Then they fight you, then you win

Hmm. Must be politics day here at MT.Net. Someone I don’t know sent me this trash about Barack Obama. Guess who I just decided will get my vote?

Update 17 Feb 2016: Looks like the original link has been taken down, but the Internet Archive saved a copy. Here’s the text to the post, too, in case IA loses it:

The most radical and despicable of the Right WingNuts have a peculiar habit of trying to rub their propaganda in the faces of their Democratic acquaintances and relatives. My family is no exception to this participular form of attempted intimidation and brainwashing.

When you are ready, and particularly when supporters of Barack Obama have prepared themselves for a particularly infuriating experience, go ahead and read the “Extended Post Text.”

Until then accept the message that the WingNuts will resort to the lowest levels of fear-mongering, hate-spreading, information twisting, stereotype bending and innuendo smearing in their attempts to undermine Democratic candidates. Be ready for it, fight it, stay on message and win elections! Rove may have slithered back to Texas, but his proteges continue his dark work.

I guess the really tragic part of this is that too many conservatives buy this filth as uncompromised truth. From the message strings (this one went through four forwards) that deliver this garbage to my email inbox I get the impression that they think this is important stuff, confidential, insider-only and that they’re on the leading-edge of the conservative movement. If any of them could just learn how to use “bcc” in these messages there might be some credibility to their self-inflating language. But, I hope they all enjoy the e-newsletters that they’re about to join.

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 ATHIEST from
>> Wichita, Kansas.
>>>> Obama’s parents met at the University of Hawaii. When Obama was two
>> years old, his parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya. His
>> mother then married Lolo Soetoro, a RADICAL Muslim from Indonesia.
>>>> When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocated 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
>> 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 CHRISTIAN 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.
>>>> 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!!!!
>>>> ALSO, keep in mind that when he was sworn into office – he DID NOT use
>> the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalent to our Bible,
>> but very different beliefs)
>>
>> Please forward to everyone you know. Would you want this man leading
>> our country?……NOT ME!!!