This is nothing new. In every generation there have been people who have been willfully blind. For too many, it’s just easier to be a coward.
It's why it's so easy to be a liberal. You don't have to think about anything, and you're instantly a victim, and a member of the club if you parrot what you see in the media.
Reality is going to slap these people hard, when the realize that not only was 0bama not one of them, he was not one of any of us.