Or should I say this instead, “Obama is a Muslim,”  “Obama was not born in the US,”  “Obama wants to force you to have an abortion if you happen to be carrying a Down Syndrome baby,”  “Obama wants to exterminate old people,” “Obama is a racist,” “Obama caused the economy to bottom out and he is single-handedly responsible for the repression/depression,” “The Al-Qaeda and Taliban like the fact that Obama is our president because Obama is friendly to fellow Muslims,” “Obama is the worst President in the history of the US,” “Obama is a Socialist,” “Obama despises the American flag,” “Obama is the Anti-Christ,” ”Obama hates the Jews,” “Obama is an idiot,” “Obama is not a Christian,” “Obama is anti-American”?

These are the sorts of lies I have been reading primarily on Facebook since Obama has been president.  Notice what they are not saying.  They are not saying what is obvious to all of us, “Obama is BLACK.”  Because, the majority of folks who believe that crap above are basically angry that a black man actually became president.  They also don’t like the fact that he is smarter than them.  How dare a black man have an education, a job, a high-level position in our government (the highest).  How dare a black-man suggest a better way of life than the status quo?  Who does that uppity Negro think he is?

Well, I will tell you who he is.  He is the President of the United States, the guy I voted for.  He is a good family man.  An honest man as far as presidents and politicians go.  He is a man of his word -- someone who told us in advance what to expect of his term as President and then delivered the goods to the furthest extent of his ability.  He is a man who has spent his life in public service, an acclaimed writer, an amazing story-teller, a Nobel Prize winnner, an inspiring speaker, a rational, even-tempered gentleman.

He has had plenty of adversaries along the way and still does.  I have seen evil in my time here on earth, and one of the most evil things I have witnessed is the one-sided war of words that the conservative christian right has waged against him.  These are things that most of these cowards would never dare say to his face.  They hide behind Facebook and their blogs, pulpits, and the internet and say things they would never say to anyone in public, hoping to gather their fellow gossipers and evil-doers into a campaign of fear against this man.  They speak evil against this good man and they berate him with no evidence, no facts, no data but what they can gather from Fox News, Rush Limbaugh or even worse, Sarah Palin.

Sarah was responsible for the rumor that Obama wants to force women to have abortions  who are pregnant with sick children -- ridiculous public speculation by a ridiculous public person that took off like a fire-storm with her supporters, rapidly spreading her hatred and animosity towards a good man who dared to challenge her bid for VP.  The principles behind being a pro-choice advocate are that a woman has the right to do with her body as she pleases.  Obama is a firm supporter of women and choice.

I have sat idly by for the better part of three years watching and waiting for these attacks to subside, for people to get bored with them and move on and unfortunately this has not happened.  In fact it is getting worse.  Due to the upcoming election people have increased the vitriol ten-fold.  The lies and hatred are pouring fourth like black watery mud spewing from a bright white wedding cake.  They tell lies and half-truths because the truth does not paint Obama to be Hitler.  The truth does not make him out to be a criminal and a liar, a bafoon, and a murderer.  The truth makes him look ten times better than anyone running for president on their side of the court.  So they must lie and deceive and hope that they will amass a following of folks that react out of fear, who are incredibly gullible (enough to believe the lies without fact-checking), or are just plain racist.

I am proud of our President and will vote for him again because he is trying to do all of the things I want a president to do.  I understand that he cannot fully represent me because he is the president of the whole US, not just my little piece.  For that reason I will give him grace when he has to trade off some of my values for some of yours in order to make SOMETHING happen that remotely pleases everyone.  Which is nearly impossible.  I trust him to do his best, and that is saying a lot.  I cannot recall a president that I have felt anything like trust for in my lifetime.

So there, I said it.  In one blog post.  No facebook posts for me.  I am fed up.  So fed up I deleted my Facebook because I was sick of the in-your-face bullshit that people spew with smiles on their faces and even in the name of Jesus.  Sorry for the rant folks.  Things will be back to normal next post.  :)