Tuesday, July 15, 2008...7:12 pm

We hardly knew you, Obama —– (thank god)

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  • http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/07/anatomy-of-internet-rumor.html

    Advance Indiana said…

    In the case of Sinclair, this is a person claiming to have first-hand knowledge of certain events. He has put his assertions in a sworn affidavit, they were laid out in a federal lawsuit and he has stated them publicly in writing, by name and in a video-taped recording.

    He has opened himself up to more investigation of his background than Barack Obama, the man who would have his hand on the button.

    He has given health records to reporters. He has provided hotel receipts. He has offered names of fact witnesses and offered up his cell phone records, and I could go on. He has paid a big price for coming forward.

    An Obama blog set up to discredit him has been exceptionally harsh on him. It turns out that the anonymous blogger behind that blog himself has a criminal record for fraud and check deception.

    Moreover, Obama openly speaks of his life spinning out of control from drug use in his autobiography but apparently thinks the matter is off limits once the initial disclosure is made.

    As to questions surrounding his birth, Obama has been caught on several occasions telling something short of the truth about his family background. The “natural born” issue is fair game because it’s a constsitutional requirement.

    John McCain’s birth gets questioned in the NY Times and the Washington Post, but noboby can ask questions about Obama’s birth.

    McCain comes from a prominent American military family. Much is already in the public record about his family history. Obama comes out of nowhere and is a mystery to people. Never before has someone gotten so close to the presidency about whom so little is known.

    Bloggers are right to dig for more information about his birth, such as was he adopted by his Indonesian father. Why do classmates in Indonesia know him by a different name than Obama? Why do classmates say other things about the religion he practiced but now denies?

    Why are dates for a marriage and divorce given for his parents and then his own wife says his mother was single when he was born?


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