I don’t know exactly who you are. I suspect you might be a campaign official or an intern or just a garden-variety wiseass.
But I’m now the proud recepient of an email routed to me which claims that Barack Obama is Satan’s right hand and has a tattoo depicting America’s destruction by nuclear attack stenciled on his left buttcheek. Or something.
I hope you’re happy. You have put me in the position of defending someone I don’t even particularly like. I’m a libertarian and therefore find most of Obama’s “I can spend your money better than you” proposed policies inherently frightening and demeaning.
Some day something will happen. Some serious information will need to find its way into the hands of the people and heretofore email has been a good way to do it. However if we keep churning out filth like this and using the internet for agitprop no one will ever believe the real emails when they get sent out.
I hope all you bastards who originate dubious crap like this get your fair comeuppance.
Just Another Pretty Farce 
That crap has legs though.
I couldn’t believe the other day talking with a woman here at work (an Obama Supporter!!!) and she was saying how excited she was about his recent wins etc, then added in a hushed voice at the end “I just hope he’s not really a closet jihadist.” And she was serious.
I think dolphin is right. If I were running Obama’s campaign, if and when he wraps up the nomination, I’d have him start talking like Huckabee almost non-stop for the next 6 months.
I am SO not a Democrat, but I have had to fight this battle as well so many times over here at the end of the universe, including with my students. That’s scary. If you’re not going to vote for the man, do so because you disagree with his policies, not because you believe some alarmist email forward.
May I send this link to the next person (which should be in 11 minutes or so) who sends me the Obama-hates-Jesus-and-Amer’ca forward?
Yeah, ok, but his middle name is Hussein.
Kat, the concept that this is a novel use of e-mail is charming. How have you avoided having friends who send you silly reports on this and that false bit of news mixed in with the chain letters?
I get these ridiculous e-mails on a daily basis from church people, relatives, etc. I delete, delete, delete. grrrr…
I delete, delete, delete. grrrr…
I used to delete. Now I send a polite email response stating that, while I greatly enjoy hearing from the sender, I have more than likely already seen any email they are likely to forward me, and would much rather they instead spend that time telling me about what’s going on in their lives. Then I inform them that to keep my email inbox neat and tidy I have to block incoming mail from addresses that forward on such messages, and I certainly don’t want to do that to them if at all possible because I enjoy hearing from them.
I’ve never actually had to block anyone’s email address, and I only once in a blue moon get a forward anymore.
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This blog post title made me laugh.
Brittney, that’s what I was going to say.
Kat, Brilliant!
SQ and I send polite messages back as well. And Snopes and about five links just for the hell of it.
Usually, they leave us alone after that.
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Kat,
Way to go for standing up for the facts, even though you don’t agree with Obama.
…………..Listen up you bastards!……..
(sorry about the “bastards” thing!)
His middle name is “Hussein”?
WTF?
WTF has that got to do with his democratic principles?
It is probably historic from his forefathers.
WTF do you care anyway?
(Bastards!)