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(Washington Post) Obvious The Washington Post traces back that "Obama is a Muslim" chain e-mail to the "conservative" website FreeRepublic.com. Well duh   (washingtonpost.com) divider line 261
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flavor of the month 2008-06-28 12:54:27 PM  
U of C dean with phds from Harvard and Cambridge with a MacArthur genius grant vs freerepublic.com

possibly the most unfair fight of all time.

 
SilentStrider [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 01:08:17 PM  
interesting article.

 
2wolves 2008-06-28 01:11:09 PM  
Didn't know they were that smrt.

 
Mordant [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 01:19:57 PM  
I'm sure this startling revelation will make the little scumstains stop spreading it and acting like they believe it in favor of actually talking about the positive accomplishments of their own candidates.

Well, maybe sure is a strong word. In fact... vaguely hopeful is probably also way to strong.

 
Bill_Wick's_Friend 2008-06-28 01:27:19 PM  
Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

 
Theaetetus 2008-06-28 01:27:55 PM  
So, is Freep going to have to register as a 527 or face tax liabilities?

 
Wabash 2008-06-28 01:29:47 PM  
Mordant: I'm sure this startling revelation will make the little scumstains stop spreading it and acting like they believe it in favor of actually talking about the positive accomplishments of their own candidates.

Well, maybe sure is a strong word. In fact... vaguely hopeful is probably also way to strong.


1) The Freepers aren't pretending to believe. Most of them actually believe. They have been drinking their own Jenkem for a long time now.

2) They don't want McCain. They are just attacking Democrats out of pure reflex now.

 
2wolves 2008-06-28 01:30:58 PM  
Theaetetus: So, is Freep going to have to register as a 527 or face tax liabilities?

Now there's a thought worth pursuing.

 
McCainDemocrat 2008-06-28 01:39:32 PM  
Obama could shatter the credibility of these e-mails by bringing us to his church.

(Oh wait, you mean that's off the table? because his former church was a far-left anti-white church?)

Well, Obama could shatter the credibility of those e-mails by being honest about his time in Indonesia. It'll be a change from the usual, wouldn't it?

 
Mr. Coffee Nerves [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 01:40:48 PM  
Ironically, I'm sure the next Obama-related email forward will contain the incomplete passage:

"Obama is concealing a radical Islamic background."
--Washington Post, June 28, 2008

 
Unright 2008-06-28 01:44:02 PM  
Wabash: 1) The Freepers aren't pretending to believe. Most of them actually believe. They have been drinking their own Jenkem for a long time now.

2) They don't want McCain. They are just attacking Democrats out of pure reflex now.


McCainDemocrat: Obama could shatter the credibility of these e-mails by bringing us to his church.

I see...

 
HeadbangerSmurf [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 01:47:51 PM  
I hope Obama wins just so we can watch the rise in suicide rates among the religious right and other idiots. This crap is so damn stupid it hurts.

 
Chariset [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 01:52:37 PM  
Why the quotation marks around 'conservative'?

 
Unright 2008-06-28 01:54:32 PM  
Chariset: Why the quotation marks around 'conservative'?

In all fairness freepers give real conservatives a bad name.

 
Smell the Glove [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 01:55:17 PM  
HeadbangerSmurf: I hope Obama wins just so we can watch the rise in suicide rates among the religious right and other idiots. This crap is so damn stupid it hurts.

Suicide is a sin.

 
Diogenes [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 01:55:32 PM  
While it's fun to see Free Republic caught red-handed, if they hadn't done it someone else would have. Unfortunately his name plays into it.

 
Megain [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 01:58:04 PM  
Unright: Chariset: Why the quotation marks around 'conservative'?

In all fairness freepers give real conservatives a bad name.


i agree with this reasoning

 
Diogenes [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 01:58:08 PM  
McCainDemocrat: Snide little shiat, as always.

Do you get time and a half for trolling on the weekends?

