...figure: only 37% of white Americans "think that Barack Obama has been a better president than George W. Bush." Really? 63% of white Americans are -- at best -- not sure that Bush was worse than Obama? What parallel universe do these people live in?This dovetails with my (still) developing narrative that the United States, unlike some countries, is a motley collection of competing tribes, each fearful of the others. And white Christians, although the largest and most influential tribe, have absolutely no time for anyone who -- unlike George W. Bush, for example -- isn't working constantly to support their position at the top of the food chain.
I guess a friend of mine was right when he said, in a different context, "It's all about fear."
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