Misdirection

I haven't really decided which candidate I'm endorsing this year but I have been given a direction in which to go in. Once again, people in this country are spreading lies and fear of a candidate based on incorrect information. The target this time is Barrack Obama.

You would think that we would know that we're not supposed to mix religion with politics, but that hasn't stopped some religious people from lying to get their agenda across.

Here is a current email going around:

Who is Barack Obama?

Very interesting and something that should be considered in your
choice.

If you do not ever forward anything else, please forward this to all your contacts...this is very scary to think of what lies ahead of us here in our own United States...better heed this and pray about it and share it..

We checked this out on "snopes.com". It is factual. Check for yourself.

Who is Barack Obama?

Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black MUSLIM from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white ATHEIST from Wichita, Kansas.

Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii. When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced.. Hi s father returned to Kenya. His mother then married Lolo Soetoro, a RADICAL Muslim from Indonesia.? When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocate to Indonesia. Obama attended a MUSLIM school in Jakarta. He also spent two years in a Catholic school.

Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim. He is quick to point out that, "He was once a Muslim, but that he also attended Catholic school." Obama's political handlers are attempting to make it appear that that he is not a radical.

Obama's introduction to Islam came via his father, and that this influence was temporary at best.. In reality, the senior Obama returned to Kenya soon after the divorce, and never again had any direct influence over his son's education.

Lolo Soetoro, the second husband of Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, introduced his stepson to Islam.. Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta.

Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world. Since it is politically expedient to be a CH RISTIAN when seeking major public office in the United States, Barack Hussein Obama has joined the United Church of Christ in an attempt to downplay his Muslim
background. ALSO, keep in mind that when he was sworn into office he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Koran.

Barack Hussein Obama will NOT recite the Pledge of Allegiance nor will he show any reverence for our flag. While others place their hands over their hearts, Obama turns his back to the flag and slouches.

Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's expected presidential candidacy.

The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out, what better way to start than at the highest level - through the President of the United States, one of their own!!!!

Please forward to everyone you know. Would you want this man leading
our country?...... NOT ME!!!

Let's analyze this email for one second. The first thing that comes to mind here is the fact that the writer of the email says to check out www.snopes.com to verify the authenticity of their claims. This is probably the MOST ridiculous of all things considering that no website out there has any authority to say what is real and what isn't. But in the interest of fact checking I went to snopes.com and checked out the info on Barrack Obama. Guess what? What they claim to be real actually isn't. Check out the link yourself: www.snopes.com/politics/obama/obama.asp.

The link contradicts what they claim in the email. So much for verification. Aside from ALL of this, the mere fact that there is a campaign out there to scare people into believing that somebody of a different faith or different thought is somehow evil is simply ridiculous in it's own right.

The fact that Barrack Obama may not put his hand over his heart when the Pledge of Allegiance is being said is supposed to be horrible? We have had baseball players, students, and many other people TURN AROUND or not stand up when the Pledge of Allegiance has been said, so now it's an issue? The other people who didn't raise their hand to their heart did it in protest of this nations policies, wars, and other things we disagree with. Somehow I fail to see how this is something that is supposed to change my vote? I see that as more patriotic in the sense that you are speaking your mind in a nation that allows the freedom of expression.

Lastly, I hope that any of you who receive such emails do your fact checking before making your choice based on wrong information. I still cannot believe that this nation has people who will go out of their way to spread lies in order to achieve their agenda. It's sickening!

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P.S. I am neither endorsing or refusing Barrack Obama as a candidate. I would react this way about any of our candidates.