Media outlets are reporting that part of Obama's strategy to win re-election is to tie all the Republican party in with the Tea Party, that right now has a 40% disapproval rate. Recently at the Republican debate in Iowa all of the current presidential contenders said that they would reject a deal that was 10 dollars in spending cuts for every 1 dollar in tax increases. Taking actions like this, it appears as though this strategy may be successful as long as the American public stays informed (which is a big if).
I fear for my country if a right-wing extremist were to win the White House. People may not be happy with Barack Obama, but within our two-party system the only way to channel that anger is to vote for the opposing party to him, in this case irresponsible race baiting homophobes (lest anyone forget Newt Gingrich calling Barack Obama a Kenyan socialist "What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]?" Gingrich asks. "That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior(http://mediamatters.org/blog/201009120001}. Statements like this just reek of racism, along with Bachmann's charge of a gangsta government against Obama and her opposition to homosexuality. The MEDIA needs to call out the Republican race-baiting for what it is.
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