Originally Posted by spindles

On a side note, I was watching the local Australian news the other night - the US correspondent was deep in Republican territory and people were saying things on camera about Obama, like "he is a muslim", "he swore his oath on the Koran", "he is a terrorist". After that, I was almost surprised not to hear "he's black". I'm amazed that there are people who swallow rumour like it is the truth. Personally I think these people already know who they are voting for and are clutching at *anything* to re-enforce their (slanted) view.