Sliming Obama - Newsweek debunks nasty emails going around

[Poiuyt]

FACT CHECK
Sliming Obama
Dueling chain e-mails claim he's a radical Muslim or a 'racist' Christian. Both can't be right. We find both are false.

Summary
If these two nasty e-mail messages are any indication, the 2008 presidential campaign is becoming a very dirty one.

One claims that Obama is "certainly a racist" by virtue of belonging to Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, which it says "will accept only black parishoners" and espouses a commitment to Africa. Actually, a white theology professor says he's been "welcomed enthusiastically" at the church, as have other non-blacks.

Another e-mail claims that Obama "is a Muslim," attended a "Wahabi" school in Indonesia, took his Senate oath on the Koran, refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and is part of an Islamic plot to take over the U.S. Each of these statements is false.

These false appeals to bigotry and fear remind us of the infamous whispering campaign of eight years ago, when anonymous messages just before the South Carolina primary falsely accused Republican candidate John McCain of fathering an illegitimate child by a black woman.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/91424

I just received one of these today.

[formerrepuke]

1. I heard that Obama has fathered black children.....n/t

[milkyway]

5. LOL! Don't let the repugs hear you say that, they'll use it.

[rocktivity]

6. I heard that he would constantly emulate his own mother

and that he's masticated within full view of his children!


rocknation

[Windy]

2. My ENTIRE lawfirm receive the muslim email twice yesterday.

This was no hacker from free republic, it was clearly a major offensive.

We are a large firm with 50 attorneys in our Detroit office.

Getting scary out there.

[rocktivity]

3. I hope you replied with a link to the article.

:headbang:
rocknation

[cybildisobedience]

4. let's see how much Obama embraces "unity"

once he sees what the immoral right has in store for him.

This is just the beginning, I fear.