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Obama Smears

Rep. Foxx Cites Fake Quote, Claims Obama Campaigned on Making the Country Worse

Matt Finkelstein | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Pied Piper, Obama Right-Wing Smears, Health Care Reform, North Carolina, Medicare, Virginia Foxx, Barack Obama, House Health Care Bill, Obama Smears, Politics News
Matt Finkelstein

During the health debate, Foxx quoted from an anti-Obama poem called "The Pied Piper" that doesn't appear to be real, which went viral in the right-wing blogosphere earlier this year.

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Obama is Not God: the Projection Principle

Matt Osborne | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Smears, Right Wing Media, Antichrist, Political Psychology, World Net Daily, Michele Bachmann, Right Wing, Right-Wing Media, Psychology, Obama Antichrist, Psychological Projection, Jon Voight, Barack Obama, Obama Smears, Politics News
Matt Osborne

There is a limitless supply of videos chronicling the August teabaggery, but this is the one I found most interesting: a woman declaring that "Obama i...

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Why Jews Overwhelmingly Support Obama

Marc R. Stanley | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Yitzhak Rabin, J Street, Rush Limbaugh, Jewish, Sarah Palin, Benjamin Netanyahu, National Jewish Democratic Council, Israel, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Jewish Voters, John Kyl, Obama Smears, Politics News
Marc R. Stanley

The latest poll of the Jewish community shows that American Jews continue to support Obama. However, a few activists on the far right of the Jewish community still refuse to accept this reality.

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Mailbag: Anti-Obama "Vote For Obama" Banner

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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We want your stories! What was your voting experience like? What interactions have you had with the campaigns? Are you volunteering for a candidate? H...

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This Election, Plates of Human History Will Shift

Michael Hughes | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Mccain, Jonestown, Obama, Devil We Know, Chris Matthews, Iowa, Change Candidate, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, T. Boone Pickens, Obama Muslim, Obama Marxist, George W. Bush, Marxist, Barack Obama, Swift Boat, Bush Administration, Rand Corporation, Obama Change, McCain Attack Ads, Election 2008, Millions Uninsured, Muslim, Health Care, Obama Smears, Home News
Michael Hughes

As November 4th approaches, voters are determining if they want to be an integral part of history, or on the wrong side of it. Forces are at work beyond description, like some divine hand pushing us forward.

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Sam Stein

At An Anti-Obama Presser Where No Attack Is Deemed Outrageous

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

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Mark Willliams, a conservative radio host and voice of the rabidly anti-Obama group, Our Country Deserves Better, was hoping for a calm and effective ...

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Race in the Race

Jim Ylisela | Posted 11.29.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Ayers, Obama Muslim, Slats Grobnik, Royko Uncle Chester, Racism, Mike Royko, Harold Washington, Barack Obama Race, Ayers Obama, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Political Racism, Obama Smears, Chicago News
Jim Ylisela

So here we are, 25 years after Harold Washington, and the stakes couldn't be higher.

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Indiana Smears Cause Voter Backlash

Chuck Lasker | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Mitch Daniels, John McCain, Barack Obama, Indiana, Republican Smear Machine, Smear Tactics, Obama Smears, Smears, Republican Party Email Smears, Mitch Daniels Governor, Mccain Smears, William Ayers Obama, Mitch Daniels Reelection, Republican Party Indiana, Republican Party, William Ayers, Republican Party Problems, Obama Email Smears, Home News
Chuck Lasker

After receiving an email smear, one Indiana voter wrote: "I am outraged that the Republican Party sent this kind of smut to my home ... There is no place in this election [for] this garbage. It will not work; not this time."

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GOP Group Head Calls Obama A "Muslim Socialist"

AP | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — County and state GOP officials criticized the head of a New Mexico Republican women's group for calling Democratic presidenti...

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Skanks Gotta Stick Together

Disgrasian | Posted 11.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Dirty Campaign Tricks, Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Palin Vp, Rubber Dresses, Latex Dresses, Palin Smears Obama, Dirty Politics, Latex, Smears, Sarah Palin, The Pussycat Dolls, Sarah Palin Vice President, Rubbers, Sex Education, Obama Smears, Entertainment News
Disgrasian

2008-10-13-pullpalin.jpg The Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger said this week that she'd welcome Sarah Palin into her group if the Republican ticket fails in November.

