Unreliable Emails: "Potential New First Family"

This email just irritates the crap out of me. I can't even copy the entire thing, because most of you will quit reading as you get lost in the authors endless lies...misquotations...and simply stupid remarks.

It begins like this: "ARE THERE ENOUGH BEDROOMS IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO PUT ALL THESE FAMILY MEMBERS UP WHEN THEY VISIT OBAMA ??????"

First question: Since when does coming from a large family have ANYTHING to do with ones ability to run a country? Let's not forget that Sarah Palin has 5 children...one with special needs...and one that is about to have a baby of her own. And these children won't just be visiting...they will be taking up residence in the white house. Now don't get me wrong. I am not opposed to Palin having a large family...but it shoots down any absurd argument that coming from a large family somehow makes you less qualified to run the US, you pinhead!

This email then goes on to show a number of different photos of Senator Obama's family. And it asks the question "How come we haven't seen or known about some of these....?" I have included some of them here:

Now. If you have not "heard" or "seen" some of these...then you must not watch the news...ever! Why would someone who is trying to "hide" from his past (as this email is depicting) write a book that is over 400 pages long titled "DREAMS FROM MY FATHER"?? Again...I say to the child that wrote this email...and to the children who actually forwarded it...watch the news...read the book...and then you can have an opinion.

To continue. Below the picture of Obama's father smoking a pipe it reads "Barack's father, Muslim, hard-drinker,Was married three times, attended Harvard and returned to Kenya. Obama claims he was an atheist, But he was raised Muslim and was Given a Muslim burial at Barack's family's request."

I must say. I come from a "broken" family of "hard drinkers, and different religions", and I will be damned if anyone EVER tells me I am not qualified for ANYTHING because of narrow minded reasons like this. Since when does coming from a diverse background make you unsuitable for a position, rather than a more well rounded person that has had to overcome obstacles to get to where they are....and therefore making them stronger??

On top of this, since when does simply being a Muslim make one a bad person?? My friends, there is a huge difference between being a "radical" Muslim...and simply being a Muslim. How very ignorant and rude to those Muslim American Citizens who have earned their right to be treated with dignity and respect.To put stereotypes on any group of people, is childish to say the least...the very least!

Moving on: The email also gives the illusion that Barack Obama being an African American somehow makes him "less American" than his white counter parts! Also. Why are pictures that he had taken while he visited his family in Kenya a bad thing? Does it not make him more keen on foreign policy and insight. Experiencing first-hand what living in a 3rd world country is a bad thing?? Am I the only "middle class" American that would much rather have someone who fought his way to the top, and overcame adversity as my President...than someone who loses track of the number of houses he owns???

It disgusts me that people would continue to forward an email that disgraces the very fundamentals of our nation....that undermines the very morals that our nation was founded on...and plays to the stereotypes that our troops continue to fight and die for everyday...America...the land of the free.

Barack Obama has said several times that "in no other country would my story be possible". What humility to realize how blessed he truly is to call the US his home. What dignity it takes to continue to hold your head high as people demean your family.

And how shameful those Americans should feel for letting nonsense like this continue. We should hold ourselves to higher standards than these...