Obama isn't trying to undermine the US, he's trying to "fundamentally transform" it to fit his image of what it should be. He feels he's making it a better nation, a more fair, socially just nation with more redistribution, a more powerful government, less capitalism. Straight out of "Dreams from my father", but thankfully with a lot less racial animosity and leftist radicalism. I do not like his vision for America, but I have no problem accepting that he honestly feels it will be a better place.
I thought everyone agreed this was a recreation, not a scan of the original, so I'm missing the big deal here. If anything, seems like irregularities and oddities would make it more likely to be a scan of the original, not less.