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Ironically, the smear campaign represents the dark side of the Internet’s emerging dominance in American politics — a phenomenon that has driven Obama’s unparalleled grass-roots and financial campaigns. After harnessing the Web to great advantage, Obama is now struggling to beat back the viral threat from the same uncontrollable medium.

E-mail smears are fine when they happen to a conservative...but are dangerous when they happen to a neo-Marxist. Things that make you go hmmmmmm.

1 posted on 05/22/2008 3:38:57 AM PDT by markomalley
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>>”We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said.<<

This quote is not a falsehood, it is what Barry said and what he believes. He's going to “take things away from you for the common good” (HClinton SF 2006) but he's going to get the U.N. global body involved in your life to do it.

2 posted on 05/22/2008 3:43:47 AM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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What began as a demonstrably false attempt to cast Obama as a Muslim has now metastasized into something far more threatening to the likely Democratic nominee. The spurious claims about his faith have spiraled into a broader assault that questions his patriotism and citizenship and generally portrays him as a threat to mainstream, white America.

Why? Because the media says its false? I would say Obama and the good Reverend are more in line with The Nation of Islam than with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

It would be funny if McCain would say in a stump speech "We just toppled Saddam Hussein and now.. well you know.

3 posted on 05/22/2008 3:43:59 AM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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Barack Obama is un-American.

While certain viral e-mails contain falsehoods, that does not make the above statement a smear.


4 posted on 05/22/2008 3:46:19 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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Gimme a break. The guy is a lightweight in the Senate, has not been in their long enough to even have a track record and is a left-wing liberal that would send us back to the Carter years. That’s what i’ve read about him...and that is from actually listening to the guy, not some ‘viral e-mail’ campaign. Don’t even get me started about the wife, the pastor, and the weatherman. He’s the captain of his own ship, it’s there for anyone to see. Who needs a smear campaign when his throughts and deeds are a matter of public record??????


5 posted on 05/22/2008 3:47:09 AM PDT by SueRae
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“A Pew survey found that one in 10 Americans think Obama is Muslim....”

The other 90% are ignoramuses who haven’t taken the trouble to do basic research or are so partisan that they might be thrilled about possibly having a muslim, terrorist lover as president.


7 posted on 05/22/2008 4:02:35 AM PDT by indcons
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Leave Barack Alone!!!!


10 posted on 05/22/2008 4:06:17 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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The main obstacle standing between Barack Obama and the White House was distilled into five words by a local television correspondent in South Charleston, W.Va., earlier this month.

LOL, as if Americans are too dumb to see the brilliance of Obama and could only vote against the most bestest President ever because of lies by those evil Republicans.

12 posted on 05/22/2008 4:09:16 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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Vanderbilt University professor John G. Geer, explaining why some voters are susceptible to falsehoods. “He needs to talk about his values. Right now, people are filling in the narrative because he hasn’t filled it.”

No, Obama needs to lie to the voters to convince them he really isn't a terrorist-appeasing reincarnation of Jimmy Carter liberal.

13 posted on 05/22/2008 4:12:00 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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Holy Cow! Is this truly a "news" article, or a campaign propaganda piece? Could it get more glowing, or condescending?

"Those bad, bad non Obama voters, we need to tell them the truth about this great, misunderstood man!"

14 posted on 05/22/2008 4:12:57 AM PDT by codercpc
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The reasons Dems can't win Presidential elections without 3rd parties is because they lie to themselves.

They know Obama is a hard core lefty, thats why they love him, but they think they can fool the masses. Its the same thing they did with Kerry, maybe because they are so emotional and detached from the heartland.

Obama is really a son of a Kenyan Muslim. He is a very hardcore abortionist who will raise everyones taxes. He attends a church based on black liberation, which translates into "hate white people". His wife is a bitter unlikable woman and his middle name is Hussein.

Do these liberals think that after WWII Americans would have elected a guy named Adolph?.

this is how it will play out.

John (Christian name) McCain, descendant from long line of defenders of America, tortured for his love of country, very experienced.

