I think I just ‘got’ why Republicans have gone so far off the deep end over Obama. Watching him speak, I imagined if he was talking as well as he does, but pushing right wing talking points, and it was a terrifying thought. For the most part there really hasn’t been a republican able to articulate anything clearly for some time. People say maybe the last Republican able to do that was Reagan, but Reagan was pretty middle-of-the-road compared to modern Republicans, and yeah, he drove the left crazy too (though it was legitimate… cuz Reagan was also objectively a monster).

So… I’m not really faulting them anymore for the birther-ism, calling him a socialist etc. They’re just flat terrified of what they perceive as his efficacy. Good.