UPDATE: In retrospect, I spent too much time describing the anatomy of the smear and not enough dissecting it. If anybody thinks my writing wasn't clear enough or suspect my intentions as a result, my apologies. But thanks to some wonderful commenters, I can add the other side of the story (which I just didn't think I needed to do for this audience), which can be found below the original text.
I have been recently going back and forth with a very conservative friend of mine, who has repeatedly told me to look up who paid for Obama's Harvard education. She has refused to provide any evidence, cite any sources, or even elaborate in any way beyond, "Do you know who paid for Obama's Harvard education?" and "Did you ever look up who paid for Obama's Harvard education?"
So even though, as we all know, it's incumbent upon the person making the claim to provide the evidence, I looked it up anyway. And I discovered the next smear that's making the rounds and if you haven't heard it yet, you're likely to soon. Here's the story.
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