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A couple of days ago I received an article on my e-mail called, "You ain’t going to like losing". The author was discussing what kind of person we need in the White House as we move into the future. Most of the sentiment in the article was well thought out and I found my self in agreement with most points that the author made.

The person who forwarded the article to me knew that my political views were very similar to the author’s and thought I would enjoy the article. I did enjoy the article until I read the last paragraph. In the last paragraph the author quoted Barack Obama, as saying in his book, "The Audacity of Hope", "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction". In reality, that isn’t what Mr. Obama wrote. If you have a copy of, "The Audacity of Hope", turn to page 261. Mr. Obama was talking about the treatment of Japanese Americans during WW II, and his concern that we as Americans would not let the same kind of inflamed sentiment lead us to violate the Constitutional rights of Arab American citizens or any other minority. The word, "Muslim", was not used in the original quote, but was placed there by the Author of, "You ain’t going to like losing", to direct inflamed sentiment toward Barack Obama.

This is the second time I have seemingly come to the defense of Barack Obama, even though I can’t support him for his bid for the Oval Office. However, even though I don’t support Obama, I don’t believe in distorting his or anyone’s comments.

In the end, the Author of, "You ain’t going to like losing", has discredited himself, given Obama more ammunition to use in his bid for office and done John McCain no good at all.

If anyone would like to read, "You ain’t going to like losing", in order to compare it to what was actually said on page 261 of Obama's book, send me your email and I will forward it to you.