It is oftentimes not our merits as individuals, i. e., what is presumed and assumed on the basis of biases/myths/misrepresentations as a people, etc., which is what we have to cope and deal with.. Never mind his merits or lack of merits: Obama is just one individual...Though as per usual, whatever is attributed to why the nation is in the midst of a recession, or his failuare to bring true relief to the downtrodden people in the Arab World etc., we too get targeted... So how are you and yours coping and dealing with such 'crtiics' etc.? Holla holla...