I received what can only be described as a hideous and blatantly racist e-mail today from an organization called Right v. Left, which is launching something called exposeobama.org and plans to run something it is calling a “Horton” ad. You know, “Horton,” as in Willie Horton.
The rhetoric of the e-mail is rather ugly and I’ve gone back and forth over whether I should share any of it. But I think it is necessary so that everyone understands the kind of ugliness that still exists in the hearts of too many Americans.
A taste:
“President Barack Hussein Obama,” those have to be the scariest four words in the English language!
- Ask yourself… do you really want the next President of the United States of America to be a man with ties to known Marxists such as Frank Marshall Davis and terrorists such as Bill Ayers and former PLO operative Rashid Khalidi?
- Consider the fact that Barack Hussein Obama refuses to wear the flag on his lapel, or that he does not place his hand over his heart in the presence of the American flag.
- Consider the fact that Barack Hussein Obama embraces Jeremiah Wright, a man who has preached the most vile racial hatred and anti-American sentiments from the pulpit for twenty years, while at the same time Barack Hussein Obama accuses decent hard-working Americans of bigotry when he says things like, “It’s not surprising that they get bitter. They cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them… .”
- Consider the fact that Barack Hussein Obama’s wife Michelle said that her husband’s candidacy marked, “the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country.”
But what really makes “President Barack Hussein Obama” the scariest four words in the English language is that fact that HE CAN BECOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!
The Web site is no better. The organization bills itself as the National Campaign Fund and says it is not affiliated with any candidate, but it boasts the man who crafted the original Willie Horton ad and a former advisor to rightwing Republican candidates as members of the “team.” the organization is seeking to raise $300,000 so it can start running Swiftboat-style ads that distort Obama’s record in an effort to cut the Democratic front-runner off at the knees.
It is a despicable way to campaign, but the GOP has never been shy about resorting to such tactics — especially the rightwing fringe. The list is long and brutal, beginning with Ronald Reagan’s visit to Philadelphia, Miss., in support of state’s rights in 1980 (actually, he’d made the use of coded racial language a central element of his political rhetoric as early as the mid-1960s when he first ran for governor of California); the Willie Horton ad; Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones; Whitewater; the Swiftboats, etc.
Admittedly, this e-mail and ad come from a group at the fringes, one working at the margins of acceptable GOP discourse. But that does not mean that the Republicans won’t be happy to have them working the dark side for them. Groups like the Swiftboaters and Expose Obama allow people like Karl Rove to stay a little above the fray, allowing this nonsense to seep into the public discussion without it appearing to come from the mainstream.
In case Keith Olbermann is reading this blog (not likely, I know), I nominate the folks at Expose Obama and the National Campaign Fund for today’s “Worst Persons in the World.”
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Hank Kalet 
My only observation is that your beloved Democratic Party is no better. One only has to look at their tactics closely. Oh, but I forgot, since their motives are as pure as the driven snow, their failings are excusable. But the hated Republicans are not.Sorry, to tell you that politics, as practiced by both sides of the same coin, is a sham. Designed to give the illusion of choice.That\’s why there is no true anti-war candidate left in the race other than the now marginalized Ron Paul. That\’s why there is no one to address the many other wars we are supposedly fighting — war on drugs, poverty, etc. etc. That\’s why there is no one addressing the core issues that are plaguing our society — national debt, unbalanced budget, run away spending, entitlements, taxes, education, employment, global competition, the debasement of our dollar, captive regulation, and the current incest between the gooferment and industry.No instead, they have us, divided, bickering over trivialities and externalities.You fell for it.Do you really think that any of these three candidates is Presidential material?No, the powers that be, like the choices, just fine. There will be no change to the country and that suits the entrenched interests just fine. All the sheep should just keep watching the circus as we hurtle towards oblivion.
So what does Mr. Libertarian think about these scurrilous ads against Barack Obama? I guess he thinks it\’s OK. More than a year ago I received an e-mail touting the false rumor that Obama was really a Muslim and that he attended a madrassah. It\’s disgusting. So far, I have not received any anti-McCain or anti-GOP e-mails. Where is this libertarian paradise? There is not one major libertarian government in the world today. Not Ireland, it has universal health care and free education through university, not India, it has the word socialistic in its constitution, not Hong Kong, it\’s not even a free independent country. Switzerland and Liechtenstein have universal health care.