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Obama Predicted GOP's Nasty Turn (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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The Jed Report reminds us that Barack Obama predicted the campaign's nasty turn months ago: ...

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McCain's New Strategy Incites Violent, Racist Reaction

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, 2008 Elections, John McCain, Smears, Sarah Palin, Racism, William Ayers, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Obama Smears, Rally, Palin Rally Florida, Racist at Mccain Rallies, Politics News
Eric Schmeltzer

Are you proud, McCain? In your quest for power, you threw out your morals, your principle, your past disdain for low-ball gutter smears. And now we know the reaction it has incited.

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Going Negative

James Love | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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James Love

I personally would emphasize the lateness of McCain's attacks, and that it is a character flaw to offer exaggerated and unsupported allegations against your opponent.

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Seth Colter Walls

Fox News, GOP Tag-Team Obama With Voter Fraud Smear

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Weeks out from election day, Fox News has begun devoting extensive coverage to a scandal alleging "deep ties" between Barack Obama and a "radical" gro...

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Sam Stein

Biden: McCain's Economic Philosophy As Broke As Lehman Brothers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Today vice presidential candidate Joseph Biden decried the McCain campaign for running a "successful smear campaign" against Barack Obama, and ridicul...

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How Should Obama Respond? A Third Way to End the Sliming

Joel Weinberger | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Psychological Science, Obama Nation, Attack Ads, Barack Obama, Corsi, Swiftboating, Obama Swiftboat, Obama Muslim, Obama Osama, Drew Westen, Obama Smears, Politics News
Joel Weinberger

Obama is refuting charges against him in an effort not to repeat the mistake of the Kerry campaign -- but this just substitutes a new mistake for the old one.

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Sam Stein

In A Bind, GOP Throws Kitchen Sink At Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

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Prompted, it seems, by concerns over John McCain's foot-in-the-mouth admission that he did not know the number of houses he owned, aides to the Senato...

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Alter: "Smear Gap" Between McCain And Obama

Newsweek | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

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This is hardly the nastiest campaign in recent memory. But it's not shaping up as the "civil" contest that both candidates promised either. Instead, w...

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Jerome Corsi's Lies: Inside The Deceptions Of The Best-Selling Anti-Obama Book

John K. Wilson | Posted 09.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Book Reviews, John McCain, Jerome Corsi, Barack Obama, Obama Smears, Jerome Corsi Obama Book, Corsi Swiftboat, Senator Obama, Corsi Obama Nation, Corsi Obama, Corsi Lies Obama, Corsi John Kerry, Senator Obama Jerome Corsi, Corsi Slander Obama, Home News
John K. Wilson

Corsi piles distortion upon innuendo to create a gigantic heap of right-wing garbage, with a seemingly endless parade of basic factual errors running through the text like rats.

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Pavlovian Premillennialism

Randall Balmer | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Ads, Karl Rove, John McCain, Evangelicals, Premillennialism, Barack Obama, The One, Obama Smears, Politics News
Randall Balmer

In subtle and not-so-subtle ways, Republicans are seeking to portray the presumptive Democratic nominee as the Antichrist foretold in the Book of Revelation.

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Sam Stein

Kerry Launches Obama-Helping Anti-Smear Website

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

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No stranger to being submarined by attack ads and smear campaigns, Sen. John Kerry is set to launch an online effort that will work to protect Barack ...

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Jerome Corsi's Shameless Hatchet Job on Barack Obama

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michelle Obama, John McCain, Jerome Corsi, David Axelrod, Barack Obama, Republican Smear Machine, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Swiftboating, Books, Book Reviews, Obama Smears, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Corsi's biggest claim to fame is co-authoring the infamous Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Judging from the shrill and paranoid tone of his latest effort I get the impression Obama has really scared these guys this time.

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"Obama Is My Slave" Shirt Sparks Lawsuit Threat In New York

NY Metro | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Racism, Obama Racism, Barack Obama Race, Obama Fashion, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Smears, Obama Race, Obama Smears, Politics News

When a 25-year-old Manhattan graduate student who was assaulted Tuesday night got dressed that morning, she probably didn't anticipate that her T-shir...

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Sam Stein

Maureen Dowd Becomes Fictional Actor In Obama Smear

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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A comically absurd Barack Obama smear email is making the rounds right now involving a fabricated column by famed New York Times columnist Maureen Dow...

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Obama To Counter Questions About Patriotism In Speech

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Monday he will never question others' patriotism during the race and bla...

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