Really, how can you “slam” Obama for something he actually did? Terrible non-apology apology. Apologizing means admitting your mistake, not admitting your mistake and then listing reasons you think explains away the mistake.
As I said above, stop using the “learning to mod excuse”. You have all been here for over a decade you should know the rules just from that.
And honestly, the explanation that you recognized the poster should mean you have some idea of his posting after 20 years and 25000 posts. How is this a community if you do not recognize long term posters? But instead of looking at his profile for 2 seconds, you chose to google a photo for 2 seconds. Bad decision.
Some people just aren’t cut out for moderating. Besides @What_Exit 's bad modding, you also have have a mod that still can’t figure out how to navigate the new board after 8 months, another mod that is so humor impaired he gives out mod notes for jokes he doesn’t understand. Maybe it’s time to consider new mods again.