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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:00 AM

Debunking anti-Obama e-mails

Error-filled chain e-mails designed to scare voters away from Barack Obama are circulating widely on the Internet. Salon deconstructs a pair, one smearing the candidate, the other his wife.

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  • Thursday, August 21, 2008 07:48 AM

    Michelle O and Princeton

    AKA Smith says: Gavini...hate Michelle Obama because she went to Princeton."

    Oh AKA Smith--how predictable of both of us! But oh, there are so many better reasons. Actually, I loathe (a more accurate word than hate) her because she apparently wants to occupy the White House, and I expect Ivy Leaguers to at least show some class and appear to appreciate the people from whom her spouse wants votes.

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