The Republican Party is made up of disreputable, highly unethical individuals who will completely fabricate lies, distort information, play upon the fears of a naïve public, and smear an opponent’s reputation if it will help them gain an edge in the election. That’s not an opinion but a statement of fact easily proven by reviewing their behavior during the last eight years and at least the past two presidential elections. I defy anyone to disprove those statements.
Knowing this will be their modus operandi, the Barack Obama campaign is attempting to fight lies with the truth and get ahead of the curve. Much like the Internet sites that debunk urban legends and hoaxes, they have created a new website to quickly respond to the rumors, lies and innuendo generated by the GOP disinformation machine. Fight the Smears was announced Thursday as a way to prevent a repeat of the kind of “swift boat” campaign of lies that derailed John Kerry’s race for the presidency in 2004.
“The Obama campaign isn’t going to let dishonest smears spread across the Internet unanswered,” spokesman Tommy Vietor said in a statement. “It’s not enough to just know the truth. We have to be proactive and fight back.”
So next time you hear some fanciful tail concerning Obama bandied about, know a) you can fact check it on this new site, and b) it was probably created by associates of a party incapable of debating the real issues of this campaign, who have to resort to the underhanded tactics they do best.
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Senator Obama is NOT a Dirty Muslim!
“What you won’t hear from this campaign or this party is the kind of politics that uses religion as a wedge,” says Mr. Obama, while denouncing statements of him being a Muslim as a smear. Why is the presidential candidate who claims to be religiously inclusive is treating the word “Muslim” as an insult? Apparently, it is OK for Mr. Obama to be associated with terrorists like William Ayers or racists like Jeremiah Wright, but God forbid somebody would call him a Muslim! No, he won’t stand for that kind of smear! We admit that most terrorists are Muslims, but most Muslims are not terrorists and the statement on Mr. Obama’s website is insulting to hundreds of millions of people.
How could a man who discards his family heritage in favor of political expediency be even considered for presidency of the United States? Where are all the so-called “Islamic civil rights groups” like CAIR, MPAC, ISNA, MAS, etc. who are quick to defend every Islamic terrorist, but are silent when Muslims in general are being denigrated? Would Mr. Obama have the same reaction if someone claimed that he was raised as a Jew? We sincerely doubt that.
Muslims Against Sharia demand immediate removal of “SMEAR: Barack Obama is a Muslim” statement from the official Barack Obama’s website as well as an apology for giving the word “Muslim” a negative connotation.
http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2008/06/senator-obama-is-not-dirty-muslim.html
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