When I read this article about racial slurs directed at the Obama children, all I could think about was how my heart feels so heavy at the thought that two innocent young girls are going to have to deal with the ignorance, vitriol and sheer stupidity exhibited by some of the comments that were discussed. Now to be fair - Chelsea Clinton, Jenna and Barbara Bush all had less than flattering comments made about them during their time as the first children - but not only are the comments directed at Malia and Sasha Obama cruel, there are the obviously racist overtones.
This makes me ask - what kind of society do we live in, that people think it is OK to attack the children of our political leaders? I don't give a rip if you campaigned against Obama, hate everything he stands for and are a card-carrying member of the "Anybody but Obama 2012" club - leave his children out of this. We are rapidly becoming a land where people that have much to contribute to political office are not going to offer themselves for public service because they don't want to put their families through all of this drama.
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