#796 X-Truth

Lies are easy to spread. The truth takes time. It’s simpler to accuse than defend—the defense looks suspicious because it takes so long.
Now if you don’t like a candidate because you don’t like his or her politics, then don’t vote for them. But don’t make up lies and stir up fears.
The Swiftboat campaign of the last election proved one thing, lies need to be attacked swiftly or the boat will run you down.
Like the latest lie that Michelle Obama is on tape at the pulpit at Trinity Church at a conference using the word “whitey.”
The spin from the supposed happening is that Michelle Obama is a racist. And the further unspoken spin in the mind of a person who wants to believe this, is if it’s okay for a black person to be a racist, then I can be a racist too.
Neener neener.
One problem, the event never happened. Michelle Obama was not at the pulpit, the event she supposedly spoke at was actually at another hotel, and she wasn’t on the panel.
But that’s okay, when have facts ever stood in the way of a good smear? Dirty Trickster Roger Stone knows that lies are most effective when they agree with what people most want to believe.
These same folks, working for the Bush campaign at the time, used the same tactics against McCain in the South, insinuating that he had an illegitimate black daughter. McCain did in fact have an apparently mixed race daughter that he had adopted. She is Bangladeshi. How horrible it must have been, to have his kindness turned against him in the minds of the unthinking.
Like Kerry was blindsided and amazed that, after having served his country honorably in Vietnam—compared to drinking and AWOL-ing his way through the National Guard—his patriotism was called into question.
Obama at least understands he needs to react swiftly to Roger Stone and the talk show attack dogs. He set up a website called www.FighttheSmears.com Check it out.
Unfortunately, it probably won’t make any difference with some.
Belief has always been stronger than fact.
America, ya gotta love it.