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Behind the Headlines by Justin RaimondoAntiwar.com April 8, 2002 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA POSTREL?Post-9/11: Who speaks for libertarianism – the Old Right or the Neocon Clones? A note from the author: I apologize, in advance, for the sheer length of this column, but since it addresses the sell-out of basic libertarian principles by people and institutions who purport to speak in its name, I thought it important to address these questions thoroughly, with extensive quotations from those I name. Too bad, in attacking Antiwar.com, these pathetic losers didn't do the same – but then what can one expect from craven...

Going negative against Democrat Barack Obama isn't just a campaign strategy for Republican John McCain. It's also a good formula for selling books.

NEW YORK, (AP) -- Going negative against Democrat Barack Obama isn't just a campaign strategy for Republican John McCain. It's also a good formula for selling books. Three anti-Obama releases were in the top 20 of Amazon.com's best-seller list on Tuesday, despite little critical attention or mainstream media coverage. "There's a pent-up demand from people on the right side of the aisle who feel that the mainstream media is effusively covering Barack Obama and not critically covering him," . . .

I was privilaged to review Obama: The Man Behind The Mask by Andy Martin, who "generally recognized as the founding father of the anti-Obama research and commentary movement on the Internet. You may also remember that Andy urged Hillary to TAKE IT TO THE CONVENTION! She did not heed his advice. While the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune were asleep at the wheel, Andy Martin was letting the world know "Who Barry O is," but "just the facts" as Detective Friday says. Andy tells you why until Lynn SWEET caught Obama's scent that "Tony's guy" got a pass for...

http://obambi.wordpress.com/2008/06/...hood-religion/ OBAMA AUTHOR ANDY MARTIN ACCUSES BARACK OBAMA OF “SMEARING THE TRUTH” ABOUT OBAMA’S CHILDHOOD RELIGION Legendary Chicago Internet columnist and Obama author Andy Martin will hold a New York news conference Monday, June 16th to charge that Barack Obama is “smearing the truth” about Obama’s childhood religion. Martin will challenge Obama to sue Martin for defamation. Martin’s book, Obama: The Man Behind the Mask, is now in pre-publication sales and goes to the printer June 18th. See http://orangestatepress.com. Martin is universally credited with first exposing Obama’s Muslim heritage in 2004. Andy has been attacked as the mastermind of a...