I have encountered many people in my relatively conservative town who have read and praised Jerome Corsi's latest book The Obama Nation. Now, Jerome Corsi gained some level of notoriety in 2004 for his Swift Boat attack ads and his book Unfit for Command, aimed to undermine Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry. The bulk of "facts" in that book were later discredited by the media, though not before they were accepted as truth by much of the American public (who have a history of absorbing repititious progpaganda like a sponge). Corsi has espoused such conspiracy theories as the 9/11 theory that the government was involved in bringing down the towers, and another theory stating that the government is trying to form a North American Union government. He also hates Muslims and, apparently, Barack Obama.

His latest book The Obama Nation, is a collection of internet rumors designed to portray Obama as a radical leftist Muslim intent on destroying our country from within.

I found this wonderful informational packet through the Obama website that I thought I would share. I'm going to be printing it out and sharing it with people I come across in order to defend against the disgusting smear machine.

I will say this, however: some of the Obama campaign's own comments are frightening, in as much as they indicate a continuation of many of Bush's policies. For instance, Obama's campaign insists that he will not "use force as a last resort," as though that is comforting. In other words, he is open to a unilateral pre-emptive attack, much in the same way Bush is (and Pres. Clinton was, to be fair). Unilateral pre-emptive invasion is not only un-American, but it also is illegal according to international law. So, that is disturbing to me.

Furthermore, they also have proposed that the defense budget be increased dramatically. Yipee! Why? To kill more terrorists. This tells me that Obama will be more of the same, as well, though McCain would be significantly worse. To win this war, we have to win hearts and minds. This strategy Obama has laid out has been executed by the Bush administration for 7 years and it has only increased terrorism. I expect it will increase under an Obama administration.

Lastly, Obama has made it clear that he has little to no respect for the Palestinian people and supports their continued oppression by Israel. This unwavering and unconditional support for Israel is at the heart of anti-American sentiment in the region. Obama supports the construction of settlements on Palestinian lands and he also rejects any plan to divide Jerusalem, two sticking points for the Palestinian people. Clearly, Obama, again, is pursuing a "more of the same" policy that has existed for 60 years and has resulted in terrorist attacks against our nation.

But at least Obama is honest and open about those policies. Though I strongly disagree with him in those areas, I still believe he is a candidate worth supporting and worth defending.

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LIE: “Critics on the right, who were anything but enthusiastic, sarcastically renamed the bill the ‘Global Poverty Tax.” [p 250]
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