The Nonsensical, Conservative Talk Against Obama

        Well, this is my first post for this blog, and thought I'd go into some things in the political world to start things off. It's rather interesting that conservatives have been trying to smear Senator Barack Obama's  presidential campaign through the use of his middle name. You'd think they could find a better way to bring down a candidate...or not. Starting with conservative pundit's Bill Cunningham's references to Barack "Hussein" Obama, many conservatives seem to think that using that name will bring about the anti-Muslim sentiment to the election. Hopefully not, though many Americans are not bright enough to know half the truth about Obama. To make my case in point, scores of writers on the Barack Obama Facebook support group (and one of them, Neha N., being a blogger for the Clinton campaign).  There have been countless people to whom I say, Obama isn't Muslim--he attends the United Church of Christ, and many people seemed to fall for the heavily taken-out-of context videos that FOX aired to try and smear Obama, which CNN at least rectified later. At the very least, the pathetic attempts to smear Obama are amusing to watch, though I worry about the gullibility of the American population. In all honesty, some Americans are incredibly stupid--though I certainly believe in their right to vote, they push the borders of belief. However, one thing that caught my attention was an article which superbly compared Obama to the idol of the conservative movement, Ronald Reagan. And for all the conservative talk of how "great" a president Reagan was, the backlash to Obama is surprising; after all, Reagan was merely an actor who was all talk during his campaign.

     For all of Clinton's talk of experience, and, supposedly, her ability to keep your children safe, she truly hasn't done much--without Bill as her husband, she would have fallen flat on her face already. What people see in Obama is a successful Junior Senator who has the ability to unite the country, instead of the divisive, power-mongering politics common for a long time. It is why a majority of college students vote for Obama--because they too, are sick and tired of seeing such politics ever since they have been old enough to understand how the political system operates. If you want to call it a cult, then label the Reaganites as a cult as well, for the basic principles are the same;Reagan also advocated change quite a bit during his campaigns. 

     Hopefully one is educated enough to see through the lies and distortions that others try to create about Obama. It simply smacks of racism and ignorance, and does nothing to benefit the upcoming election.