Monday, January 08, 2007

Obama Sin Laden?

Every once in a while, I get one of these e-mails from my uncle. Then I check it out at Snopes.com to find out that it’s actually bunk. Here’s the e-mail in it’s entirety:

This is the "dude" that some people want to be the next President of the United States

Scary isn't it???????

Speaking bluntly, in a real presidential election, no one in their right mind would vote for Obama. That would be like voting for the guy who just moved in down the street from you, that you wave to from time to time but don't know a thing about. That's Obama. He's been a US Senator for about 100 days, give or take a week. Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim while admitting that he was once a Muslim, mitigat! ing that damning information by saying that, for two years, he also at tended a Catholic school. Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was a radical Muslim who migrated from Kenya to Jakarta, Indonesia. He met Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, a white atheist from Wichita, Kansas at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Obama, Sr. andDunham divorced when Barack, Jr. was two. ! Obama's spinmeisters are now attempting to make it appear thatObama's introduction to Islam came from his father and that influence was temporary at best. In reality, the seniorObama returned to Kenya immediately following the divorce and never again had any direct influence over his son's education. Dunham married another Muslim, Lolo Soetoro who educated his stepson as a good Muslim by enrolling him in one of Jakarta's Wahabbi schools. Wahabbism is the radical teaching that created the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad on the industrialized world. Since it is politically expedient to be a Christian when you are seeking political office in the United States, Obama joined the United Church of Christ to help purge any notion that he is still a Muslim, which, ideologi! cally, he remains today.

Now, here’s what the almighty Snopes.com had to say:

Origins: Barack Obama, 45, served as an Illinois state senator for several years, and in 2004 he won a seat representing that state in the U.S. Senate. His keynote address before the Democratic National Convention in June 2004 brought him national prominence, and he is currently one of the leading contenders for the nomination to represent the Democratic Party in the 2008 presidential election.

Barack Obama has an unusual and interesting background, which the above-quoted piece draws on the paint him as a dangerous, camouflaged radical Muslim. Much of the information presented therein about his background is distorted and exaggerated, however.

When people ask me why I voted Republican, I give them many reasons, one of them being that the Democratic Party for the most part based itself on lies and distortions meant to deface the opposing party. Then I get e-mails like this and it makes me wonder.

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