Posted on 08/15/2008 8:00:33 AM PDT by SmithL
Here come the goons, right on schedule.
The "author," and I use the term loosely, whose vicious lies damaged John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign has crawled back out from under his rock to spew vicious lies about Barack Obama. Right-wing radio talk-show hosts are dutifully transmitting this concocted venom. This presidential campaign has officially gotten ugly.
The "author" I'm talking about is a man named Jerome Corsi. In a book published last year, "The Late Great USA: The Coming Merger with Mexico and Canada," Corsi claimed that George W. Bush was at the heart of a secret conspiracy to subsume the United States into a post-national, one-worldish North American Union. Corsi's writings on far-right blogs have been even more paranoid and delusional. He has written that pedophilia, for which he used a more graphic term, "is OK with the Pope as long as it isn't reported by the liberal press." He has referred to Muslims as "ragheads."
Corsi would be known as just another visitor from the outer fringe if he had not been the co-author of "Unfit for Command," the book that slimed Kerry's exemplary record as a Swift boat commander in Vietnam. The allegations in that book were discredited, but not before they had been amplified by the right-wing echo chamber to the point where they raised questions in some voters' minds - perhaps enough to swing the election.
It was an abominable trick, but quite remarkable. Kerry's opponent, George W. Bush, had avoided Vietnam by taking refuge in the Texas Air National Guard. Kerry was a decorated war hero, yet somehow his valor and sense of duty were turned into a political negative and used against him.
Now Corsi, in what he acknowledges is an attempt "to keep Obama from getting elected,"
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
They would have to crawling over the mountains of empty pizza boxes and ‘Dew cans in their mommies basement into the day light.
Also, I suspect that on some level of survival instinct they know that many (even most) conservatives are armed and capable.
Exactly.
I have the CDs and enjoy listen to them on the way to and from work.
The author posts some things that are fantasy and that which is factual.
The factual data can be refuted by Obama if he or his surrogates wish to reply, but they won’t because they can’t and therefore they will try to damage the credibility of the messenger, Mr. Corsi.
e.g.
1. Fantasy:Obama said on the campaign trail that his parents met at the Selma March, decided to get married and have a family. Fact: The Selma March was long after they had met and were married.
2. Fantasy: Obama says JFK brought 81 Kenyan students over to study thru a presidential edict. One of those students was his father Barack. Fact: 81 Kenyan students including Barack came over BEFORE JFK was in office through private donation. JFK had NOTHING to do with it.
3. Fact: Obama is a follower of the teachings of Saul Alinsky a radical left wing activist who advocates that the ends support the means.
4. Fact: Tony Rezko is Syrian with close ties to Saddam Hussein
“I believe in affirmative action, but I have to acknowledge there are arguments against it. One of the more cogent is the presence of Justice Clarence Thomas on the U.S. Supreme Court.” Eugene Robinson, racist fool
This is Kerry's idea.
Kerrys effort will be slightly different. The Senator wont print the attack directly alongside the truth. But he will, according to Kerrys Internet Director Brian Young, put more emphasis on the attacker and allow the sites directors to decided how best to combat the attack.
T. Boone Pickens made that offer. Some tried for the million, but T. Boone says they haven’t met his criteria:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/062608dnnatpickens.3a6c2d1b.html
It is strange how much free publicity that the liberal media is giving to this book.
I think they are defeating their own efforts to suppress it.
They are taking their cue from the Obama campaign, which is also going bananas over the book.
Bad move, Barack.
The problem was not that Corsi launched vicious lies against JFK, the problem was that he used the unvarnished truth.
Personally, I have a lot of problems with the Bush family and their one-world politics. But I've never heard them even comment, much less squeel like a stuck pig, about the lies and distortions published about them regularly.
Barak will himself be asked at some point to account for Corsi’s book. Unless the media continue to softball and ignore the issues.
If they were REAL journalists, they would dissect the 800+ footnotes in the book.
Inocculate the candidate by smearing the author just makes us all more curious.
What I find interesting is that Kerry is behind the idea of smearing the author.
fight the truth with ad hominim attacks on the author.
Kerry is a very petty man.
Kerry slimed himself when he described our soldiers as commiting acts reminiscent of "Ghenghis Khan". He stirred up the veterans that he himself betrayed.
I’m into the last chapter of Freddoso’s book, The Case Against Barack Obama, and he should be made to respond to this book, as well. I expect both books contain the same information.
Redirect the attacks on Corsi to Kerry and his vindictive website.
Kerry is obviously still nursing old wounds.
Lets give the jackass reason to submit himself for a 4th purple heart.
I agree. Force the issue of content on Freddoso’s book, and use the Corsi Issue to show that Kerry is conducting a vindictive smear campaign on Corsi.
Let the morons keep talking, people can think for themselves and would like to have some of these questions answered. (which we know the answer the liberals use is to attack the creditability of the author)
Let the morons keep talking, people can think for themselves and would like to have some of these questions answered. (which we know the answer the liberals use is to attack the creditability of the author)
Let the morons keep talking, people can think for themselves and would like to have some of these questions answered. (which we know the answer the liberals use is to attack the creditability of the author)
I just want credit where credit is due! L0L
Let's get this right. John Kerry's lies damaged John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign.
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