TIME: A View from the Ground.....VA Rep Party Chairman Jeff Frederick connects Obama to Osama

maddezmom

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Sun Oct-12-08 07:57 AM
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TIME: A View from the Ground.....VA Rep Party Chairman Jeff Frederick connects Obama to Osama

Edited on Sun Oct-12-08 08:08 AM by maddezmom

With so much at stake, and time running short, Frederick did not feel he had the luxury of subtlety. He climbed atop a folding chair to give 30 campaign volunteers who were about to go canvassing door to door their talking points � for instance, the connection between Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden: "Both have friends that bombed the Pentagon," he said. "That is scary." It is also not exactly true � though that distorted reference to Obama's controversial association with William Ayers, a former 60s radical, was enough to get the volunteers stoked. "And he won't salute the flag," one woman added, repeating another myth about Obama. She was quickly topped by a man who called out, "We don't even know where Senator Obama was really born." Actually, we do; it's Hawaii.

http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/10/a_view_from_the_ground.html

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KewlKat

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Sun Oct-12-08 08:04 AM
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1. Can someone recap this saluting the flag thing?

I've gotten some emails from members of the military about this and frankly I don't know what they are talking about. Can I have a rebuttal please? Is there a myth busters site one can go to for fast responses to refute this shit?

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GodlessBiker

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Sun Oct-12-08 08:27 AM
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5. They have it backwards. It's Mc* who won't salute the flag.

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Rose Siding

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Sun Oct-12-08 08:45 AM
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7. Yes - here:

http://fightthesmears.com/articles/7/patriot

And this page offers links to a selection of smear rebuttals:

http://www.fightthesmears.com/

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KewlKat

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Sun Oct-12-08 09:16 AM
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8. Thanks n/t

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OKNancy

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Sun Oct-12-08 08:04 AM
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2. I can't get the link to work

Edited on Sun Oct-12-08 08:05 AM by OKNancy

is it just me?

OOPS... nevermind... I tried again and it's all good.

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Wetzelbill

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Sun Oct-12-08 08:04 AM
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3. Outright craziness is mainstream in the GOP

Lots of Republicans are smart and good people, for the most part. And I respect lots of Republicans I don't and never would agree with, but the element they let in the mainstream of their party is freaking insane. They embrace the crazies so they can win, that's just effed up.

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RTFirefly

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Sun Oct-12-08 08:28 AM
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6. 2008: the year the GOP threw their smart and good people under the bus.

The republican party is becoming the party of stupid. George Wills takes offense to the Palin pick? Well, he's an "intellectual." Going to college makes you stupid. The only people worth a damn are "small town" folk.

Don't think! Hannity and Limbaugh will do the thinking so you don't have to!

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Essene

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Sun Oct-12-08 08:07 AM
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4. "Both have friends that bombed the Pentagon" - this actually made me chuckle

What a disgraceful time we live in, with idiots like this speaking such blatant hate mongering and nonsense.

We're truly in a new mccarthyism era.

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Wetzelbill

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Sun Oct-12-08 09:40 AM
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9. it is disgraceful

I love my country, but some of our fellow citizens do things that make me ashamed.

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barack the house

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Sun Oct-12-08 09:46 AM
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10. We might be overly focusing on their misinformation. They did it with Clinton in the 90s >

Edited on Sun Oct-12-08 09:47 AM by barack the house

it's not surprising to see the same now. As long as we keep the focus on what really is important the economy and healthcare and where the nation needs to go to regain respect. People are more being drawn to Obama on his steadfast adherance to the issues than the distractions.

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