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So John Kerry's going to endorse Obama. I didn't think he and Edwards were getting along at the end of the 2004 campaign.
2861U2 said:
Is this really good for America? Aren't we supposed to be a little more honorable and fair than this?
2861U2 said:http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008...o-stir-mischief-by-voting-romney-in-michigan/
And all I hear about in here are the dirty tricks the Republicans pull...
Is this really good for America? Aren't we supposed to be a little more honorable and fair than this?
Sliming Obama
Dueling chain e-mails claim he's a radical Muslim or a 'racist' Christian. Both can't be right. We find both are false.
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Updated: 10:17 AM ET Jan 11, 2008
Dueling chain e-mails claim he's a radical Muslim or a 'racist' Christian. Both can't be right. We find both are false.
Summary
If these two nasty e-mail messages are any indication, the 2008 presidential campaign is becoming a very dirty one.
One claims that Obama is "certainly a racist" by virtue of belonging to Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, which it says "will accept only black parishoners" and espouses a commitment to Africa. Actually, a white theology professor says he's been "welcomed enthusiastically" at the church, as have other non-blacks.
Another e-mail claims that Obama "is a Muslim," attended a "Wahabi" school in Indonesia, took his Senate oath on the Koran, refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and is part of an Islamic plot to take over the U.S. Each of these statements is false.
These false appeals to bigotry and fear remind us of the infamous whispering campaign of eight years ago, when anonymous messages just before the South Carolina primary falsely accused Republican candidate John McCain of fathering an illegitimate child by a black woman.
Analysis
We turn first to the most recent of these Internet whispering campaigns: a widely forwarded e-mail that says Barack Obama's church, the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, is anti-American, will only accept black parishioners and tilts toward Africa at the expense of the United States. The e-mail claims Obama is therefore "certainly a racist" and "desires to rule over America while his loyalty is totally vested in a Black Africa."
We've had scores of queries about the accuracy of this one. It's bunk. For one thing, the church welcomes whites, according to a University of Chicago professor of divinity who says he has attended. And while its controversial pastor is a fiery advocate for blacks and liberal causes and a fierce critic of anti-black discrimination, we've seen no evidence that he preaches hatred of or discrimination against whites.
BonoVoxSupastar said:Oh, you dirty liberals
Why can't you be more like the Republicansray:?
Signed,
U2democrat said:Republicans would do the same thing if the tables were turned.
2861U2 said:
A) You don't know that.
2861U2 said:
B) That doesn't make it ok.
2861U2 said:
C) It's the Democrats who are always complaining of dirty tricks by the Republicans. If they wanted to be taken more seriously, they wouldn't be doing this.
Daily Kos
2861U2 said:
A) You don't know that.
B) That doesn't make it ok.
Daily Kos
Published on Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Nader's "Grassroots" Campaign...Courtesy of GOP
by Jeff Cohen
Four years after the Florida debacle, with nearly all of Ralph Nader's longtime progressive allies now tactically supporting Kerry in swing states to retire the Bush regime, the Nader campaign has created none of the grassroots thunder of 2000. Indeed, it's been a hollow enterprise -- attracting a few leftwing sects and polemicists.
Given this vacuum, it's no surprise that pro-Bush forces have rushed to Nader's side. What is a surprise is the brazenness of their support. And, how readily Nader has accepted the right-wing help.
Nader has complained -- correctly in at least one state -- of covert Democratic efforts to keep him off ballots. But in Michigan, he has no such excuse. In that key battleground state, after Nader volunteers had collected only 5,000 of the 30,000 signatures necessary to get on the ballot, Michigan's Republican Party came to the rescue with 43,000 Nader signatures.
2861U2 said:
But it's sad that whenever the topic of dirty tricks comes up here, all the talk is about the evil Republicans and how perfect the Democrats are.
Strongbow said:CNN polling now has John McCain as the clear Republican front runner nationally. Hillary Clinton has the lead for the Democrats.
ntalwar said:
Looks like they didn't poll the independents though.