A TRIVIAL POSTSCRIPT. While sometimes it is accurate to attribute actions you approve to “Obama” and actions you despise to “America,” or vice versa, most of the time if you use that formula you’re being a self-righteous jackass. Similarly if you can recognize either good or bad qualities in American culture but can’t recognize these exact same qualities when displayed by Obama. As I think we should all be well aware by now, he is as American as anybody.

…Is this one of my meta-pharisaical posts again? “I’m so glad I’m not self-righteous like those other people!” Still, it seemed worth saying.