It is about time we recognize the gorilla in the room with Obama whenever and wherever Republicans are involved. The first thing out of Mitch McConnell’s mouth after the Obama election 2008 was “We are going to make him a one term president.” Question: Why did McConnell find it necessary or appropriate to utter such a declaration? Previous presidential elections have never seen such sour grapes. Why, also, the total and unrelenting obstruction of everything Obama attempts to accomplish throughout both of his terms in office. This has never been done before to any president, not to FDR, not LBJ, and certainly not to any Republican president. Examine every factor you can dream up relating to Obama’s presidency and none explains the level of hate generated from day one: the same kind of hate underlying the sorry Jim Crow practices of the South.