That awkward moment when you realize your bigotry only makes YOU look stupid

An author named “Barack Obama, JD” published an article on Monday in a scholarly journal. No prizes for guessing the topic: It’s an assessment of the Affordable Care Act as well as policy recommendations for the next president to improve the U.S. health care system. The article, titled “United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps,” was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association…[and] which contains 68 footnotes to academic journals and government publications, claims to present evidence showing that the number of Americans without health insurance has dropped dramatically, and resulted in lower hospital readmission rates. Obama also used the article to recommend the introduction of a “public option” plan in parts of the U.S. and for the federal government to push down drug prices…. While publication in JAMA is widely regarded as an impressive accomplishment, some may wish to take Obama’s contribution with a grain of salt since it was not peer-reviewed and appears with a title of “special contribution.” Nonetheless, according to JAMA editor-in-chief Howard Bauchner, the article went through a two months of fact-checking and multiple edits and revisions.

There’s a school of Conservative thought that holds The Black Guy in the White House © to be stupid and incapable of doing the heavy intellectual lifting require to lead America. That he’s a constitutional scholar and a former professor of constitutional law seems to matter not at all to the Right-wing cognoscenti, who know what they know and therefore no evidence is or should be required.

When you believe your ignorance to be as (or even more) valid than my knowledge, you can engage in flights of fancy like this. The fact you disagree with everything The Black Guy in the White House © stands for with every fiber of your being has no basis in fact or reality. That you resent The Black Guy in the White House © for breathing the same air you do doesn’t make his existence or intellectual capabilities less worthy of recognition and acknowledgment. It merely means you might want to get your arrogance and racism checked ASAP, Cupcake.

You don’t get published in JAMA if you’re intellectually lacking, or if your premise isn’t factually accurate and well-supported. That he’s the first President to have an article published in JAMA can and should be taken as clear and convincing evidence that this President, who many on the Right still openly degrade and ridicule The Black Guy in the White House ©, is a pretty sharp guy. He’s certainly a damned sight smarter than those who believe their ignorance is every bit as valid as anyone else’s knowledge.

Greetings from our new idiocracy, eh?