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First, I have never received any hate e-mails about Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama. I have seen many comments posted on different blogs that reference links that have made some what appears to be allegations meant to frighten voters about their radical ties to certain individuals and their Muslim ties. Some of those allegations stem from things said in his book taken out of context which happens every single day because the news media loves to do that when quoting folks they dislike. So now the average uninformed joe is doing it also because they dislike Obama. Hatred is alive and well and unfortunately Barack Obama and his family picked a church that embraced hatred and thus began the distorted personal attacks although his choice of friends and mentors leave a lot to be desired.
I confess I think it is in poor judgment that Obama frets about his middle name so much. This is also fueling the attacks because when people are told not to do something they feel compelled to do even more. So Barack's supporters are asking that nobody use his middle name for fear that voters will think he is a Muslim. I wonder how Muslims feel about that? I actually couldn't care less if he was a Muslim as long as he didn't shove his religion down my throat and respected all other religions. I thought America was the home of mixed races and mixed religions and so why earth should the Muslim religion be viewed with so much disapproval? My only beef with them currently is that they want special privileges based on their religion and for that I am opposed. No religion should be treated any differently than any of the others. A debate for later I guess.
As far as Michelle goes, again Barack used poor judgment asking Americans to lay off his wife. He simply can't do that and not cause more problems with that request than allowing people to vent. Michelle has a PR problem that is exacerbated when Barack gets all huffy about any criticism of his wife. I believe I am a strongly opinionated woman that is horrified that Michelle feels it necessary to hide behind Barack when the kitchen gets hot. She is immediately whisked from the public and sent home. Again, this behavior from the Obama camp feeds the fire.
The voters are quickly getting the impressions that the Obamas live in a cocoon and many subjects are off limits.
By the end, both candidates will be bloodied.
