Misinformation

Here's an example of why I started this blog. I read this in the rants/raves section of the Charleston, S.C. Craigslist page:

C'mon S.C. Let's show Oprah the same thing NH Did!
Just as the voters did in New Hampshire, we voters in South Carolina must come together and show Oprah Winfrey that we're not her puppets and we will NOT vote for her Muslim candidate, who has NO experience and NO substance behind those empty speaches of "change".

Unlike the pig farming, corn huskers in Iowa, we've got to show we're just as smart and independent from Oprah's "spell" as New Hampshire proved. Our only hope of getting another Democrat back in the White House is HILLARY CLINTON. She is the only QUALIFIED candidate who can clean up Bush's mess.

Let's do it SC!!!

Now, it's not that I take issue with anyone who dislikes Obama. Every candidate is bound to draw opposition, even of the irrational type. But here's an example of one widespread misconception, and again, this blog will be a place to debunk these rampant fairytales, like the peristent claim that Obama lacks experience, or the ridiculous notion that he is a Muslim.
Because, although a Craigslist rants/raves page represents the sleaziest source of opinions that I know of, the same idea has crept around enough in the form of spam e-mails and the usual banter from conservative talk show hosts, and folks like David Horowitz, who published the same lie just yesterday, that it has led to widespread rumors and misunderstandings in the public as far as I can tell. Washington Post staff writer Perry Bacon Jr. noticed the phenomenon back in November.

What does a person do, when he's tired of reading slanderous lies about his preferred candidate?
He responds with the truth.

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