Watching political events from 2012 it was a strong reminder of how many attacks on Obama centered around his intelligence and jokes about reading from a teleprompter. Mitt Romney joked about Obama’s college transcripts. It was ubiquitous.

I just gave myself a headache by trying to imagine a person who thinks Obama is dumb and Trump is smart

Yeah whatever one may think about Obama, the dude is whip smart. He broke a lot of conservative minds and we’re still dealing with the backlash to his presidency to this day. As a naive white guy it shocked and horrified me how much racism bubbled to the surface from people I used to think better of