Bob Somerby flags Maureen Dowd’s bizarre interpretation of why the video clip of President Obama killing a fly during an interview was replayed so frequently:

The moment may have resonated so much because some Americans fear that President Obama is too prone to negotiation, comity and splitting the difference, that he could have been tougher on avaricious banks and vicious Iranian dictators.

Or maybe people just thought it was funny that he killed a fly during an interview? Even by Dowd’s exceptionally low standards, that is absurd psychobabble.