Mark Antony's funeral oration in the Shakespearean play Julius Caesar has been a long time obsession of mine. Basically, Mark Antony acts as if he's being all complimentary of Brutus & Co. when he's actually inciting the mob's anger against them. (If you have a nerdy streak, I'd click the above link and read the whole scene to get the full impact. But if not, just scroll down to where Mark Antony begins with "Friends, Romans, countrymen.")
Okay, now read this article, and tell me that it doesn't remind you of Mark Antony's funeral oration! I don't think Obama is trying to deceptively incite the plebians' anger against Hillary at all, but the whole combination of an orator, booing "plebians" in the audience, and the orator's appeal to an "offender's" noble character just channels that scene in Julius Caesar for me.
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