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I think the White House aide nails why Obama became unpopular.
It was all a show, "words, just words."
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It was all a show, "words, just words."
In more confiding moments, aides admit that the peak of Obama's popularity may have been inflated, a fleeting result of elation at the prospect of change and national pride in electing the first African-American President. As one White House aide puts it, "It was sort of fake."
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Jackie Walorski, says she is often approached by Obama voters who want to vent. "This has burned people," she says. "Their words, not mine: 'Betrayed by the health care vote.' 'What are they thinking when it comes to spending?' 'Broken promises when it comes to jobs.' " At one recent Walorski house party, held at dusk beside a cornfield, two attendees, Matthew and Frances Napieralski, identified themselves as former supporters of the President. "He's not what I voted for," said Matthew, who runs a plastic-injection-molding shop in town. "It's a shame that they led us to believe one thing," said Frances, "and then everything changes."
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2015629-3,00.html#ixzz0yUxHJYs9
Read more: Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit? - TIME
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