Gore Vidal (#3)

[Barack Obama] " wants to be liked by everybody and he thought all he had to do was talk reason.

But remember - the Republican Party is not a political party. It's a mindset, like Hitler Youth. It's full of hatred. 
You're not got going to get them aboard. Don't even try. The only way to handle them is to terrify them.
 He's too delicate for that."

Gore Vidal to Guardian, 2009