Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Obama-Ayers Smear Campaign

If you think you know John McCain, you should read on.

Earlier this year, John McCain was interviewed on television, and he promised that he would work against these shadowy outside groups that spread lies and pollute our country with their smears. He was asked specifically about the “swiftboat” people from 2004 in that question.

Then, when he’s behind in the polls, one of those new groups pops up, funded entirely by one billionaire who was part of those swiftboat people in 2004. And it’s again spreading lies.

You may have heard about it. They dragged up some obscure 60s radical who happens to live in the same neighborhood as Barack Obama, and they try to say that they have this big connection. Months ago, the Chicago papers called this a “phony charge.” They have no connection (Obama attended one reception at the guy’s house once, and has condemned what the guy did way back in the 60s, when Obama was 9 years old).

So these are obvious lies, just like John McCain said he’d condemn. But instead of condemning them, he actually suck even lower than George W. Bush did in 2004. He repeated the attacks in his own campaign statements!

This is a shockingly dishonorable thing to do. And I’m just tired of it. Broken promises, lies, shadowy groups funded by billionaires, we need to get rid of all of it.

The only way to do that is to pass this along, tell everyone you know what John McCain is doing. You won’t hear all this on the news, probably. So we need to tell everyone what’s going on.

We need to have politicians that talk about us and how they can fix things, not talk about the latest lies and smears some shadowy group dredges up.

Learn more:

Barack Obama Barely Knows William Ayers
Fact Check on Obama and Ayers

(story source: TruthFightsBack.com)

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Monday, August 25, 2008

Arm Yourself

When in doubt, smear.

That's the strategy of today's GOP, right-wing pundits and many conservative blogs. The Right doesn't seem to be capable of debating the issues. They spend more time name-calling and digging up bogus facts than trying to support their own positions. It's quite pathetic, very predictable and now a common part of today's political atmosphere.

Arm yourself with knowledge and fight back!

Below you'll find links to various sources that track, debunk and counter the misinformation, smears and flat-out lies coming from the Right

Truth Fights Back
Barack Obama: Fight the Smears
FactCheck.org
PolitiFact

The Republican Propaganda Channel, FOX News, often participates in smearing Democrats and Democratic candidates.  Just take a look at these humorous videos that expose their distortions:

The Fox Is Wrong - Obama 1
The Fox Is Wrong - Obama 2

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Ignorance and Name Calling Prominent In Right-Wing Blogs

It amazes me how pathetic, ridiculous and ignorant some right-wing bloggers are. Blog after blog, forum post after forum post, many on the right demonstrate just how hateful and dishonest they truly can be. Instead of arguing the issues and backing their party's position with facts, they simply resort to misinformation, name calling and lies. I guess they get their playbook from Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and other right-wing nuts. Just take a look at some of these samples:

The Hill Chronicles
"We know she is smarter than Aunt Jeremiah, but she talks like Buckwheat." (reference to Michelle Obama)

"You do not believe Obama is another Hitler? You are insulted by the reference to him and Mein Kampf? I suggest you listen to Hail Obama." (with embedded video comparing Obama to Hitler)

"Let me see here. Osama oops, I mean Obama, you know that “Hussein” guy that wants us to call him Barack?"

"Bring it on all you liberaltards!"

This blogger also professed to have 'proof' that Obama is a Muslim and determined to destroy America. The so-called 'proof' was an email from missionary friends in Africa, but this story and other distorted facts and lies were removed when visitors began questioning the authenticity of her so-called facts.

Visit The Hill Chronicles and see what I'm talking about for yourself, but don't try and post opposing comments - you'll be banned from the site in short order.


Autorotate's Flying Circus

This guy just makes stuff up. Here's an excerpt from a post titled "Obama's Convention Speech: Intercepted by the Circus":
"My fellow Americans: As your future President I want to thank my supporters, for your mindless support of me, despite my complete lack of any legislative achievement, my pastor's relations with Louis Farrakhan and Libyan dictator Moamar Quadafi, or my blatantly leftist voting record..."

Other informative titles and buried gems...
"Napalm in the Morning: Biden's an Abortion Machine"

"Okay so basically he's promoting taxing the oil companies to pay for more hand-outs to the poor. Awesome, Robin Hood."

"I told ya people, this is how sick the left is. Thankfully, the envelope was sent to the McCain office and not the Obama office, for fear that it might have been snorted and confused for another suspicious white powdery substance from Obama's formative years." (referring to recent threatening letters sent by Arapahoe County Jail inmate Marc Harold Ramsey to McCain campaign offices in Colorado and New Hampshire. Manipulated photo of Barack Obama sitting behind pile of white substance inferring he's a coke head or behind the attack.)
Don't bother visiting. The author seems about as sane as Colonel Kurtz from the film Apocalypse Now which he's obviously obsessed with. Reading this blog is like a trip up the Nung River.

UPDATE: Autorotate responds with smears and name calling. Thanks for proving my point.


Stop Obama-Vote McCain 2008!!

The author uses the names "Barack 'Hussein' Obama" and "Hollywood Hussein" in post after post. He's obviously trying to infer that Obama is possibly Muslim plus a threat to America and his popularity is all hype. There are so many posts tainted with lies and misinformation on this site it's too much to list here. See for yourself and comment where you find dishonest posts (most everywhere). This blogger also likes to plant misinformation in blog forums like BlogCatalog, but rarely defends his positions.

Not all conservative bloggers are full of hate and inclined to spread misinformation and lies like those above. I find the following blogs to be more balanced and factual although I don't always agree with their assessments:

Right Commentary

(Sorry, I only found one. Balanced, sane, right-wing bloggers are hard to find and I'm open to suggestions here.)

Whatever blog post or news article you may encounter - left or right - it's a good idea to fact check: http://www.factcheck.org/

Regarding Barack Obama: http://www.fightthesmears.com/

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