Propaganda Emails- Freedom

With the upcoming election I have noticed an increase in the amount of emails circulating that like to use all types of tricks to persuade people who can't think for themselves. I have decided that I will start sharing some of these as they come in...

This morning I received an email titled "Freedom is Worth Fighting For." Here is the text included in the message:

Yes I have deleted much of those words that were said above this message, but when I read and re read the below I thought it said it all.. It will only take you a minute to pass this along if you wish to do so, if not that is fine, but remember these words.

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in their bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free"
-Ronald Reagan

This email was sent to me by someone who knows I am supporting Senator Obama for president. I guess the intended message was that Barack Obama, or Democrats in general, miss this point on national security, as if they don't realize the importance of protecting our country and our freedoms worldwide. Maybe I was supposed to think that only Republicans could defend our freedoms.

Whatever the intended message, this email came off sounding like a grandfather talking to a small child about the importance of freedom and the costs of such liberty. Although I agree with the statement, that's as far as it goes. I won't stretch the quote so far as to use it to promote one candidate or another. That's just silly. Any person running for President of the United States of America already has a good grasp on this concept. Otherwise there's no chance people vote for them.

Are people really believing otherwise after reading emails such as this one? If so, it's sad to see how easy people are manipulated.