 
Gwendolyn [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 02:00:06 PM  
FreeRepublic isn't conservative as it is ground zero for NeoCon crazies.

 
Wabash 2008-06-28 02:00:44 PM  
HeadbangerSmurf: I hope Obama wins just so we can watch the rise in suicide rates among the religious right and other idiots. This crap is so damn stupid it hurts.

The problem with that is that they will try to take out the rest of us in the process.

 
HeadbangerSmurf [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 02:02:01 PM  
Smell the Glove: Suicide is a sin.

I don't see how this is an issue, it hasn't stopped them yet.

 
Donald_McRonald 2008-06-28 02:02:16 PM  
B-b-b-but (Hillary) Clinton...!

 
HeadbangerSmurf [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 02:03:00 PM  
Wabash: The problem with that is that they will try to take out the rest of us in the process.

You're giving them too much credit.

 
log_jammin [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 02:06:33 PM  
*shocked look*

 
King Something [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 02:06:54 PM  
Donald_McRonald: B-b-b-but (Hillary) Clinton...!

Well played.

 
TheOther [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 02:08:12 PM  
Meh...I'd vote for a good Muslim candidate anyway.

 
McCainDemocrat 2008-06-28 02:11:12 PM  
Diogenes: While it's fun to see Free Republic caught red-handed

None of the people have been shown to have started the e-mails. And frankly, it's a bit scary that a national newspaper and some Ivy Leaguer tracked down people on the internet who posted in Anti-Obama threads.

 
BiffDangler 2008-06-28 02:11:29 PM  
1. Is it just me, or was the article mostly about how much the author is in love with this "genius" who googled phrases from a chain email and found them on Free Republic?

2. Free Republic is not so much conservative. It once was, but now, as said above, it is mostly just a neocon and W worship house.

 
Cyber_Junk 2008-06-28 02:12:14 PM  
McCainDemocrat [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 01:39:32 PM
Obama could shatter the credibility of these e-mails by bringing us to his church.

(Oh wait, you mean that's off the table? because his former church was a far-left anti-white church?)

Well, Obama could shatter the credibility of those e-mails by being honest about his time in Indonesia. It'll be a change from the usual, wouldn't it?



Spin monkey Spin!

 
Falcc 2008-06-28 02:12:32 PM  
This just in: Crazy assholes lie about shait. Here comes the science.

 
TheShavingofOccam123 [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 02:13:23 PM  
Since we're debunking rumors, can anyone tell me who said Cindy McCain was a trollopy coont?

/Cindy McCain America's First Coont 2008

 
Weaver95 [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 02:13:39 PM  
McCainDemocrat: Diogenes: While it's fun to see Free Republic caught red-handed

None of the people have been shown to have started the e-mails. And frankly, it's a bit scary that a national newspaper and some Ivy Leaguer tracked down people on the internet who posted in Anti-Obama threads.


But if they've got nothing to hide, then they shouldn't have a problem with it, right? Isn't that what you people believe?

 
RevMercutio [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 02:13:53 PM  
McCainDemocrat: Obama could shatter the credibility of these e-mails by bringing us to his church.

(Oh wait, you mean that's off the table? because his former church was a far-left anti-white church?)

Well, Obama could shatter the credibility of those e-mails by being honest about his time in Indonesia. It'll be a change from the usual, wouldn't it?


i3.photobucket.com

 
BambyBaker 2008-06-28 02:14:59 PM  
well someone had to tell the truth about Barracks Hussane Osamba! he's a terrorest sleepy person and he will bring all his brothers and sister to kill us all!

this is why i have decapitated my life to servicing John McCain! he may not be totally conservationist but he is better than mr muslin!

you librals will never understand the real threat we face! you should be servicing John McCain instead of Hussane Osamba! but servicing John McCain takes a level of decapitation that librals just areen't capable of.

 
culebra 2008-06-28 02:16:40 PM  
BambyBaker: you should be servicing John Johm McCain instead of Hussane Osamba!


