"You only hate Obama because he's black"

[abaris]

As a former theist who always voted GOP, my dislike for Obama had nothing to do with his skin color.  You could accuse me of being brainwashed by right-wing propaganda if you want to, but I find the charge of "If you're not X you must be a racist" to be very narrow-minded and a pathetic strawman.

For some people black certainly comes into the mix. The flak Obama gets from the right is nearly unprecidented. But I tend to believe it's more down to the right moving to the extremist corner than his skin color.

I mean, come on, Nixon ran a criminal racket from the Oval Office, Bush II lied you into wars and Reagan shipped weapons to Iran to support his favorite death squad in Nicaragua.

Given all that, Obama doesn't seem that bad. But compared to todays GOP, Nixon, Reagan and even Bush II were bleeding heart liberals. Another step right and there lies the abyss of fascism. I'm sure, Donald is well equipped to take that final step. According to his own account at the Republican debate.