Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan had a simple but critical message for the largely Jewish audience of 700 that came out for the Obama rally outside Cleveland yesterday.
“The Jewish community of Chicago is totally devoted to the election of Barack Obama,” he said. “This should say something to the Jewish community around the country.”
The Jewish senator also had another point to make, about the relentless smears going around – that Obama is a secret radical Muslim; that he doesn’t pledge allegiance to the flag; that he swears allegiance to anti-Israel advisors; that he pals around with terrorists; that because of his middle name he is not like the rest of us.
“As a people, we more than any other people, cannot tolerate any person or group of people being smeared in this way,” Sen. Levin said.
When he said it, the crowd erupted. The black man in the seat in front of me nearly came out of his seat, cheering.
Levin then noted that many people around the world still believe the Protocol Elders of Zion, the famous forgery that explains how Jews plan to take over the world. People believe that Jews extract the blood of non-Jewish children and use it to make hamentashen cookies.
“The filth we have suffered should instill in us a determination that no one should ever be a victim of this kind of filth,” he said. “And Barack Obama does not deserve to be a victim.”
It was a theme touched on earlier by Congresswoman Jane Harman of California.
“As a Jew, we know what this is,” she said, referring to the McCain-Palin campaign rally slurs of Barack “Hussein” Obama as the un-American other. “And I’ve got news for them: It won’t work.”
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Smears? Schmears!
What you’re calling “smears” is actually regular American citizens that are telling THE TRUTH. Don’t believe me?
Well, if Barack Obama has nothing to hide, then why is he using every legal means possible to avoid showing his birth certificate in federal court? If you didn’t already know it, he is being sued in FEDERAL court (just google “Berg v. Obama” or goto http://www.obamacrimes.com) by a former Hillary supporter who was previously the deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania. The lawsuit contends that Obama is not eligible due to issues with his citizenship. It would seem to me that if he has nothing to hide, then he wouldn’t hide it.
richardsh,
Thanks for posting. But I don’t honestly think that “Smears? Schmears!” is much of a credible argument.
I’m talking about emails I’ve personally received indicating Obama is a Muslim and attended a radical madrassa. Or that he took the oath of office on the Koran. Or that he refuses to say the pledge of allegiance. All of which are flat out, documented lies.
I hadn’t heard about the birth certificate controversy, but I went to the best source I know — PolitiFact.com — a independent, nonpartisan fact-checking site sponsored by Congressional Quarterly, to check it out. PolitiFact states unequivocally that Obama in fact released his birth certificate, and the Hawaii State Department has confirmed its authenticity.
You can read the truth here: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/jun/27/obamas-birth-certificate-part-ii/
Says the Factcheckers: “There is not one shred of evidence to disprove PolitiFact’s conclusion that the candidate’s name is Barack Hussein Obama, or to support allegations that the birth certificate he released isn’t authentic. And that’s true no matter how many people cling to some hint of doubt and use the Internet to fuel their innate sense of distrust.”
Your post, by falsely perpetuating this distrust, is in fact a prime example of the exact smears I’m writing about.