Open Question: Why don’t people just let the political race take it’s course?

This country is built on democracy, the freedom of people to make their own choices. All this talk about Barack this and that. Is it because he's black? Let's take a look, Arnold Swarzenegger is Austrian, he wasn't even born on US soil. When he became elected, nothing was said. What experience did he have? Ronald Reagan was an actor, what experience did he have? George Bush's chief of staff outed a spy, was found guilty by a jury, conviction upheld, yet he was pardoned. Strom Thurmond a senator, who once ran for President said, the only way a nigger will have equal rights is over his dead body. While I don't agree with everyone's policies, I let the people choose. Circulating lies like Obama's a muslim and terrorists are childish. If he was a muslim it would definately be found out by now. But even if he was,the that exclude an American from running for president. Just because a person doesn't share your views doesn't make them unelectable.