citizenorange.com — "I understand [Obama's] from Africa, and that the first thing he's going to do if he gets into office is bring his family over here, illegally. He's got that racist [pastor] who practically raised him, and then there's the Muslim thing. He's just not presidential material, if you ask me."
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djturtlepJul 1, 2008
Its incredible that people actually believe these things about Obama. The immigration debate has brought out the most toxic elements of our society. Never have hate and intolerance been so out in the open.
kyledebJul 1, 2008Submitter
truthiness, hehe.
kyledebJul 1, 2008Submitter
See. My thing is not only that these rumors are untrue, but since when was it a bad thing to be born in Africa or to be a Muslim, in the U.S.?
greenfyreJul 1, 2008
"Never have hate and intolerance been so out in the open."Well, to be fair, actual lynchings have decreased.
lmvtJul 2, 2008
Kyle, awesome blog! A quick anecdote for you....my best friend who moved to Ohio from NY about a year and a half ago was talking to me about the primary back when. I have been a huge Obama supporter so we were on the subject of talking about him. My BF said to me "I mean what does it matter if he's a Muslim or not....let him swear on the Q'aran." My BF is an engineer with a high intelligence level to say the least. I asked him why he thouhgt Barack was Muslim and he said it was all over the news. I had to explain to him it was just a rumor. In his case, he didn't care what religion he was as long as he did a good job as president. For the next 45 minutes he had to hear about how ridiculous I thougt it was that someone being Muslim was seen as a smear tactic....shame on us. One question along these lines though....since so many of the people who think like this believe they know everything about our constitution, how would they expect Barack to be president if he was born in Africa? Did they conveniently forget that one of the requirements to be president is to be born in the US?I love how people know everything about everything and nothing about nothing all at the same time!
kyledebJul 2, 2008Submitter
Thanks for the anecdote, and it's good to know that you're boyfriend didn't fall for this smear tactic. Regarding Africa, interestingly enough John McCain was born in Panama. Makes you think huh>