[Publius6961]

She was able to track it back to a posting on the Web site FreeRepublic.com, and a man named Andy Martin, a former political opponent of Obama's who...

So what was the posted and who posted it?

For a "gotcha" moment, this story is long on words and short on facts.

Where's the beef?

[Publius6961]

OK. Working from memory the article alludes how, "working from facts that make Obama vulnerable...", might lead informed and aware people to make inferences that could as likely be right as wrong.

Which leads me to believe that the purpose of the article is to suggest that only political hacks may make inferences, which then must be accepted as wisdom by the great unwashed.

In short, "the nerve of some people, encouraging others to think for themselves!"