Where do those crazy emails come from?

Submitted by WhitesCreek on Fri, 2008/05/09 - 1:13pm.

In spite of what that email from your buddy says:

Obama, the front-running Democratic presidential candidate, is a Christian, has never been a Muslim, swore his Senate oath on the Bible, says the pledge and generally puts his hand over his heart when he sings the national anthem.

But where do these things come from? From people who dedicate themselves to hateful attacks like that...say, someone like a former CIA operative:

In fact, they tend to be the work of committed political amateurs.

One practitioner in Virginia, who hates Obama like a dog hates cats, led a reporter through his efforts. Because the man is a retired clandestine CIA officer, identifying him could endanger officers or operations that remain classified, so McClatchy will not reveal his name...

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In my short years, I have

In my short years, I have met more wingnuts who claim "clandestine" and "top secret" status than I've met Gideons.

True happiness is knowing you are a hypocrite. -- Ivor Cutler

R. Neal's picture
And Navy Seal, and Special

And Navy Seal, and Special Forces, and...

Hell, my father-in-law

Hell, my father-in-law claims to have had McNamara's ear during Vietnam. No seriously.

True happiness is knowing you are a hypocrite. -- Ivor Cutler

R. Neal's picture
But then there's this

But then there's this:

Election2000: 10 reasons why Al Gore lost Florida

So Hauck and Kane got busy, aided by a Republican supervisor of elections who let them remove the forms from her office.

Kane, a retired CIA employee who chaired the Bush-Cheney campaign in Martin County, read the numbers from the party's database. Hauck, the local GOP treasurer and a 20-year veteran of local campaigns, filled in the blanks on the request forms.

gonzone's picture
But .. but

Doing these things are not wrong if you're Republican!

Remember IOKIYAR (It's OK If You're A Republican)

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson

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