Enjoying the party discipline?
I know it's petty, but I can't but laugh to see Tom slapping you around for daring to question his pearls of wisdom.
The party line is that the world economy was humming along fine, trickling wealth down on everybody, right up until January 20, 2009. That's when Obama took office and everything instantly fell apart and communism ruled the world.
Period. End of story. Memorize it. It's all you need to know.