re: #78 garhighway

Does “criticism” = “bashing”?

If I say the tax cuts were bad policy, am I “Bush bashing”?

Just trying to understand the nomenclature.

There is a distinction.

Criticism falls under “blaming”.

Bashing is the name calling (Chimpbushhitler…) and other unhinged behavior.

The President has engaged in blaming. This is horribly non-productive because it focuses on placing fault and neglects to own up to the bi-partisan problems that need fixing, not affixing to each others party.