[tsmith130]

If this is the same thing I got via an e-mail the other day, Snopes has discounted it as not being written by Dr. Kaiser. (they contacted him).

(http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/proportions.asp)

I think on Snopes Dr. Kaiser, when contacted, said many of the views in the piece are opposite of his.

[Dionysius]

From what I’ve heard about Snopes, they’re in the Soros/Obama/Axelrod bag as well. Trust it not.

[Lady Jag]

SNOPES:

Origins:   The Internet piece quoted above originally began circulating just after the U.S. presidential election of November 2008, and by March 2009 it had picked up an attribution crediting it to David Kaiser, a historian who has authored a number of books, including The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy. However, as Mr. Kaiser told us and notes in his blog, History Unfolding, he did not pen this piece:

The first two sentences, beginning, "For the past thirty years," were of course written by me; the rest of the email was not written by me. Its views are in many ways the opposite of my own.

This item has also been mistakenly attributed to Dr. Timothy L. Wood, an Assistant Professor of History at Southwest Baptist University. Like David Kaiser, Dr. Wood told us that he did not write the piece and pointed us to a blog entry disclaiming his authorship.

The original is also commonly attributed to Pamela Geller, having appeared in her Atlas Shrugs blog on 13 November 2008. However, Ms. Geller notes in her introductory statement that "I wish I had written it" and indicates it originated as a reader comment posted to yet another blog.

As far as we know, this piece began as a comment posted to Pat Dollard's blog in November 2008 by an author identified only as "TPS."

[wendy1946]

I’ve seen a couple of cases which “Snopes” has gotten wrong; he’s not infallable.

[Rocky]

Snopes has discounted it as not being written by Dr. Kaiser. (they contacted him).

(http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/proportions.asp)

I think on Snopes Dr. Kaiser, when contacted, said many of the views in the piece are opposite of his.

You are correct.

SNOPES SAYS DR. KAISER DID NOT AUTHOR THIS.

It first appeared as a comment to a blog in Nov 2008, and then later someone added Dr. Kaiser's name and started circulating it by e-mail.

Personally, I agree with what it says. But we shouldn't attribute it falsely. And it loses all credibility when the supposed author says that it is completely contradictory to his own beliefs.