond and have created an alternate universe where Obama is to blame for everything Bush did. http://www.politicususa.com/2013/08/21/louisiana-republicans-party-bla
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Poll at http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_LA_821.pdf

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Originally posted by Niki2:
What the hell is Rap on about? What truth hurts? That there are an awful lot of screwed-up right-wing Louisianans?

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Who do you think was more responsible for the
poor response to Hurricane Katrina: George W.
Bush or Barack Obama?

George W. Bush 28%
Barack Obama 29%
Not sure 44%

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