Except when the historical evidence is "always". Then you can say "always" until it changes. I understand what you are saying. Except the America people think in terms of who's in the WH.
Heck Republicans imagine all kinds of things when a Democrats in the WH. They imagine the President as tax and spend even when he lowers taxes and spending as Obama did. Then they imagine Trump draining the swamp as he's filling it. They imagine Obama as a liar even though they only can think of one or two lies he told. Then when Trump entered office they imagined that lies no longer matter.
Americans imagine the US as a moral nation even though it's constantly at war and selling more weapons than any other nation in the world. They imagined that sending kids fresh out of high school to their deaths halfway around the world fighting for the independence of a country they wouldn't even want to live in as a noble cause. Just not noble enough to risk their own lives.
They imagine that Germany is declaring war on the US by taking over the internet under the influence of the Roman Empire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=EsSG9dNXLIE
And they imagine there is a magic man in the sky that will fix everything after they f**k up the planet with pollution and war.
But there is one thing you can always count on without having to imagine.... The GOP raising America's deficit spending.