The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In this game of politics, it's always kind of blame.
It's easy to keep issuing blame to Republicans or the president.
Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.
At least the politicians are accountable to the voters.
The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
The longer I live, the more I feel that the individual is not so much to blame - not even the worst individuals, not even the 'best' citizens - as the system of corruption which has grown up about us, and which rewards an honest man with a mere living and a crook with all the magnificence of our magnificent modern life.
You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.
Governing was always difficult for conservatives, but as they return to the opposition, they are rediscovering their skill at blame evasion.
No one is accountable anymore for anything. No one did anything wrong. Well, you're to blame. That's to blame. This is to blame.
Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection.
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