I have to hand it to Republicans; they do a much better job at producing patently false incendiary chain e-mails than Democrats do, leaving Democrats spending more time debunking baseless bullshit than spreading their own message. I bring up the topic of false political chain e-mail because this is 2012, a presidential election year, and as Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell stated so eloquently, "The number one goal of Republicans is to defeat President O'bama." Given that G.O.P. policies are just about as barren as a sterile camel in the middle of the Sahara desert, it's understandable why the Republican's false e-mail campaign would start kicking into high gear.
A good friend of mine just received the false Fannie Mae / President O'bama adviser e-mail, which means that it's making the rounds again and I'm apt to see it in my mailbox at least fifty times before this fall's election. The e-mail expresses disgust at the fact that three top officers of the Fannie Mae, who ran that corporation into financial ruin, were hired by the O'bama campaign to act as economic policy advisers. That would be shocking if it were true, but it's not!
Unfortunately, far too many people read that e-mail and accept it as true without question, and then spout off its contents to their relatives and friends as if it's Gospel truth – which it isn't! That's why political stupidity in America abounds and our elected politicians get to pander to the lowest common denominators among us.
The false Fannie Mae / President O'bama adviser e-mail originated during John McCain's presidential campaign in the 2008 election. "Snopes" has the best explanation of where the myth originated and why it's false. You can read why at:
www.snopes.com/politics/obama/fanniemae.asp
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