MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
Barack Obama's presidency has been an inspiration to many Americans—especially nutjobs. Ever since the first-black-president-to-be appeared on the national political stage, a cottage industry of conservative conspiracy theorists has churned out bizarro, paranoid, and just plain racist effluvia—some of which has trickled into the political mainstream. We've charted some of the Obama-baiters best (i.e., worst) work. ( Detailed descriptions of the conspiracy theories in the diagram.)