Wow!  I was in the line at the grocery store today and I noticed the headlines of both the Star and the National Enquirer.  They made me cringe, as they usually do.  On the cover they were both referencing Barack Obama as gay and in a marriage where he and Michelle were constantly fighting due to multiple adulterous affairs.  Now I know that most of us Americans realize that most of what is printed in these rags are trash and untrue, but it made me begin to ponder all the other things that I have heard about Barack Obama.  I listen to Sean Hannity on the radio almost everyday on the way to and from work.  I am always curious to hear the other side's opinion of our political system.  I continue to learn things and feel enlightened.  I have continuously heard Sean Hannity reference Obama in relation to an underground group and also having ties with a man who admitted bombing some of our nations buildings.  What I want to know is what is true and what is made up??  I am so confused and I consider myself very educated.  It worries me that American people will be swayed by what is not true because so many people are trying to effect votes by injecting fear into voters.  What do all of you think?  I am not a Obama fan, but my opinions of what he might be able to do with our country are not based on any of the things that I have discussed above.  What do all of you think?  Have the references of him being Muslim or having ties to Al Qaida swayed you at all?

I close with a thought---Some of my students believe many of these things.  Is this an effect of what they have heard their parents say?