I know statements like that never need explaining to The Base. If I were a Wingnut I'd just know why it's awful, trully horrible, that Hamas might once have had a positive opinion of a Presidential candidate (though no longer, according to the update on that link), and to what villainy and perfidy it testifies.

But let's assume that, as a normal person, the answer isn't encoded in my DNA, and that I require actual fact and demonstrable logic, or at least a narrative explanation, to understand your point of view. What do you think it means that a Hamas spokesman once said of Obama:

Actually, we like Mr. Obama, and we hope he will [inaudible] the election. I do believe he is like John Kennedy, a great man with great principles, and he has a vision to change America, to make it in a position to lead the world community, but not with domination and arrogance.