Though it's hard to believe, especially after the seemingly endless coverage about Obama's CHURCH, the Muslim smear emails are STILL circulating. I just got another one today.
While I have no way of knowing where the first emails came from, I can tell you who is responsible for spreading them.
I'll tell you how I know after the fold...
Obama's website has some easy ways to help fight back if you get smear emails. http://my.barackobama.com/...
I followed the steps on his website, which are:
- Forward the email to watchdog@barackobama.com (probably so they can try to trace it and keep tabs)
- Hit "reply all" and fight back with the facts (factcheck.barackobama.com)
They have copy already written on topics such as religion, his church, patriotism, that you can just copy and paste in your reply- so that makes it easy.
Anyway, I have gotten several smear emails. So like a good Obama supporter I followed the guidelines above. And guess what? Some morons were stupid enough to REPLY BACK TO ME with more BS. I guess spreading smear emails is just not enough for them. They had to get the last word in.
The replies I'm getting- without fail- are all from right-wingnuts.
How do I know? Here is the latest reply I got:
I don't appreciate your opinion. My candidate will win. If your a liberal which it seems that you are, then just look at the country right now with the Democraps running Congress. I'm sure your real proud. Unlike you I can't afford to vote for a liberal Democrat.
Please don't respond because I don't care what you think.
Nice, huh? I could paste some other ones here too but they are in the same vein and I think you get the point. They all coincidentally include the word "liberal" at least once or twice.
NOTE: I'm not foolish enough to think that I changed anyone's mind by hitting "reply all" and responding with the facts. HOWEVER, by calling them on their lies in front of their friends and family or whoever they forwarded the email to on the list- they look like real fools! Granted, some of them won't care because they have no shame, but I may have embarassed some of them enough into thinking twice before they do it again.
We have to fight back! The vote in Guam today helped drive home the point that every single vote counts. An undecided who doesn't follow the news like we do could get one of these emails and be swayed. That's why I'm posting this.
If you get a smear email don't just delete it. Take action!
UPDATE: Wow! First time on the rec list. Thanks guys.
UPDATE #2: A couple of people commented that they would have liked to see more specifics. I know the names of some of the people spreading this junk and even where they live because a couple of them are my cousins! (Distant cousins, thank God). For others, many of them have their names on their email but I refuse to do further "research" as someone suggested because I think that crosses the line of privacy. I am not here to "out" anyone for anything. I just want to encourage Kossacks to take action if they receive emails. I also wanted people to know that we need to focus more on MCCAIN supporters, not Hillary supporters. That's the goal of the diary. I hope that clears things up.
UPDATE #3: Thought I'd share this with you guys. This time the email had an ADDED incentive to pass the email on:
THE MARINES WANT THIS TO ROLL ALL OVER THE U.S.
Please don't delete this until you send
it on, Let's send it around the world.
The Marines? They want us to forward this? Hmmm...maybe we should ask the Marines about that.
Better yet, have the media ask the Marines if they like having their name being used to spread hate speech. Maybe then we'll get to the bottom of this.
Chances are, the Marines are probably not even aware that their name is being used in this way. We had a couple comments below by Marines (thank you for your service!) who said they do NOT approve of that message. And i suspect the overwhelmingy majority of them do not.