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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 01:57 PM

    laird

    you said:

    Whenever I hear about this kind of ignorant, stomach-turning disinformation campaign, I can't help but think of one of my favorite Henry James quotes: “I don’t want everyone to like me. I should think less of myself if some people did.”

    What in the first email is misinformation? It's all quotes from her thesis, except one quote from a mystery fellow student. Seriously, point out something that is factually incorrect...............Okay, you can't. So please, PLEASE can you all stop with the knee-jerk reactions to facts that may not be beneficial to the Obama campaign? The best argument against Michele Obama's thesis is that she was 21. We all say stupid things when we're that young.

    And to be honest, Mr. Madden's "debunking" of the first email actually makes it more credible since he didn't debunk a damn thing.

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