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Fact: Michelle believes the United States is a mean country guided by fear and made up of cynics, sloths, and complacents. It's hard to empathize with her assessment knowing that Barack's half brother Raila Odinga who is married to the niece of Mohammad Taha, the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip and who is the head of the militant branch of Hamas, Al Aqsa Mosque red Brigade, orders the firing of rockets into Israel.

Michelle: "See, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly."

Fact: Mark Ndesandjo, Obama's half brother who received a degree from Brown University, a masters in physics from Stanford and an MBA from Emory and has 3 wives (two Chinese and one African) is charged by the UK with supporting terrorism and using his business, Worldnexus, to funnel money to terrorists -including Osama Bin Laden.

Michelle: "[Barack will] build an economy that lifts every family, to make sure health care is available for every American and to make sure that every child in this nation has a world-class education all the way from preschool to college."

Fact: Obama's two decades of public service work translates into going to school, working for a law firm, writing a book and community organizing. Michelle backed the Urban Health Initiative which was designed to steer primarily black, poor, uninsured patients, to other health care facilities instead of University of Chicago Medical Center.

Michelle: He'll achieve these goals the same way he always has: by bringing us together and reminding us how much we share and how alike we really are. You see, Barack doesn't care where you're from or what your background is or what party, if any, you belong to.

Fact: Michelle wrote in her Princeton thesis, "As a member of the black community, I am obligated to this community and will utilize all of my present and future resources to benefit the black community first and foremost."

Michelle: He knows that thread that connects us -- our belief in America's promise, our commitment to our children's future -- he knows that that thread is strong enough to hold us together as one nation even when we disagree.

Fact: The Woods Fund Board provided $75,000 in grant money to the Arab American Action Network, headquartered in Chicago's Palestinian immigrant community, which works to empower Chicago-area Arabs. AAAN's co-founder Rashid Khalidi called Israel an "apartheid system and a racist" state, labeling suicide bombings a response to Israeli aggression.

In her speech at the Democratic Convention, Michelle Obama attempted to paint a picture of her husband as a man who defied the odds, who despite being raised by a single mother and his grandparents, worked through adversity to achieve his success and who uses his accomplishments to better his community and our world. She explains that they have similar values and experiences and assures the American people that when he becomes president they will change this country for the better, to reflect their utopian vision for our society. There's just one sticky point. Anyone with more than a superficial understanding of what they represent understands that Barack's Mother and father, and Michelle's bitter feelings about the racial divide in America have succeeded in distorting this man's worldview into one that is diametrically opposed to that which fosters pride in our country and its accomplishments, respect for tradition, and an understanding that a person's character is built from self reliance and independence. With such a distorted view of themselves and their past, it would be a tragedy if the voters buy the Obama's vision for the future as their own.

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