--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > Wouldn't it be interesting if Americans chose between a black > > > Muslim and a white Baptist minister for president? > > > > > > Wouldn't it be nice if xenophobic bigots, racists and outright > > liars like Dixon would crawl back under their rocks. > > > > Obama has never been a Muslim: > > http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp > > > > CNN Debunks False Obama 'Madrassa' Smear: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pMgsbMcpOE > > See what I was talking about in my earlier reply > to MDixon's post in which I talked about labels? > > John gets upset about one label and responds by > trying to apply three more to MDixon -- "xeno- > phobic bigot," "racist," and "liar."
However, the label "liar" in this case at least has the virtue of being unequivocally factually accurate. It's bad enough, if understandable after 9/11, that the label applied by the liar even carries a smear value. But what's truly amazing is that after the Democrat has been campaigning for 11 months, this label is still credible enough among many to be used as a smear against him. It'll be interesting to see how long it will be before Republicans have to stop using it because it's too widely recognized as a lie. It would also be interesting to know what percentage of Europeans realize it's a lie at this point. I'll bet the percentage is a lot higher than it is in the U.S. And you'd *think* that expatriate Americans who have fled the U.S. because of, among other things, their disgust at the level of willful political ignorance among their countrymen would be at least as well informed as the Europeans, but I guess there are always exceptions.
