Demonizing a president

"The ascendancy of the first African American president was a watershed moment in American history. In response, President Obama's adversaries have engaged in relentless and systematic mudslinging throughout his campaign and well into his presidency, 'othering' him as a foreign and dangerous political figure. Never before has a presidential candidate been so maligned, by so many, in such a variety of ways--and yet won. This provocative study investigates the unrest behind the Obama campaign and election, and the controversial political machine that causes it. Martin A. Parlett, himself a…