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• Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:58 PM

  A preface: Snopes is one of the most reliable sites online

  So, lets begin fbairl

  So let's see it's on the internet Obama is the most liberal Senator in Congress, and will raise taxes if elected, as proven by his voting record. Is that true or not true?

  Actually, Obama is not particularly liberal - he is to the right of Hillary on healthcare and his voting record tends to be lukewarm. Aside from that, your second claim here has indeed been debunked.

  http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/taxes.asp

  Internet says Obama has literally no experience running anything, why, because he's young and just starting out in politics. Is that true or not?

  He started off as a senator for Illinois, which is where "Chicago politics" shit comes from. Note how Obama's detractors can't even manage to keep their lies internally consistant.

  Internet says Obama has a muslim name, muslim family, and muslim ties, and he would stand with them, as so stated in his book. Is that true or not true?

  Muslim name? Yep. There are of course people out there with German names, I am sure you join me in saying that they are all Nazis (If anybody misses the sarcasm in that, they are stupid) along with anybody named Adolf. Muslim family? His father was a Muslim, his mother was possibly atheist. His wife and kids are Christians. As America is not the fucking Middle East where your religion is supposed to count for anything in an election, this shouldn't matter anyway, but Obama's stated belief is Christian.

  In fact the Church he went to was a major source of scandal for him, again, how the anti-Obama lobby frequently can't even be internally consistent in their arguments against him.

  It's on the internet Obama attended a racist church and was friends with a racist reverand, as seen on video numerous times. Is that true or not true?

  Note how this contradicts claims that he is a Muslim. The reverand wasn't a racist, and the video was made by splicing together 20 years worth of preaching using a technique common to theistic movements that seek to annoy atheists: Quote mining. Taken in context the reverand was criticising slavery, Reagan's policy on AIDS (Which was indeed bad) and American foreign policy.

  It's on the internet Obama's wife stated she's finally proud of America, as seen on national televison. Huh, why would she say that. Is that true or not true?

  Well, consider things from the point of view of a black person in America - KKK, took till LBJ for lynching black people to be treated like a crime, vote fraud, the Republican hate machine, the rampant anti-intellectualism where going to Princeton is actually a minus, bloody Appalachian Democrats saying they won't vote for a nigger, and people like Kirk, who think that lying in order to sell your product is acceptable.

  I'll tell you what is true, Obama's wife has been put on the back of the bus by the democratic party, and told to keep her mouthe shut. Amazing she has totally dissappeared from sight with the press. Is that true or not true?

  She recently appeared in an ad with Cindy McCain highlighting the fight against poverty. Your claim is epic fail.

  It's on the internet Obama made some rather racist remarks in his book. Is that true or not true?

  Not true. Go read the book.

  It's on the internet Obama appeared at a white evagelist church in an attempt to get white votes, and of course he was a Christian quoting scripture. Is that true or not true?

  So white evangelists aren't citizens now? Their votes don't count if you are a Democrat? Sheesh, I am about as militant an atheist as these letters pages get and I am not that militant. As to his quoting

  The man has a silver tongue and no character.

  -- fbair1

  Maybe, but not on the strength of the lies and distortions you helped spread here.

  —Taliesan Read Taliesan's other letters
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