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The Jewish Daily Forward ^ | 01/30/08 | The Jewish Daily Forward

Posted on 02/02/2008 8:28:47 AM PST by #1CTYankee

When the dust settles, the uproar over Barack Obama’s religious beliefs will have taught us little about the candidate and his loyalties that we don’t already know. If we look closely, however, we can learn a great deal about American Jews and their anxieties. More pointedly, we can penetrate the mystery of the power of the so-called Jewish lobby.

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Reports of Obama’s supposed Muslim leanings began surfacing a full year ago, not in anonymous e-mail blasts but in signed articles published openly on conservative Web sites. One of the first appeared on FreeRepublic.com, an arch-conservative site based in central California. Other sites picked it up immediately. A few days later, Obama’s staff issued a statement that the senator had “never been a Muslim.”

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TOPICS: Editorial; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: disinformation
From the article:

"Is Barack Obama a Muslim? Almost certainly not. Was he ever a Muslim? Almost certainly yes."

"Does it matter? Well, it shouldn’t, but it evidently does matter to some folks, and it will continue to do so until liberals come up with some better answers."

Actually it does, never trust a liar.

1 posted on 02/02/2008 8:28:48 AM PST by #1CTYankee
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To: #1CTYankee
'FreeRepublic.com, an arch-conservative site'

I wear that like a badge of honor.


2 posted on 02/02/2008 8:32:06 AM PST by Viking2002 (Waterboarding the Left every chance I get.)
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To: #1CTYankee

Never trust a Muzzie either!


3 posted on 02/02/2008 8:32:53 AM PST by proudofthesouth (Liberalism IS a mental illness.)
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To: Viking2002
"I wear that like a badge of honor."

I consider it a complement!

4 posted on 02/02/2008 8:35:16 AM PST by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: Viking2002
Makes me see visions of "Vast Rightwing Conspiracy" in the sky ~ "εν τούτω νίκα", Fur Shur
5 posted on 02/02/2008 8:35:28 AM PST by muawiyah
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