i was torn about posting this

because to me (though OBVIOUSLY NOT true) it is still fuel for the fire. there are those that WILL believe any story by ANY whack job out there. didn't this dude's mama tell him to ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH? if she did, he didn't listen

people crave attention. when that attention wanes, they do and say things to create MORE attention for themselves.

hey martin, you need not fear barack obama. the ONLY thing you have to fear is YOUR fear itself. may you find inner peace. yes, that is what i wish for you.

Author of Obama Muslim rumor replaces it with Communist rumor
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
The man who originated the rumor that Barack Obama was born a Muslim is now promoting an entirely different story, claiming that Obama is actually the son of a black activist who was suspected in the 1950s of Communist ties.

Andy Martin first launched the "Muslim" rumor in 2004, just two weeks after Obama gained national attention at that year's Democratic convention. His initial press release was picked up by the conservative website FreeRepublic, and from there the story snowballed on the Internet.

However, Martin now tells CNN that, as the result of a recent visit to Honolulu to investigate Obama's background, he concluded that "his father was Frank Marshall Davis." Martin offered no proof for this assertion and implied it was just a gut feeling.

Davis was a black poet and political activist in the 1920s and 30s who moved to Hawaii in 1948 and wrote for a newspaper which the House Un-American Activities Committee accused of being a Communist front. Right-wing websites have been claiming since last winter that Davis was not only a Communist Party member but also the mentor to Obama in his teen years who he refers to in his autobiography as "Frank."........

Martin himself is known for his history of frivolous lawsuits and anti-Semitic remarks.

they toss people like this

on faux 'news'. sure we're all entitled to our opinions but NO ONE on faux points out this dude's errors or falsehoods. what kind of fair and balanced is that? what kind of 'news' show would have a person on who wanted “to exterminate Jew power.” ? please tell me so i understand. WHO would allow a person like this on their 'news' show? well faux did

The Man Behind the Whispers About Obama

By JIM RUTENBERG
The most persistent falsehood about Senator Barack Obama’s background first hit in 2004 just two weeks after the Democratic convention speech that helped set him on the path to his presidential candidacy: “Obama is a Muslim who has concealed his religion.”

That statement, contained in a press release, spun a complex tale about the ancestry of Mr. Obama, who is Christian.

The press release was picked up by a conservative Web site, FreeRepublic.com, and spread steadily as others elaborated on its claims over the years in e-mail messages, Web sites and books. It continues to drive other false rumors about Mr. Obama’s background.

Just last Friday, a woman told Senator John McCain at a town-hall-style meeting, “I have read about him,” and “he’s an Arab.” Mr. McCain corrected her.

Until this month, the man who is widely credited with starting the cyberwhisper campaign that still dogs Mr. Obama was a secondary character in news reports, with deep explorations of his background largely confined to liberal blogs.............

But an appearance in a documentary-style program on the Fox News Channel watched by three million people last week thrust the man, Andy Martin, and his past into the foreground. The program allowed Mr. Martin to assert falsely and without challenge that Mr. Obama had once trained to overthrow the government..............

this is one hell of an interesting article

dr allen sounds like one hell of an interesting woman as well. but that's not what this is all about. this is all about fear. our next president is going to be a black man. why people are afraid of that is beyond me. but - THEY ARE. they will stop at NOTHING to make sure barack obama is not elected (in all fairness, these pieces of paranoid steamin' shite did the same to a white man named john kerry too). he WILL be elected though. he MUST be. he is far from perfect. he will make decisions i don't agree with. unlike king george and his entire court, i believe barack obama is a moral and honorable man.

this story is interesting because someone (dr allen) puts on their sherlock holms hat and tries to trace a false, ugly, full of lies, virulent e-mail.

An Attack That Came Out of the Ether

Scholar Looks for First Link in E-Mail Chain About Obama

By Matthew Mosk

Washington Post Staff Writer

PRINCETON, N.J.

The e-mail landed in Danielle Allen's queue one winter morning as she was studying in her office at the Institute for Advanced Study, the renowned haven for some of the nation's most brilliant minds. The missive began: "THIS DEFINITELY WARRANTS LOOKING INTO." Laid out before Allen, a razor-sharp, 36-year-old political theorist, was what purported to be a biographical sketch of Barack Obama that has become one of the most effective -- and baseless -- Internet attacks of the 2008 presidential season............

........Beckwith said he built a Web site that features hundreds of pages of material intended to undermine Obama. "If 20 percent of what's on my Web site is true, this guy is a clear and present danger," Beckwith said..........