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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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  • Wednesday, August 20, 2008 06:25 AM

    @James T. Kirk

    Kirk: "Oh you made fun of my fake name. X

    wow, that gets you a gold medal in the Blogger Olympics, I think."

    Huh huh, huh huh, huh huh.

    So you don't really have anything to say at this point, I take it?

    What's your opinion of the practice of sending out emails that are designed to mislead people? I mean, do you think that is wrong, or do you think lying to people is OK? What's your ethical take on that? As long as you're still trolling around, let's hear what you think. I am asking the quesiton in general, whether it's this election or any other.

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