The Republican Smear Job on Obama

After Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 Presidential election, Republican organizers conceded that his campaign had soundly beaten them to the punch when it came to using the Internet to galvanize massive support, communicate with the voter base and channel campaign contributions.   

It's certainly no secret the GOP has pulled out all the stops to make Obama a one-term president. The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision made a mockery of the Democratic process and opened up the spigots for unprecedented floods of cash to pour into the 2012 presidential race. Take a look at Tim Dickinson's article entitled  'Right Wing Billionaires Behind Mitt Romney' in the May 24, 2012 issue of Rolling Stone, it offers a frightening look at the kinds of money flowing into GOP Super Pacs from wealthy individuals.

While the Obama campaign uses it's massive e-mail outreach to communicate with supporters and coordinate volunteer efforts, it's apparent the GOP is actively using it's e-mail lists to fuel the Republican Smear Campaign. I trade e-mails with a Republican friend of mine out in California, last night he told me he's been receiving huge numbers of e-mails from right-wing organizations that are stirring up resentment for Obama by spreading claims that the President never went to Columbia.

Snopes.com offers ample proof the President DID in fact attend and graduate from Columbia. Despite the baseless GOP & Tea Party accusations, clowns like Donald Trump (pictured above) continue to sling the lie to the masses. Rather than supervise the crime in his own territory, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio continues to harass Hispanics and beat the dead horse of the Birther movement; continuing his own bizarre investigation into Obama's birth certificate. Makes you wonder if it's really about the deficit, policy or the skin color of the President for Republicans; regardless, Obama's opponents, misinformed voters who stay informed through Fox News, actually believe it's truth. Scary.