I've come to a realization about Republican versus Democratic people. There's a projection

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we all have with respect to our party. We see our favorite candidate and we think to ourselves that the slant they're using to get elected is a temporary thing, and once they get voted in, they'll conform to what we actually think of them. I think that members of both parties are somewhat disappointed in the long run, but I've found something else to be true... Rethugs believe that Dems will be as disappointed as they have been.

Is there a delusion among Rethugs that causes them to believe that our candidates are as disappointing as they find theirs to be? Is this the reason they portray our candidates as "who is he really?" and "we don't know him"? Are they simply projecting after having been lied to again and again by the candidates they believed in?

We simply, as Dems, have very few candidates that disappointed us. And the Rethugs, unfortunately for them, have a laundry list of failed, disappointing candidates.

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1. There's a difference between disappointing policies and individuals

We've had Democratic candidates that disappointed us at a personal level.

The disappointment with Republicans tends to be about epic failures in policy.

Reagan continued to be personally popular, even as his policies undermined the basic foundations of our country and our constitution.



Clinton became extremely unpopular at a personal level, even as his policies succeeded; He disappointed us for his personal weaknesses, but his administration achieved solid accomplishments in foreign and domestic policy.



Bush is an anomaly for becoming both a personal and a political embarrassment.

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2. "Who is [Obama] really?" is an attempt to play up his "differentness" in the eyes of white voters.