At a fundraiser in New York earlier this week, President Obama praised Democrats for what he called their superiority to Republicans -- as far as critical thinking goes. He joked that Democrats are an opinionated, contentious group, and that Republicans "do as they're told," possibly referring to the GOP's fear of its increasingly bellicose right wing.
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