I'm not so sure very many actually "thought" that to begin with. Tried to portray him as a Muslim? Most certainly, gotta get your fear factor where you can.

Nor has that nonsense gone away completely, I see (not so much here, but at other sites) posters still trying to paint Sen Obama as both a "radical black Christian" and a "radical Muslim terrorist supporter," many times in the same post. I've yet to see one of them answer the simple question of: Well, which is it?

Logic isn't needed in attempts to demonize someone, just lies and empty rhetoric and an audience without the capacity or the willingness to see through it.