Weekly Obama Smear Email Count (28 July)

[WoodrowFan]

An update on the number of RW lies being told about Obama. I checked Snopes again today for my weekly check to see what lies the wingers are spreading about Obama now. The current count is below.

Total emailed rumors filed under "Obama": 27. (an increase of 1 since last week)
Number of negative: 26 (and the one positive is really about RFK as much as it is about Obama.) The new email is the one with lies about Obama in Afghanistan. The Obama "death list" has not yet made it to Snopes. (see Sadly No for more details)

OK, that’s 26 negative emails. So, how true are they?
Totally False: 17 (an increase of 1)
Partly False : 5 (unchanged)
Unknown: 3 (unchanged)
True: 1 (which lacks context which would have made it less negative)

Wow, out of 23 emails with verifiable facts, 22 are either total or partial LIES.

Now, how does McCain compare?
Total Emails: 3 (!?!) a decrease of 1. They dropped one about his son's service records (which was positive. I don't know why.
Positive 1
Negative 2

A big, big difference. How many are of the 3 are true? One is true, but lacks context. It's an email about how great Cindy McCain is, which neglects to mention her being convicted of stealing drugs given to her charity.

The remaining two are marked as unconfirmed. some comments about McCain by Karl Rove and the bit about him not being eligible for President because he was born in Panama.


So, which side, left or right, relies on lies in their campaigns? I think it's clear that the RW "wins", hands-down.

(stats as of 28 July 2008)

feel free to check my math and make corrections.

[Jensen]

1. Yes, the RW machine is hard at work!

Got one today claiming Barack is a muslim and directing me to snopes.com which clearly states that is NOT true. Had a great time with that one, replied to the person that send it and to all the people on her e-mail address.I bet she will think twice in sending me anymore RW's lies !!:rofl:

[WoodrowFan]

2. Good For You

I think some folks are getting smart. if they write "Snopes says it's true" then some people will be too lazy/trusting to actually check. I'm glad you replied like you did.