"We could all unite against the hatred for Obama"

Recently on the Fox News program The Five, one of the participants came out with an expression that illustrates the forces behind the kinds of errors that we've called misnegations — even though Gutfeld's phrase lacks any overt negation at all!

Bemoaning "this fractured strife among the Republican party", Greg Gutfeld  said

And I just remember the good old days, where we could all unite against the hatred for Obama.

Presumably he meant "unite behind the hatred for Obama" or "unite in hatred against Obama" or  something like that, but got the polarity reversed on the combination of against, hatred, and for.

Mr. Gutfeld, bless his heart, seemed otherwise shaken to the point of uncharacteristic levels of rapid-fire disfluency, e.g.

the- here- the- The Five is- here- what we're doing is it- we're pointing out

or later

we actually have to talk a- amongst ourselves as an- as a- as a con- as conservatives, as Republicans.

Here's the whole thing — "Fox Host: Donald Trump Has Created 'Internal Strife' At Fox News" MMFA 3/30/2016:

Greg Gutfeld:  uh well it's funny because you know the- here- the- The Five is- here- what we're doing is it- we're pointing out this fractured strife among the- among the Republican Party but us pointing that out is like Charlie Sheen pointing out your drug habit. We as a show are facing internal strife. From a micro-level to a macro-level you could s- look at conservative websites like Breitbart how much that- that- how- how much that has fallen apart since the Trump nomination. You can look at The Five on any given day we have tension over this nomination, over this candidate. You can look at our network at a whole, uh which is uh – {laughter} don?t look at me – uh but you can look at this network, where we have- we are having issues within- within this fa- within a family of anchors over this stuff. You can look at the Party. So it's in- in at every area where there is conservatism, there is strife. And I just remember the good old days where we could all unite against the hatred for Obama. When it was so easy.

Eric Bolling:  It'll be back.

Greg Gutfeld:  It'll be back. But- but- but somehow Trump has shattered that and now we're sitting here, we're grappling with this internal strife and we have no way to get out of this. um well and if we- so when we're talking about the convention and we're talking about how do we improve this, we actually have to talk a- amongst ourselves as an- as a- as a con- as conservatives, as Republicans. Can we express our grievances honestly about how we feel about this so that we can move beyond, so we can unite. I'm not talking like an encounter group, but I'm saying we all have to be honest with each other.