Detractors have ramped up their hate speech toward President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama during the last part of his administration. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
By Petula Dvorak
The most popular license in America now?
A license to hate.
And one of the most popular targets is President Obama, the country’s first African American commander-in-chief.
It’s no secret that America’s first family has received an unprecedented number of threats over the past seven years.
But the fever pitch of hate and bile toward the president and his family have taken an even sharper tone thanks to the primordial swamp that is the current presidential campaign.
It’s impossible to utter a single word about the White House, the first family or the president without a blast from the fire hose of haterade…
Disagree with Obama’s politics and policies, sure. That’s how it’s supposed to work.
But there is a viciousness, a racist edge to the hate-speak that echoes the darkest days of American history.
Read the full article at The Washington Post »
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