Just as a general observation, I have never met a clever Obot. It takes a special kind of mind to efend a pathological liar to the degree that Obots do. Clever Obama supporters—there are a few—see the warts and like him anyway. Obots can’t see the warts. Lacking even a modicum of objectivity at such a basic level is incompatible with cleverness.
But you did say, ‘by half,’ so maybe we’re on the same page here.
efend = defend