“The tea parties have tapped into a sense of powerlessness among many conservatives and libertarians who do not approve of Obama and his popularity.”
I for one could care less if it were Ronald Reagan. If he had Obama’s views and policies, I wouldn’t be able to stand him. It has nothing to do with Obama himself and his popularity.
Ditto.
But there is no point in us saying so.
A)Obama is the one
B)Obama is popular among leftists.
Ipso facto, if you disapprove of his policies (pretty much all of them), then it can’t be the policies at fault, it must be you.
Put it another way. With the left, all attacks on their opponents are personal. So, in their demented logic, your attacks on BO’s policies are actually personal attacks. They don’t know how to debate policy.