[Dialogue] Fact Check re: Obama

[Karl Hess]

Republicans don't change, do they. I hope no one is surprised.

And this is just the beginning.

Lots of the votes for Hilary in Ohio were people who plan to vote for 
McCain in November.

Karl

>Thanks, Del,
>Yes, this is disgusting.  Another paper (similar to National 
>Enquirer) had a front page headline last month: "Obama's hidden ties 
>to Al Queda".  Last week -- again on the front page it had a photo 
>of a grizzled white guy with the headline, "I slept with Obama".  I 
>went to the Publix store manager and told him he shouldn't be 
>selling such trash in our community.
>Cynthia
>
>This appeared in the newspaper February 28.  I just hadn't had a 
>chance to send it on until now.
>
>FACT CHECK
>
>Some of the rumors and allegations about Barack Obama are clearly 
>not true, yet still spread, often anonymously.
>
>1.  A debunked chain e-mail circulating widely suggests he is hiding 
>his Islamic roots.  It says he was sworn into the Senate on the 
>Quran and turns his back on the flag during the Pledge of 
>Allegiance.  Actually, he took his Senate oath with his hand on a 
>family Bible, and he says, "Whenever I'm in the United States 
>Senate, I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of 
>America."
>
>2.  Another false report says he attended a Muslim madrassa as a 
>child in Jakarta.  Obama was born in Hawaii and moved to Indonesia 
>when he was 6 to live with his mother and stepfather. He returned to 
>Hawaii when he was 10 to live with his maternal grandparents. 
>Interviews last year by the Associated Press at the elementary 
>school in Jakarta found that it is a public and secular institution 
>and has been open to students of all faiths since before Obama 
>attended in the late 1960s.  
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Del Morrill <del at hypnocenter.com>
>To: Order Ecumenical <OE at wedgeblade.net>
>Sent: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 1:56 pm
>Subject: Fact Check re: Obama
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>This appeared in the newspaper February 28.  I just hadn't had a 
>chance to send it on until now.
>
>FACT CHECK
>
>Some of the rumors and allegations about Barack Obama are clearly 
>not true, yet still spread, often anonymously.
>
>1.  A debunked chain e-mail circulating widely suggests he is hiding 
>his Islamic roots.  It says he was sworn into the Senate on the 
>Quran and turns his back on the flag during the Pledge of 
>Allegiance.  Actually, he took his Senate oath with his hand on a 
>family Bible, and he says, "Whenever I'm in the United States 
>Senate, I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of 
>America."
>
>2.  Another false report says he attended a Muslim madrassa as a 
>child in Jakarta.  Obama was born in Hawaii and moved to Indonesia 
>when he was 6 to live with his mother and stepfather. He returned to 
>Hawaii when he was 10 to live with his maternal grandparents. 
>Interviews last year by the Associated Press at the elementary 
>school in Jakarta found that it is a public and secular institution 
>and has been open to students of all faiths since before Obama 
>attended in the late 1960s. 
>(from the Associated Press)
>
>
>
>Del Hunter Morrill
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