Untraceable e-mails spread Obama rumor that he is a Muslim

[RamboLiberal]

When Fox News aired a report in January claiming that Sen. Barack Obama had been educated at a radical Muslim madrassa, his campaign beat the story back — hard — with the candidate himself going on television to call it “ludicrous” and a “smear.”

And his aggressive defense worked, or so it seemed at the time: The notion that Obama has secret Muslim roots faded from the mainstream media, and even from most conservative blogs and magazines.

But rather than vanish, the whispered smear campaign appears to have gone underground, and in its purest form: Obama himself, according to a pair of widely circulated anonymous e-mails, is a Muslim.

“Barack Hussein Obama has joined the United Church of Christ in an attempt to downplay his Muslim background,” warns an e-mail titled “Who Is Barack Obama,” that was circulating in South Carolina political circles this summer and sent to Politico by a South Carolina Democrat.

“The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the U.S. from the inside out; what better way to start than at the highest level?”

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Second, a CBS News poll in August found that, in response to an open-ended question about Obama’s faith, 7 percent of Americans identified him as a Muslim — more than any other response. The right answer, Protestant, was second at 6 percent. (Most didn’t know or wouldn’t say.)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1007/6314.html

ABC News just reported on this as well. They reported it was happening in South Carolina. I know many of you don't like Politico but this is a good article tracking this crap about Obama.

[rodeodance]

1. I think I got that email----a long while ago

[MethuenProgressive]

2. No emails are truly "untraceable"

You know who sent it to you. They know who sent it to them...

[niyad]

3. I send this link in response, and then remove the person from my contacts

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_barack_obama_muslim.htm

[msongs]

4. this made the rounds yesterday, why keep spreading it? nt

[RamboLiberal]

7. My apologies - didn't know it was already posted

I found it interesting it got reported on ABC News as being false.

FWIW found original DU thread. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3606001

Not a bad idea to know about this IMHO cause you know co-workers, family, friends will receive this crap and some will believe it. I'm frequently sending people to Snopes still on emails they send around.

[gateley]

5. That is just too vile. nt

[FreakinDJ]

6. The Swift Boating has only just begun

don't get me wrong - I like Obama. But this crap will take it's toll, just like the stupid uninformed that believed Saddam was behind 911

[wtmusic]

8. "Obama" IS very close to "Osama"

and his middle name IS Hussein...I can put one and two together, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

*nods knowingly*

[MADem]

10. But whats up with that Barack bit? Was he born in an Army barracks or sumptin? nt

[wtmusic]

14. Could be code for some kind of terrorist attack

I don't like the sound of it, not at all :scared:

[MADem]

9. Isn't that pathetic. It says so much about the people who send this kind of stuff out.

Hell, why not call him a Catholic? Or any faith, for that matter?

Incredibly cheesy and low, astoundingly so, in fact!

[CK_John]

11. Rove may not be visible but his work lives on. n/t

[flordehinojos]

12. o, i just bet, bet anything that Poppy's covert hands are in there somewhere.

i also got a copy of that e-mail a long time ago but it did have the name and phone number of the person who wrote it at the bottom of the e-mail. i pondered about calling him and giving him a piece of my own mind, but then i decided against it fearing that the sender of the creator of that e-mail was up to no good. shame on me.

[Odin2005]

13. This is why people need to quit bashing him for talking about his religion.

Since him talking about his faith is the only thing that will neutralize those lies.

[dugggy]

15. I am prejudiced and I admit it.

I will never vote for anyone with any muslim connection.
I am supporting Hillary Clinton all the way.