Has anyone noticed what I have about republican candidates for office this year?

[bhikkhu]

3. I think it has to do with the alternative reality they have carefully constructed

Having insulated themselves in a carefully constructed facsimile of the real world, where they imagine themselves to be "the smartest guys in the room" and the natural leaders of the country, where there are certainly no black presidents, nor is there climate change, where "the good poor" admire them, and the rest must be managed with a firm hand to keep their place...

An Obama button is a lethal threat to the whole fantasy, and a reminder that they are anachronisms and throwbacks in the real world.