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Writing As A Weapon

By The Daily Dish
Aug 15 2008, 7:25 AM ET

It helps if you don't care about the truth:

Many of the claims in The Obama Nation – including allegations that Obama lied about when he stopped using cocaine and marijuana, and charges about his relationship with Islam and his participation in the congregation of Jeremiah Wright’s Trinity United Church of Christ – are factually inaccurate and have been disproved. But honesty, accuracy and transparency are besides the point, because, as Corsi told the New York Times, ‘The goal is to defeat Obama. I don’t want Obama to be in office’. This is an honest sentiment that has produced a great deal of dishonest ones.

At least we won't have Glenn Reynolds giving this stuff credit as he did the Swift Boat smears.



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