Yesterday, I heard on Randi Rhodes that an email smearing Barack Obama originated from an Iowa County Chair for Clinton's Campaign. You might have received this or heard about it. It lied about Obama's religious background, stated that Obama didn't know the Pledge of Allegiance, and claimed he would be sworn with his hand on the Koran.
Now I think a Muslim-American would be fit to be President, but this is about dishonesty, and a blatant attempt to use divisive ideas against an opponent. This would come as no surprise if it originated from McCain/ Rove or the Swift-boaters, but supposedly, this is from the campaign of a fellow Democrat.
I'm not sure any of this is true, and I'm posting this diary to see if there are ways to validate the source of this email. If the Clinton Campaign is behind this, it would be truly unforgivable.
I'm seriously offended about this. If Samantha Powers could be forced to step down for calling Hillary "a monster" (Powers' opinion, perhaps not an appropriate one to share publicly, but an opinion none-the-less), then how can a lie of this magnitude continue unapologized?
I tell people that I can never vote for Republicans because I'm a person of color, and the politics the Republicans preach marginalizes me as "other." I became a Democrat on the promise that we Pluralists. When I hear about smears that are vicious and antithetical to Democratic values, and that the Clinton Campaign is alleged to be the source, it makes me want to cry. I never thought I'd feel this way towards a supposed leader of my Party, and I pray that someone in the Clinton Campaign wouldn't do such a thing while the Candidate herself condones it. Any thoughts on how to find out if it is true, and spread the word if it is?