When elected officials opposed to Barack Obama on political grounds, I took it in stride. After all, we all have our own personal code; there are issues and positions we hold that may not be as important to others. Fine.
When the talking heads on TV, on radio and on the web begged and pleaded with "The Liberal Media" to "look into" Barack Obama's past and current associations, I didn't really complain. After all, it is important to know who influences a politician.
Of course all wasn't what it appeared to be. The "political grounds" amounted to shouts and cries of, "LIBERAL! HE'LL RAISE TAXES! HE WANTS US TO SURRENDER!" while "current associations" included someone who committed crime while Obama was still in elementary school and a religious figure who was paraphrasing a speech from a politician.
Still, it's politics, right? These things always happen. Spokespeople always stretch the truth. Supporters always get riled up. It's business as usual.
Right?
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