Below is an article form washingtonpost.com regarding false rumors being spread about Obama. Racism is alive and well in the USA, and I believe these rumor are gaining credence largely because Obama is Black. On a sub-conscience level many hard working white folks have been condition to picture blacks as out of mainstream America, a kink of sub-culture more likely to be poor, uneducated, involved in drug and alcohol abuse, and criminal or militant behavior: Yes, I feel racism will be a factored in the 2008 Presidential election:
#----------------------------------------------- Excerpt: _In Flag City USA, False Obama Rumors Are Flying_ By Eli Saslow Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, June 30, 2008; Page A01 FINDLAY, Ohio -- On his corner of College Street, Jim Peterman stares at the four American flags planted in his front lawn and rubs his forehead. Peterman, 74, is a retired worker at Cooper Tire, a father of two, an Air Force veteran and a self-described patriot. He took one trip to Washington in 1989 -- best vacation of his life -- and bought a statue of the Washing Monument that he still displays in a glass case in his living room. He believes a smart vote is an American's greatest responsibility. Which is why his confusion about Barack Obama continues to eat at him. On the television in his living room, Peterman has watched enough news and campaign advertisements to hear the truth: Sen. Barack Obama, born in Hawaii, is a Christian family man with a track record of public service. But on the Internet, in his grocery store, at his neighbor's house, at his son's auto shop, Peterman has also absorbed another version of the Democratic candidate's background, one that is entirely false: Barack Obama, born in Africa, is a possibly gay Muslim racist who refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. "It's like you're hearing about two different men with nothing in common," Peterman said. "It makes it impossible to figure out what's true, or what you can believe." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/29/AR2008062901871.html?wpisrc=newsletter or http://tinyurl.com/5oucps #----------------------------------- Regards, LelandJ --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
