We keep hearing how Barack Obama is the most intelligent man to enter the White House, which is why he is constantly appealing to, and lecturing, the American people (as well as members of Congress) to go for "common sense" solutions.
Is that because none of the Republican Neanderthals, such as Ted Cruz, either of the Bush brothers, or even the Donald, would ever dream of nixing probes into Southern California jihadist groups or, more generally, protecting the rights of Islamists instead of protecting the American people?
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