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• Wednesday, August 20, 2008 06:38 AM

  @5designers5

  5designers5: "Does Obama really think these e-mails have enough effect to set up a site debunking them. Anyone who wants to believe them probably will not enter the site to read the debunking."

  You miss the point. By setting up a storehouse of all the lies and then providing point-by-point rebuttals to them, everybody has access to the information. That means that people who might be inclined to defend Obama can get the best possible information to use in fighting back against the ignorance of others. It's a powerful tool, just like the MediaMatters.org site is a powerful tool for getting reliable information, or Snopes.com. Why don't you go to the site yourself -- FightTheSmears.com -- and see what it has to say? Maybe you'll learn something.

  5designers5: "I know him to be arrogant and incompetent by his words and actions."

  Riiiiight. Which words, which actions? You make the claim, yet you cite nothing. I have yet to see Obama do or say a single thing that qualifies as "arrogant." That is a popular angle to attack him with, but it's got nothing to back it up. It's kind of like "elitist." It's just an adjective. What some call arrogance, others call confidence. What some call elitism, some call learnedness. Both terms ring false when you register Obama's humility and humbleness, which are exhibited in abundance.

  5designers5: "I know Michele to be racist because of her words and actions."

  No you don't. You're just saying that because you, yourself, have made up your mind about something that you have no evidence for. You have absolutely nothing to go on here. This article pretty well debunks the idea that Michelle's college thesis is in any way racist. So what else do you have to go on? Almost everything cited as evidence for Michelle's "racism" has turned out to have no substance. The claim that she referred to "whitey" was never substantiated. The purported witness disappeared into thin air -- never existed. So it's all a scam intended to make you THINK that she's racist when in fact there is nothing to suggest it. Congratulations, you fell for it, and you didn't even bother to find out whether it was true. You wanted to believe it, so you believed it.

  5designer5: "So if someone has a differing opinion, that is their own opinion but I cannot be swayed when I have heard and seen for myself."

  But alas, you have not heard or seen for yourself. You have not explained any of what you say you "heard" or "saw" that would support your assertions. All you have is opinion, not observation. If you have observation, then try a little harder to share it.

  5designers5: "I went to DC and saw for myself the selecting of Obama as the party nominee..."

  Obama was not "selected" as the party nominee, he was elected in a series of state primaries.

  5designers5: "People who form opinions from internet info are important because their votes count but if the world were perfect these blogs would not matter if the MSM would remain neutral so that persons could evaluate the news and not have to rely on opinions on the internet."

  Um....what?

  —Xrandadu Hutman Read Xrandadu Hutman's other letters
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