The amount of hate directed at this man cannot simply be explained in terms of ideological differences. We also know that hate was already there, it was obvious even before he was nominated for the Presidency. Conservatives hated Clinton and Hillary, and Ted Kennedy, and FDR, but I've never seen them hate like this. Its an irrational, unreasoning hatred, so extreme that if I hated that much I would be afraid, and ashamed, to let anyone know it.

If you can't see that, talk to someone who supported Obama and now, for whatever reason, has changed his mind. The ex-Obama supporter may be disappointed, may feel he made a mistake, that he misunderstood or overestimated the man. He may even feel like a fool for having voted for him. We are all after all, capable of changing our minds. But from the dissolusioned supporter you would not get this kind of pure reptilian hatred.

What we're getting from the Right is purely unprecedented. It drips with acid, it is pure bile. It's not just political differences. It comes straight from the limbic system, its a midbrain phenomenon.

I wonder what's really behind it...