Oh dear, Fox News again. I absolutely despise Fox News for this very kind of story. They recently ran a segment about Barack Obama and the fact that he smokes, is a raging liberal, and that he is black. They start us off with this statement.
"And his team works overtime trying to hide Obama's dirty little secret. He is -- get this -- a cigarette smoker."
Oh come on. Are they actually trying to pass this off as news? You can not get the full effect of this story until you watch the video linked at the end of this post. I think that it is pathetic that Fox News is willing to stoop so low as to question the ability of Obama to be president based on the fact that he smokes. The fact that they have brought this up only shows how scared they are of the fact that he just may become president. They are doing anything they can to associate him with negitive things, including flashing his image when speaking of child predators, hammering in the fact that he made mistakes as a kid, making it clear that his middle name is that of a former dictator, and falsely stating that he has never introduced a bill or had foreign policy experience when in fact he has sponsored over 150 bills congress as well as server for over 2 years on a foreign relations committee. They later proceeded to show a graphic that depicted Obama next to 2 packs of cigarettes begging the question "WOULD YOU VOTE FOR A SMOKER?". Yes, as a matter of fact I would. Whether or not you smoke has no bearing on your ability to lead our country. Some past smokers include Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Clinton.
Then they have the audacity to say that he would not be getting nearly as much attention as he would if he were not black. That is a very low blow, and not true at all. He is the first person that I have seen that really comes off as a genuine person and someone who I really want to lead our country. If I were able to vote, I would vote for him because I wanted him to be president, not because he was the the lesser of two evils. They wrap up with saying that he is a raging liberal, and as we know - all liberals are enemies of freedom.
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