I choose the literal too, unless it doesn't make sense, as in this case. It only makes sense written in the way I had intended, that Obama's haters damn him no matter what he does. Sort of like, if I make a little mistake, some people (not you alone) will jump all over me. You have my mis-written original and you have my honest intent. Your choice, there's nothing further I can do about it.

Let's see what Trump and Congress do with that apparently open-ended AUMF. Maybe Trump will win the Nobel Peace prize.