Many white Americans, especially those of a certain age, have a very difficult time believing that a black man can be more intelligent, more accomplished and wealthier than they are (unless he has gained his wealth via a pre-approved avenue of success as an athlete or entertainer, in which case he can still safely be assumed to be of sub par intelligence).

Young black guy in a fancy car?  Drug dealer.

Educated black guy with a better job than you?  Affirmative action.

So what do these people do when an African-American man who has pulled himself up by his figurative bootstraps (as well-meaning whites have long demanded he do) is on the verge of becoming President of the United States?  They make shit up.

These are the people who have longed believed whatever crazy shit they want to believe.  They’re the ones who were so anxious to fall for a make-believe Texas rancher, a make-believe free market, make-believe weapons of mass destruction, and a make-believe connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.  They KNOW the Clintons murdered Vince Foster.  If the media is liberal, and if experts are egg-headed elitists, then the only ones you can trust are Rush and your friends who forward you viral emails.

Below I’ve posted in its entirety an email I received from someone I’ll only describe as “a relative,” as well as my response, tapped out with gritted teeth while on a train.  Although the viral email does contain a number of relatively minor inaccuracies, it gains all of its potential power via insinuation:  how else was some black guy able to go to college, travel and buy a house unless all of this was funded by Muslim extremists who knew they could make this Occidental College freshman President of the United States one day?

Yeah.

Update!:  Snopes has made quick work of this crap.  Thanks, Snopes!

From: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:51:30 -0700 (PDT)
To: David Nygren
I’m not convinced that this is true. Snopes had no info on Lynne Phillips that I could find. Refute what she says-I do hope her conclusions are wrong, not b/c I want him elected but b/c I’d be even more upset if he is.

———Forwarded Message:

Hey, take a look at this. It was sent to me today by a friend in Gt. Mills, MD.

Lynne Phillips
G. L Manager
Intelligence Solutions
A Division of L-3 Communication
Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 11:39 AM

To All My Friends, this is long, but very important, please take the time to read it.

This election has me very worried. So many things to consider. About a year ago I would have voted for Obama. I have changed my mind three times since then.

I watch all the news channels, jumping from one to another. I must say this drives my husband crazy. But, I feel if you view MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News, you might get some middle ground to work with. About six months ago, I started thinking “where did the money come from for Obama”. I have four daughters who went to College, and we were middle class, and money was tight. We (including my girls) worked hard and there were lots of student loans.

I started looking into Obama’s life.

Around 1979 Obama started college at Occidental in California. He is very open about his two years at Occidental, he tried all kinds of drugs and was wasting his time but, even though he had a brilliant mind, did not apply himself to his studies. “Barry” (that was the name he used all his life) dur ing this time had two roommates, Muhammad Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid, both from Pakistan.

During the summer of 1981, after his second year in college, he made a “round the world” trip. Stopping to see his mother in Indonesia, next Hyderabad in India, three weeks in Karachi, Pakistan where he stayed with his roommate’s family, then off to Africa to visit his father’s family.

My question - Where did he get the money for this trip? Nether I, nor any one of my children would have had money for a trip like this when they where in college. When he came back he started school at Columbia University in New York. It is at this time he wants everyone to call him Barack - not Barry. Do you know what the tuition is at Columbia? It’s not cheap! to say the least. Where did he get money for tuition? Student Loans? Maybe.

After Columbia, he went to Chicago to work as a Community Organizer for $12,000… a year. Why Chicago? Why not New York? He was already living in New York.

By “chance” he met Antoin “Tony” Rezko, born in Aleppo Syria, and a real estate developer in Chicago. Rezko has been convicted of fraud and bribery this year. Rezko, was named “Entrepreneur of the Decade” by the Arab-American Business and Professional Association” . About two years later, Obama entered Harvard Law School. Do you have any idea what tuition is for Harvard Law School? Where did he get the money for Law School? More student loans?

After Law school, he went back to Chicago. Rezko offered him a job, which he turned down. But, he did take a job with Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland. Guess what? They represented “Rezar” which Rezko’s firm. Rezko was one of Obama’s first major financial contributors when he ran for office in Chicago.

In 2003, Rezko threw an early fundraiser for Obama which Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendelland claims was instrumental in providing Obama with “seed money” for his U.S. Senate race.
In 2005, Obama purchased a new home in Kenwoood District of Chicago for $1.65 million (less than asking price). With ALL those Student Loans - Where did he get the money for the property?
On the same day Rezko’s wife, Rita, purchased the adjoining empty lot for full price. The London Times reported that Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born Billionaire loaned Rezko $3.5 million three weeks before Obama’s new home was purchased. Obama met Nadhmi Auchi many times with
Rezko.

Now, we have Obama running for President. Valerie Jarrett, was Michele Obama’s boss. She is now Obama’s chief advisor and he does not make any major decisions without talking to her first. Where was Jarrett born?
Ready for this? Shiraz, Iran! Do we see a pattern here? Or am I going crazy?

On May 10, 2008 The Times reported, Robert Malley advisor to Obama was “sacked” after the press found out he was having regular contacts with “Hamas”, which controls Gaza and is connected with Iran. This past week, buried in the back part of the papers, Iraqi newspapers reported that during Obama’s visit to Iraq, he asked their leaders to do nothing about the war until after he is elected, and he will “Take care of things”.

Oh, and by the way, remember the college roommates that where born in Pakistan? They are in charge of all those “small” Internet campaign contribution for Obama.& nbsp; Where is that money coming from? The poor and middle class in this country? Or could it be from the Middle East?

And the final bit of news. On September 7, 2008, The Washington Times posted a verbal slip that was made on “This Week” with George Stephanapoulos. Obama on talking about his religion said, “My Muslim faith”. When questioned, “he made a mistake”. Some mistake!

All of the above information I got on line. If you would like to check it - Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Barack Obama; Tony Rezko; Valerie Jarrett:
Daily Times - Obama visited Pakistan in 1981; The Washington Times - September 7, 2008; The Times May 10, 2008.

Now the BIG question - If I found out all this information on my own, Why haven’t all of our “intelligent” members of the press been reporting this?

A phrase that keeps ringing in my ear - “Beware of the enemy from within”!!!

And my response (I could have been more articulate, but remember I was angry and writing on my phone):

Oh my god! Oh my god!

Obama took out student loans, traveled and knows actual MUSLIMS!!! That can only mean one thing: he is a Muslim terrorist.

And how could a BLACK guy afford an expensive house? He’s BLACK! So what if he had written a best selling book and his wife (also a Harvard Law grad (i.e. black terrorist who secretly received tuition from Muslims)) had a mid six figure income? Muslim terrorists must have been behind both the sales of his book and his wife’s job as a hospital administrator. That’s the only possible explanation.

Wow. Thank god I read this before I voted for that BLACK Muslim terrorist.

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