The Attempt to Destroy Barack Obama on the Internet

I've seen quite a bit of dirty politics in my time. Being from Chicago gives me somewhat of a head start in sorting out the misfits, power brokers and hardball tacticians from the earnest individuals who want real change.

In my time, I've not witnessed an attempt to defame a politician as vicious as the documentary that seeped onto the internet this election year. It was called 'Dreams from My Real Father'. 

It was yet another despicable attempt to attach ugliness, fear and hatred to the character of the president. It first came to my attention while viewing the Drudge Report website. Drudge is basically a news aggregate, mixed with what appeared to be an effort to show the president as inept. 

Almost every news story seemed to be a headline written with the intent to place the Obama administration in a negative light. An example of this was found on the day when the largest paper in Utah endorsed the president, Drudge never mentioned it. Nor did he mention Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama. The documentary however, was being advertised on the header of the website.

This documentary implied and in many instances came out and stated that the president was raised by relatives who were CIA spies, and leaders of an underworld organization out to overthrow America. Why was this done? Because the tactic of convincing the world Barack Obama was not born in America failed. 

So this time, they took the approach that he was born into communism. Three days ago, we received the verdict on what America thinks about this documentary. Barack Obama was reelected.

And while I might be inclined to call for action against those that perpetrated this despicable smear campaign, I'll settle for something much more satisfying. Watching them squirm as the president successfully leads America the next four years.