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Republicans try to use Oxford don to smear Barack Obama(Tie Obama Bio to Ayers)

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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sun Nov-02-08 01:14 AM
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Republicans try to use Oxford don to smear Barack Obama(Tie Obama Bio to Ayers)
Source: Times Online

The Republicans have made a last-minute attempt to prevent Barack Obama’s ascent to the White House by trying to recruit an Oxford academic to “prove” that his autobiography was ghostwritten by a former terrorist.

With two days before the election, Obama is poised to become America’s first black president, according to polls showing he has an average six-point lead over John McCain, his Republican opponent.

Dr Peter Millican, a philosophy don at Hertford College, Oxford, has devised a computer software program that can detect when works are by the same author by comparing favourite words and phrases.

He was contacted last weekend and offered $10,000 (£6,200) to assess alleged similarities between Obama’s bestseller, Dreams from My Father, and Fugitive Days, a memoir by William Ayers.

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The offer to Millican to prove that Ayers wrote Obama’s book was made by Robert Fox, a California businessman and brother-in-law of Chris Cannon, a Republican congressman from Utah. He hoped to corroborate a theory advanced by Jack Cashill, an American writer.

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Millican took a preliminary look and found the charges “very implausible”. A deal was agreed for more detailed research but when Millican said the results had to be made public, even if no link to Ayers was proved, interest waned.



Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_amer...


F*cking desparate b*stards!
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   Didn't Free Republic offer $10000 for anyone who could "prove" this link>  Teh_Rabble_Rouser   Nov-02-08 01:32 AM   #1 
   It's TOO FUCKING LATE ....  Trajan   Nov-02-08 03:26 AM   #2 
   Republican desperation is hanging in the air so thick, a person could cut it with a knife  machI   Nov-02-08 06:35 AM   #4 
   This is why the repugs are so upset about early voting...  eagertolearn   Nov-02-08 12:11 PM   #17 
   Does this nutcase Fox actually believe Ayers wrote the book?  funflower   Nov-02-08 06:20 AM   #3 
   Of course!  someonehasdementia   Nov-02-08 08:20 AM   #10 
      And there ya have it.  LynnTheDem   Nov-02-08 11:16 AM   #15 
   That's pathetic. nt  Vinca   Nov-02-08 07:06 AM   #5 
   These people are truly mentally ill.  BumRushDaShow   Nov-02-08 07:17 AM   #6 
   Somehow going off shore makes it legitimate.....what fucking idiots.  Historic NY   Nov-02-08 07:36 AM   #7 
   Interest waned when Millican said the results had to be made public regardless.  tanyev   Nov-02-08 08:10 AM   #8 
   one of the comments  itsjustme   Nov-02-08 08:17 AM   #9 
   Hey, at least that's $10,000 that won't go to the McCain campaign.  Bette Noir   Nov-02-08 10:21 AM   #11 
   don t waste your $10000...i already voted!!  scarface2004   Nov-02-08 10:42 AM   #12 
   Proves that the GOP floats in its own Laissez Fairyland®  Joe Bacon   Nov-02-08 10:52 AM   #13 
   Great new McCain-Palin campaign slogan, though...  onager   Nov-02-08 10:56 AM   #14 
   Desperado, why don't you come to your senses (hum along)  JDwho   Nov-02-08 11:17 AM   #16 
   Sounds like the Divinci Code  Barbara2423   Nov-02-08 01:02 PM   #18 
 
Doctor Cynic (956 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 01:32 AM
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1. Didn't Free Republic offer $10000 for anyone who could "prove" this link>
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 03:26 AM
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2. It's TOO FUCKING LATE ....
With two days to go: One a Sunday ... There is simply NOT enough clock to develop a plausible narrative that ties the two men together, beyond what has ALREADY FAILED ...

I would say: PLEASE do this .... PLEASE try to frame Obama again as an associate of Ayers ...

It worked so wonderfully up til now .... right ?

KA-CHING !
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machI (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 06:35 AM
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4. Republican desperation is hanging in the air so thick, a person could cut it with a knife
Someone needs to tell the Republicans it is not October anymore.

Someone needs to tell the Republicans it is over, Obama will be the next President.
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eagertolearn Donating Member (880 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 12:11 PM
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17. This is why the repugs are so upset about early voting...
they still want to try and scare people into not voting for Obama but it actually makes people vote for Obama more because they see their desperate attempts!
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funflower (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 06:20 AM
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3. Does this nutcase Fox actually believe Ayers wrote the book?
:eyes: :eyes: :eyes:
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CLANG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sun Nov-02-08 08:20 AM
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10. Of course!
How otherwise could a BLACK MAN have written such an eloquent and inspiring book?

Just in case... :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 11:16 AM
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15. And there ya have it.
The winning answer to the rightwingnut insanity.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sun Nov-02-08 07:06 AM
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5. That's pathetic. nt
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BumRushDaShow Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 07:17 AM
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6. These people are truly mentally ill.
I think it has gone beyond the stage of desperation.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 07:36 AM
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7. Somehow going off shore makes it legitimate.....what fucking idiots.
Colleges use the same stuff here now. Besides who cares who wrote the book not me, its not going to change anyones mind. The real question is how would they know, unless these idiots reads his other books which I highly doubt.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 08:10 AM
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8. Interest waned when Millican said the results had to be made public regardless.
THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
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Celebration Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 08:17 AM
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9. one of the comments
FDR: All we have to fear is fear itself.

GOP: All we have to sell is fear itself.
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 10:21 AM
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11. Hey, at least that's $10,000 that won't go to the McCain campaign.
Edited on Sun Nov-02-08 10:22 AM by Bette Noir
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scarface2004 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 10:42 AM
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12. don t waste your $10000...i already voted!!
what a bunch of assholes!! i hope ayers wrote it...jerkoffs!
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Joe Bacon Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sun Nov-02-08 10:52 AM
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13. Proves that the GOP floats in its own Laissez Fairyland®
These nuts have floated around in their Laissez Fairyland for so long that they've got no clue to what reality is. Don't worry, on Tuesday, 65 million victims are gonna pop their bubble and bring these freaks back to earth!
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14. Great new McCain-Palin campaign slogan, though...
"very implausible"

:rofl:
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JDwho (339 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 11:17 AM
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16. Desperado, why don't you come to your senses (hum along)
The repug party's new theme song.
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Barbara2423 (149 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-02-08 01:02 PM
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18. Sounds like the Divinci Code
With money you can pay anybody to say anything.
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