War Rooms
Posted at 10:58am on Jun. 11, 2008 Obama's *snicker* 'War Room'
By absentee
Poor, poor Barack. So many vicious rumors to discuss, so few teleprompters available to tell him what to say about them. Why is the internet so unfair?
Well he's mad, and he's not gonna take it anymore. Steve Foley at the Minority Report blog reports that Barack Obama is launching an internet "War Room" to fight back. According to the Times Online, a "crack team of cybernauts will form a rapid response internet 'war room' to track and respond aggressively to online rumours that Barack Obama is unpatriotic and a Muslim."
Just read this totally objective excerpt:
As he gears up for his general election fight against John McCain, Mr Obama and his chief advisers are aware of the danger of such rumours, amid polling data showing that a significant number of Americans believe he is a Muslim or are suspicious about his background. Such doubts were a factor in his poor showing with white, blue-collar voters during his primary battle with Hillary Clinton.
In recent days Mr Obama has — unprompted — brought up the subject of the chain e-mails and blog sites making the false claims. Some state that he is a radical Muslim who was sworn in as a US senator on the Koran; others that he sympathises with Palestinian radicals. Many focus on his middle name of Hussein, which was taken from his Kenyan father.
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