This is why I hate myspace bulletins.

Submitted by bleu7102 on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 6:35pm.

Okay, let me preface this by saying that I am not a political person at all. I'm not registered to vote, I will be registering since I just moved to a different town, but I have not been before. I do not know much about either cadidate. Not something I'm proud of, but there it is. BUT, I can say that I do hate all the smear campaigning that happens in politics, especially with Obama in this race. There is a girl I know who is one of my myspace friends. Went to high school together, have mutual friends, not close friends. Today she has sent out two different bulletins about Barack Obama. I guess she's been doing some research online, or someone sent her these, whatever. But here is the second one she sent out. I just wanted to see what my hip mamas thought about this.

"I am not for EITHER president elect, but I WILL vote for McCain just to keep OBAMA OUT!!!!

OBAMA'S "NOT EXACTLY'S"

1.) Selma Got Me Born - NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965.

(Google .. ' Obama Selma ' for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.

)

2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.

3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - NOT EXACTLY, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.

4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - NOT EXACTLY, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Obama, is Odinga's follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone.

Obama's cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia Muslim law in place there. When Odinga lost the elections, his followers have burned Christians' homes and then burned men, women and children alive in a Christian church where they took shelter.. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started. Google Obama and Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth.

5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.

6.) My Name is African Swahili - NOT EXACTLY, your name is Arabic and 'Baraka' (from which Barack came) means 'blessed ' in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.

Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American President, not the first black President. Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro from his father's side. While Barack Hussein Obama's father was from Kenya , his father's family was mainly Arabs.. Barack Hussein Obama's father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father's birth certificate even states he's Arab, not African Negro). From....and for more....go to.....

Http://www.
arcadeathome. com/newsboy. phtml?Barack_Hussein_Obama_-_Arab-American,_only_6. 25%25_African ..

7.) I Never Pr acticed Islam - NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.

4-3-08 Article "Obama was 'quite religious in Islam" http://www.
wnd. com/index. php?fa=PAGE.
view&pageId=60559

8.) My School In Indonesia was Christian - NOT EXACTLY, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).

February 28, 2008. Kristoff from the New York Times a year ago: Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it'll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described th e call to prayer as "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset." This is just one example of what Pamela is talking about when she says "Obama's narrative is being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash troubling facts.

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9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language.

10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia , I Have More Foreign Experience - NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.

11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - NOT EXACTLY, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.

12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - NOT EXACTLY, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama , no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.

13.) An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - NOT EXACTLY, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.

14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My outlook on Life - NOT EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.

15.) I Won't Run On A National Ticket In '08 - NOT EXACTLY, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.

16.) Voting "Present" is Common In Illinois Senate - NOT EXACTLY, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.

17.) Oops, I Misvoted - NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your mis-vote.

18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - NOT EXACTLY, you didn't write it, introduce it, change it, or create it.

21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - NOT EXACTLY, it took just 14 days from start to finish.

22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - NOT EXACTLY, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.

23.) I Have Released My State Records - NOT EXACTLY, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.

24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Garden s Mess - NOT EXACTLY, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens . You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.

25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.

26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - NOT EXACTLY, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.

27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - NOT EXACTLY, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.

28.) No One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA - NOT EXACTLY, the Candian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.

29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - NOT EXACTLY, you misse d the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel .

30.) I Want All Votes To Count - NOT EXACTLY, you said let the delegates decide.

31.) I Want Americans To Decide - NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.

32.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - NOT EXACTLY, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write yourself.

33.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - NOT EXACTLY, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.

34.) I Don't Take PAC Money - NOT EXACTLY, you take loads of it.

35.) I don't Have Lobbysists - NOT EXACTLY, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.

36.

) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - NOT EXACTLY, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple .. in one afternoon.

37.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - NOT EXACTLY, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time.

38.

) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - NOT EXACTLY, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who don't have to buy it"

If she sends out another, I will be deleting her from my myspace.

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Submitted by vkitty17 on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 2:22am.

I'm not going to research this person's points because I don't have that kind of time. But it's my general assumption that all politicians lie, especially those running for some sort of office. I mean, they want to convince people to vote for them. You can't please everybody with the truth because some will agree and some will disagree. So in an attempt to please everybody, you tell one group one thing and another group another thing.

I think that you could pick apart everything McCain says and come up with just as many "Not Exactly" examples. In my own brain, "politician" is synonymous with "actor". But I'm still voting for Obama. I'm not going to lie and say I vote for the candidate, because I don't. It's become evident with the "appointment" of Bush to the presidency that the president is now just a puppet. Do you want your puppet to be Republican or Democrat? I want mine to be Dem.

