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I really regret making my comment. It was about presidents getting credit and blame for the consequences of whatever happened before they were in office. It just shows that people are not capable of discussing things without immediately going into their partisan positions.

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It’s a sign of how bad things are in the U.S. State something obvious, like you did, that jives with someone’s attachement to a political party and you get irrational responses. The polarization is palpable. People don’t seem to rationally discuss policy. It’s about defending/justifying political parties. It’s the party that matters.

Mann and Ornstein predicted this and explain its causes.

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