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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.
By Mike Madden

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  • Wednesday, August 20, 2008 02:05 PM

    I second Gehgosen's letter

    I, too, have received many emails like these, and not just about Obama, from friends and family. And my efforts to get them to source Snopes.com has only lead them to take me off of their email lists.

    I think these tactics are unfortunately very effective -- and I think Democrats, Progressives, or whatever we're calling ourselves these days, need to be militant in fighting back.

    —sfvrealestate Read sfvrealestate's other letters

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