I hope you read my last post on racism in America. With this latest voting scandal, I wonder what was the purpose in the misspelling of Obama. Except to send a subliminal message to voters that says,"Wait! He may be a terrorist so mull it over before you check "Osama". This would seem like a deliberate attempt at sending a message to the subconscious of the voter. I really hope that I'm just being cynical. Watch the same "mistakes" being made on CNN & MSNBC! Is this all just a coincidence? You be the judge. Here's the link to the article about the latest mistake regarding the spelling of his name: http://dailygazette.com/news/2008/oct/10/1010_ballots/.
That picture I posted has the same incorrect spelling done purposely. My biggest trepidation about these incidents is that it's an attempt to use psychology on voters. How could these same mistakes be made in the media also? It just does not seem practical to me. The McCain/Palin ticket has been using the same methods. All the rhetoric about patriotism had one McCain backer telling him at a rally that Barack Obama is an Arab. Even he had to tell the lady that Barack Obama is a decent American. But, if you recall both Sarah Palin & him were calling him un-american. They have done their job of trying to create a bigger racial divide than there already was.Let's just hope the name association game doesn't triumph over the fact that Obama is not a terrorist. He was born in America & John McCain was born in Panama.
This is the exact passage from an article in the International Herald Tribune,
"McCain's likely nomination as the Republican candidate for president and the happenstance of his birth in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936 are reviving a musty debate that has surfaced periodically since the founders first set quill to parchment and declared that only a "natural-born citizen" can hold the nation's highest office.
Almost since those words were written in 1787 with scant explanation, their precise meaning has been the stuff of confusion, law school review articles, whisper campaigns and civics class debates over whether only those delivered on American soil can be truly natural born. To date, no American to take the presidential oath has had an official birthplace outside the 50 states.
"There are powerful arguments that Senator McCain or anyone else in this position is constitutionally qualified, but there is certainly no precedent," said Sarah Duggin, an associate professor of law at Catholic University who has studied the issue extensively. "It is not a slam-dunk situation."
That makes Barack Obama more of an American than John McCain. If the situation was reversed, I am certain this would be one of their numerous concerns about Obama. Because Obama is such a refined politician he has not stooped to that level. He has never questioned whether or not John McCain is a natural born American citizen. There is too much to sort out for the next president & the country that will elect him. We need to find out what both candidates positions are on the issues that affect all Americans. Let's stop dumbing this election down with outlandish claims & accusations. American people need facts about the economy. Give us the information that we so desire.
