Who are these smear Obama emails coming from?

He's a radical Islamic! He hates America! He doesn't give the Pledge of Allegiance! He doesn't even put his hand on his heart during the National Anthem.. And now, most recently, he is a Jew-Hating bigot!

People who I thought were rational are sending me these emails. People that are Democrats are falling into the trap of believing these emails. The typical urban legends of our time now include these new legends about a very current presidential candidate.. I thought some about this.

1) I'd truly love to know who is actually writing them? What person so enthusiastic about making Obama lose is coming up with the words behind the mass emails being sent around the world to office and home accounts?

2) Is this how people form their votes? My office got the email. Someone from within the office sent it. I asked the person that sent it if she believed it. She said she wasn't sure... However, the first line of the email (written presumably somewhere along the line) was "THIS IS WHY I WILL NOT VOTE FOR B. HUSSEIN OBAMA!"

Another co-worker was shocked.. She couldn't believe Barack Obama hated America so much. She was shocked he didn't even pledge his allegiance to the nation.. Most shocked that he has ties to radical Islam bent on destroying America.

I replied to 'all' with a link to Snopes showing the emails have been false.. She shrugged it off and said, "well, his middle name still is Hussein."

When something gets viral, it's tough to stop it.

False information has been around for centuries.. We have decided elections based off of false pretenses before. But shouldn't we be over that? A few searches on Google for the truth about something like this would take a minute. Try it.

The only hope I have is that people who believe these things stay home election day...

...Oh .. my audacity of hope.... B. Hussein wrote that, right?

PHOTO: AFP/File/Tim Clary

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