The Obama HatersOn November 4, 2008, the election of Barack Hussein Obama as the forty fourth president of the United States showed that the country had finally overcome its most hurtful, shameful, and enduring legacyslavery. Though Obamas election showed progress, the John McCainSarah Palin campaign and the Republican Party used age old smear campaign tactics. Their operators pulled out all the stops in an attempt to win and spread falsehoods about Obama that have