Barak Hussein Obama (Muslim Name) born of African Muslim dad, white hippie mom. 1 term Senator.

17 posted on 05/22/2008 4:19:46 AM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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“They want to make people worry about me.”

By golly, it doesn’t take much to do that.


18 posted on 05/22/2008 4:22:33 AM PDT by Malesherbes
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What troubles me the most is that he can stand there and say things like

"On Wednesday, Mr. Obama said in Florida that in a meeting with the Iranians he'd make it clear their behavior is unacceptable" <> - Karl Rove, WSJ 05-22-08

...and his following will cheer in the background.

It is really scary that I live in the same container as people who think this kind of mindset is a good thing and in our best interest. Anyone with an IQ above 60 realizes just how generic and pandering a statement like this is. And we see this repeatedly, over and over. He delivers scripted speeches very well with a strong and confident voice and posture. But when it comes down to being forced to use his own words on the fly and pull from his "experience" and ideals he falls to the level of debating a complex network issue with my cable internet providers first tier tech support. You tell them you are experiencing packet loss and they ask you if you are using internet explorer or firefox. They aren't stupid, they are just both out of their league and the issue at hand falls outside the boundaries of their script... at which point they both get completely lost.

I find it so hard to comprehend how anyone who isn't technically mentally handicapped can support this guy or accept his ideology as their won. It's embarrassing at the very least. Seriously, imagine what the Iranians were thinking when they saw this clip on TV. I can picture them rolling on the floor in uncontrolled laughter.

19 posted on 05/22/2008 4:22:40 AM PDT by FunkyZero
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“Here’s a guy who could get us right with the world again” is how Al Cross, a veteran political reporter and the head of the University of Kentucky’s Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, characterized the perception among some Democrats. “His entire persona is globalized, and his name lends credibility with people who we need credibility with. What better change agent could there be?”

Shouldn't it be said of people like this guy that, “They just are confused, uninitiated and uncertain about who he is and what his background is.”

Instead of making it seem as if every person that doesn't trust Obama is ignorant , foolish, and uneducated.

22 posted on 05/22/2008 4:30:31 AM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
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the reporter offered this observation: “They think you are un-American”

And they are correct. B. Hussein Obama (May peace be upon him) IS un-American.

24 posted on 05/22/2008 4:32:59 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is an EVIL like no other, and must be ERADICATED)
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"...the assertion that he’s a Muslim and the claim that he belongs to a radical black Christian church..."

Ah, what's the difference between Rev Wright and Minister Farrakhan? Not much, indeed Wright notoriously honored Farrakhan. They see the similarity, it's wrong for the rest of us to see the similarity?

Obama was a Muslim under Sharia Muslim law until he was 26. With his conversion, Obama's become an apostate and has committed the worst crime a Muslim can commit. Any Muslim can murder Obama and be celebrated for murdering an apostate. How is this not far from saying Obama is a Muslim?

25 posted on 05/22/2008 4:33:10 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (I'm just a typical bitter, white, heteronormative space worm clinging to guns and God.)
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though one goes as far as to try to reconcile the apparent conflict by arguing that Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ is covertly Muslim, something that would come as a surprise to its parishioners.
The Nation of Islam provided body guards for Jeremiah "GD America!" Wright.

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

27 posted on 05/22/2008 4:38:57 AM PDT by samtheman
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E-mail smears are fine when they happen to a conservative...but are dangerous when they happen to a neo-Marxist. Things that make you go hmmmmmm.

Well, he's also black, so it must be some kind of hate crime too!

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29 posted on 05/22/2008 4:47:33 AM PDT by Bon mots
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I’ll tell you this. I know a number of middle aged women who are DIE-HARD Dems who won’t vote for Obama. For the most part, it’s because they believe him to be a racist and on some other levels that he’ll sell us out to our enemies.


35 posted on 05/22/2008 5:29:14 AM PDT by Malsua
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They’re only “smears” if they aren’t true.


36 posted on 05/22/2008 5:43:28 AM PDT by smalltownslick (All)
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40 posted on 05/22/2008 6:08:54 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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