Obama Email Smear Campaign

With every political campaign there is that moment when the gloves come off and things start getting really nasty. Those that are actually outside of the active political party, resort to using propaganda, gossip, and innuendo to sway the vote. Why should this campaign be any different, especially since for the first time in history a black man may be president?

Recently I received an email that was particularly offensive to me and it was definitely meant to hurt Obama. The chain email was basically regurgitating the old "information" that was being passed around last year. It states that Obama is basically suspect for having extremist Jihadist affiliations.

This one has a new twist, at least new to me. The email states that Obama's mother is an aetheist. Now I have to say that this one irks me. It is so obvious that the mindset of this particular barb comes from the Christian right. Naturally, to them anyone that isn't Christian and conservative is a bad person.

What concerns me is that everybody that has electricity or a cell phone has access to the Internet; even my 95-year-old grandma has Internet. The Internet plays an important part in this upcoming election, more so than at any other time in history. While the media has a certain code of ethics to tell the truth, those that spam you with forwarded emails can make up anything and call it the truth.

This really plays upon the public's fear of 911 and possibly worse happening again. Americans want to feel safe and the right it playing to the common man and woman's fears. I personally feel that the public is now smarter and more informed more than any other time in history. While it may set them back for a moment and they may consider the claims of this email to be true, I truly believe that the truth will be evident and this nonsense will be ignored just like every other tabloid like claim.