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Obama vs. The Lunatic Fringe
Chicago Tribune ^ | 8/18/08 | Clarence Page

Posted on 08/19/2008 3:42:06 PM PDT by steve-b

So you think the chorus of white hate groups is seething with rage that Barack Obama could become president? Think again.

Members of the knuckle-dragging set are taking a rosier view, judging by their Internet posts. They say the possibility of a biracial president is helping their recruitment efforts....

Obama has a bigger immediate headache than [David] Duke and his allied dimwits. It's the rising chorus of anti-Obama attack books that don't always let truth get in the way of a good hatchet job.

Leading the pack is "Obama Nation" by Jerome R. Corsi. It leads the New York Times best-seller list, helped along by bulk orders from conservative book clubs and other arenas of the right-wing echo chamber.

Corsi does not hide his agenda. His inaccurate portrayal of Obama as a closet Muslim and black activist drug-user is intended to do what his earlier hit-job book, "Unfit for Command," did to Sen. John Kerry in 2004 when he was the Democratic presidential nominee....

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bookreview; clarencepage; corsi; he; heis; heisthelunaticfringe; mediabias; obama; obamanation; swiftboat
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To: steve-b
Obama attack books that don't always let truth get in the way of a good hatchet job.

Not always, but more often than not the horror stories are true

21 posted on 08/19/2008 4:53:53 PM PDT by Go Gordon
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To: jeffc
"hit book"

Imagine if Obama gets elected prez Comedy Central comes out with a cartoon called "Itty-bitty Obama" like they have "Lil Bush" for Dubya. The libs will call that racist...of course they call any criticism of Obama racist.

22 posted on 08/19/2008 4:56:17 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
"Herbert"

Page is not nearly as bad as Herbert. He even responded politely to one of my e-mails where I criticized affirmative action.

23 posted on 08/19/2008 4:57:49 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: edzo4
AMEN!I`ve worked with hardcore Rats all my adult life and they are the MOST RACIST pinheads I`ve ever had to deal with,and that goes for ALL OF THEM,black,white,brown-you name it!
24 posted on 08/19/2008 5:02:06 PM PDT by nomad
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To: steve-b

What are they talking about? The Lunatic Fringe is Obama’s base.


25 posted on 08/19/2008 5:13:54 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: steve-b
Re: Jerome Corsi

Name calling. Nothing of substance.

.. and we get this (it's a little long for a one-liner but it does rival, "Take my wife.. please!" )

For fairness and balance, check out the liberal Media Matters for America Web site or Obama's own 40-page rebuttal to the "bigoted fringe" on his campaign's new Web site, "Unfit for Publication."

.. and this proves a point, IMO:

An Obama victory would show that America is not as racist as many black extremists believe it to be or as many white extremists wish it were.

The point: Where was Mr. Page on Blackwell, Steele and Swann? I know he did not call 'em names but did he support them all against their white opponents? Or, as is the liberal feeeeeeeeeeeeelings, you are a racists if you do not support a liberal black. Anything goes against black conservatives.

26 posted on 08/19/2008 5:19:46 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: steve-b

Clarence Page sees everything through his racist goggles.

His column shows up occasionally in the Rocky Mountain News, but I quit reading it years ago.


27 posted on 08/19/2008 5:22:21 PM PDT by Zman516 (socialists & muslims -- satan's useful idiots.)
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To: steve-b
Clarence let me fix the headline for you:

Obama Is The Lunatic Fringe

You're welcome.

28 posted on 08/19/2008 5:22:34 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (Obama (Marxist), Manchuria)
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To: Spok

THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING:
http://theobamafile.com/ObamaIslam.htm


29 posted on 08/19/2008 6:20:21 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: steve-b

The prospect that Obama might prove the durability of that American dream excites many Americans and irritates others. An Obama victory would show that America is not as racist as many black extremists believe it to be or as many white extremists wish it were.
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This line shows just how full of it Clarence Page is! He pretends that the only racism is white hatred of blacks, it is obvious in most areas that black hatred of whites is far more the problem.


30 posted on 08/19/2008 7:24:34 PM PDT by RipSawyer (What's black and white and red all over? Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: steve-b
Obama vs. The Lunatic Fringe

If Satan be divided against Satan, how can he stand?

31 posted on 08/19/2008 7:28:17 PM PDT by RichInOC (Obama '08: He's Not Really Bad. He's Just...Stupid.)
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“Lunatic fringe.” I would have thought that category would be reserved for the likes of Wright, Pfleger and Ayers, among Obama’s best pals for the TWO DECADES preceding his presidential bid.
32 posted on 08/19/2008 8:40:53 PM PDT by Godwin1 (Godwin)
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