FTFY
Pet peave.

 
Donald_McRonald 2008-06-28 02:17:55 PM  
i89.photobucket.com

 
Mordant [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 02:19:50 PM  
Chariset: Why the quotation marks around 'conservative'?

I love real conservatives, the little skidmarks who identify with that title today on the other hand are a complete waste of flesh. No principles, no honor, no decency, no honesty, nothing of any value at all.

 
The guy at the end of the thread 2008-06-28 02:22:13 PM  
nationalepic.com

 
McCainDemocrat 2008-06-28 02:22:25 PM  
Didn't the Mods delete most of those posts when you Obamacrats went back into "ALT ALT ALT" mode?

Weaver95: But if they've got nothing to hide, then they shouldn't have a problem with it, right?

You want reporters showing up at your house because someone tracked you down based off your internet profile?

 
jjorsett 2008-06-28 02:23:12 PM  
Who cares what Obama's religion is? He's a hard-leftie who'll govern as such, and that's way more important than whatever god he worships.

 
ZAZ [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 02:23:13 PM  
TFA says the Muslim story was floating around for three years before it popped up on FreeRepublic.

 
ProdigalSigh 2008-06-28 02:23:51 PM  
Has anyone ever pointed out to the "Obama is a Muslim" people that they're essentially denying Christ the power of conversion? Shouldn't that be kind of a problem for them?

/Atheist
//Would vote for a candidate of any religion

 
Ace Frehley's Ghost 2008-06-28 02:24:04 PM  
So, McCainDemocrat... how's it coming on finding us some pro-McCain stories (as opposed to the anti-Obama ones that you seem to thrive on)

/or are you travelling?

 
Biological Ali 2008-06-28 02:24:29 PM  
BambyBaker: this is why i have decapitated my life to servicing John McCain! he may not be totally conservationist but he is better than mr muslin!

i231.photobucket.com

Approves of the way you expressify yourself.

/obscure?

 
Bloody William 2008-06-28 02:25:06 PM  
McCainDemocrat: Didn't the Mods delete most of those posts when you Obamacrats went back into "ALT ALT ALT" mode?

Weaver95: But if they've got nothing to hide, then they shouldn't have a problem with it, right?

You want reporters showing up at your house because someone tracked you down based off your internet profile?


If would would just man the fark up, Nancy, everybody would give you far less crap. Just take a breath, say "Yeah, I have an alt," and let things go. It's not that you deny it, it's that you've been utterly exposed and still deny it.

Which, in fairness, gives you great experience for working under the current administration.

 
Kazuya 2008-06-28 02:25:19 PM  
Donald_McRonald Quote 2008-06-28 02:17:55 PM
[picture of troll getting caught]


ahahaha, never saw that before.

 
Turing_Machine [TotalFark] 2008-06-28 02:26:13 PM  
Diogenes: McCainDemocrat: Snide little shiat, as always.

Do you get time and a half for trolling on the weekends?


Well, at least he's not traveling.

 
Ivor the Friendly Viking 2008-06-28 02:26:47 PM  
TheOther: Meh...I'd vote for a good Muslim candidate anyway.
This. Christians haven't been doing the best of jobs anyways.

 
Bloody William 2008-06-28 02:28:02 PM  
Out of sheer curiosity, are there any hardcore liberal embarrassments on Fark we can celebrate? I'm left-wing, but I'm just starting to feel bad about all of this pathetic shiat happening on the "other side." We've had exposed alts, Marine Core members, and pundits with GEDs in law. Where's the liberal-caused hilarious bullshiat?

 
DoWhatNowToWhat 2008-06-28 02:28:38 PM  
Republicans that don't have any real values to embrace are making stuff up to attack their political rival that they have no chance of winning against?

Well smack me like a biatch and call me Sally.

 
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