He went on to say that Republican praise for Obama’s speech benefited the party politically, as “the party of assault weapons didn’t get blamed for the assault.” (He also felt the party avoided deserved blame on the oil spill and the 2008 financial crisis.) And he had harsh words for Obama himself, criticizing him for never blaming Republicans when he gets the chance, “because he wants them to like him so badly.”
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Then there was a weird line about Obama doing everything humanly possible to make Republicans happy “except using bleach,” (perhaps meant as a dig at Republicans for not accepting Obama because he’s black?), and a shot at Democrats in general for only ever finding “common ground…right where the Republican was already standing.”
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