I have to say that as much as I think Obama dropped the ball on major issues like the Bush tax cuts, I have unedning respect for his ability to take all of this racist hogwash in stride. I probably would have lost my cool many times over.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell