Not a helpful post. I intend to fight it, write about it to him, and make my decisions accordingly.
Sorry but I think it was apt. You drank the kool-aid and it showed. I say that with sadness because you are actually one of the most thoughtful posters here (I think I said that once). But you went full, well, not full-retard, but you bought his populism hook line and sinker and went all attack-dog against another good conservative.
In all your time on FR this is the one item on which I can say you were blind-sided. I am glad that you see the light and will practice better discernment in the future. Hey, even folks our age can learn.