"It is one of the great failures of recent political history that the Republican Party was too often unable to disconnect legitimate political disagreements from the fact that the president himself is an admirable man.
Part of this opposition comes from this uniquely polarized moment in our politics, part of it comes from Mr. Obama's leadership style — more disconnected and cerebral than personal and emotive — and part of it (though a smaller amount than many on the left suppose) comes from the color of his skin. . . . At a pivotal time in my life, Barack Obama gave me hope that a boy who grew up like me could still achieve the most important of my dreams. For that, I’ll miss him, and the example he set."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/opinion/barack-obama-and-me.html?lctg=5480e82ef75800ef1a8e8124&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MJ_20240718&utm_term=Jolt-Smart
I assume all you fanboys agree with him on this.