Obama lies. But McCain lies too. Obama exaggerates to appeal to different demographics. So does McCain. I really really hate seeing bulletins and emails like this float around because it gives a narrow-minded view of the race. If she wants to vote for McCain because she thinks Obama lies, that's fine. She'll just be voting for another liar.

Also, bleu, I had a couple bulletins like this go around from a high school friend of mine. I un-friended him. I don't want to be forced to read that shit, and neither should you!

http://startswithvee.wordpress.com

Submitted by bleu7102 on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 4:04am.

Politician = actor. Beautiful! I agree with you 100%. The puppet thing is a good way to look at it, who do you want controlling the pres? Because of course that's what it boils down to. Thanks, mama!

BleuRoo Handcrafted Sweetness
http://bleuroo.etsy.com

Submitted by vkitty17 on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 3:42am.

You should never trust anyone who can't site their sources. Where did this person get their information from? For all we know it could be 100% fabricated. If you're gonna slam a politician, get your facts right, and site your sources. That's all I'm sayin'.

http://startswithvee.wordpress.com

Submitted by sunflower on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 2:21am.
Submitted by bleu7102 on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 4:16am.

Aww, you rock, Sunflower! This is perfect, exactly why I posted this in the first place. I knew you smart ladies would point me in the right direction. I never go to snopes, always forget it exists. I'll have to check it out more often.

BleuRoo Handcrafted Sweetness
http://bleuroo.etsy.com

Submitted by vkitty17 on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 2:25am.

I love snopes! Thanks sunflower! I was just wondering about some of these and whether I had the time to research them or not. Now I don't have to! Right on!

http://startswithvee.wordpress.com

Submitted by sunflower on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 2:32am.

I was hoping they had it. Obama has an anti smear website, but it isn't that complete.

Sunflower the unflower

Mom's Tinfoil Hat
Foodie loves Picky

Submitted by PattyCakes on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 7:29pm.

i don't understand what your point is. you asked what I think and I think I could care less what anybody says about any politician because they do not and will not have any soloutions to problems that face and effect my class system. I question anybody that is ballsy and egotistical enough to think they should be a spokesperson for the elite; and see any president with all these rich, stuffy, white, pompus men behind him that do not know what its like to go hungry, get sick and have no health coverage,have their children looked at like they are canned shit, be not protected but persucuted by the system, ect. ect. I don't get into politics because I know anything that I hear is lies, distortions, spins, made up, twisted, embellished and its all pretty much moot. So what the hell do I care about what anybody says about any politician? I have about as much faith in them as i do any man of god that thinks he can hook me up with better mojo through the blood of Jesus. nothing is going to happen to make my life any easier so screw it.

Submitted by bleu7102 on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 7:42pm.

Well, I guess my point was that I hate myspace bulletins, pretty much. And I agree with basically everything you wrote, which is probably why I haven't really cared enough to ever get into politics anyways. I can never, ever believe what I hear about any politician, ever. Because someone on the flip side will "prove" how they are lying, etc. And I guess that's why this bulletin annoyed me, cause how can someone actually believe any campaign either way, when the other side will just spin it the opposite way. Plus, her bulletins are just filled with hate and she's spreading it to everyone else she knows, and that bothered me, too.
I asked what you guys thought just for sake of conversation, to see if someone maybe had some different info or views on it. That's all. Thanks for the input.

BleuRoo Handcrafted Sweetness
http://bleuroo.etsy.com

Submitted by mommymash on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 2:24am.

i get the vibe that your friend's not just trying to spread neutral information....she's specifically attacking obama, and it seems that her list of reasons why he's not a viable candidate are mostly because he/his family aren't "real" christians, and because he's not "really" black. wtf does that have to do with anything??

i don't even know what myspace bulletins are!! i just started my page this weekend....i think i was the last person left with a computer who didn't have one! it's a fun way to keep in touch with old friends, but i'm still weirded out by the exhibitionist factor. i'm just not used to it, although i was up till like 2 am last night editing my page.

'kay, i'm done rambling now! i'm mommymash on myspace, too, if you want to friend me.

Submitted by bleu7102 on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 4:19am.

I actually think that she thinks she's helping people with these stupid bulletins. She's one of those people who will forward stupid stuff all the time, with the mindset of "warning" other people. Yeah, that's why she's not really a friend, just an aquaintance(sp?).
I'll add you on myspace now Eye-wink

BleuRoo Handcrafted Sweetness
http://bleuroo.etsy.com

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