I just don't get why it is that people are afraid of Barack Obama? I lurked on a message board recently where the elections are being discussed and some of those people are just feeding on each other's fear
He's a terrorist...
He pretends to be a Christian, but he's really a Muslim...
Sure, he's charming, but Hitler could be charming...
He has connections with terrorists and radical preachers...
His wife hates America
They take 3 sentences from a 45-minute speech and use it to prove that he's not a Christian, in fact he mocks Christianity.
Do they really believe those things? Do they honestly believe that a man could become the candidate from the Democratic party and be some kind of radical???
Could millions of Americans really be duped by a terrorist???
Why is there all this questioning of his faith? He is a Christian man and he shares MY Christian values to care for the sick and for the poor, and how dare they say he isn't. How dare they call his wife a "Demon" - his wife, who is a CHRISTIAN WOMAN.
He's a man who believes that we can do better. That we can't just take care of the rich and hope it trickles down to the masses. That if we take care of the majority of people, we all win. And that people have a RIGHT to good healthcare - it's not just something for the more fortunate.
Why do they so easily believe those things about him?
I only have one conclusion...
...and it isn't a pretty thought
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What ever happened to the concern shown in Biblical times for caring for the widows and orphans and poor? I think I'd have had a hard time reading that message board...
I have no tolerance for bigots and this is what this is all about. They are cowards because they cannot say it they cannot say that they do not like him or want him as president because of the color of his skin. They are cowards because they grab onto foolish untruths about him. We need change, the change that Obama can bring in more ways than one. Just because it is called The White House does not mean the guy who lives inside has to be white.
Funny I posted on the elections just before I saw you posted. Great minds think alike!!!!!
Unfortunately--they do it to all candidates--pulling things out of context. I will be glad when the lection is over and people can focus on other things. *hugs*
Unfortunately some people just don't care to learn for themselves. Â After our election here I'm pretty ashamed to live in the riding I live in - apparently we don't care that our local MP has admitted publicly that he never reads newspapers or watches the news on TV - It's not like we didn't have candidates that were well versed in the issues.