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This story has legs folks...
Dan Rather had weeks to authenticate his bogus documents, only to have them debunked inside a few hours once they were released in his fake story.
It didn't take me but a few clicks to find the ultimate source of this fairy tale, and hold it as suspect given the sketchy source.
October 23rd, 2009 12:16 pm
The Obama thesis hoax
Its a hoax, or a satire, depending on your point of view. Joe Klein has said that he never read any part of an Obama thesis from his Columbia days, and thats conclusive, as far as Im concerned.
The hoax/satire was written in August, so its not connected to any current event. I cam across it on Twitter, read the blog, found it interesting, and posted on it. I failed to notice that one of the tags was satire.
So he got me, and lots of others. It worked because its plausible. Ive done satirical pieces myself, and I know how they can take off. I once wrote one that said that Bill Casey did not die, and was hiding in a bunker under the St Andrews golf course from which he was running Mikhail Gorbachev. I thought it was obviously satirical, but it went like wildfire all over the world. And that was in the days before the Internet.
So I should have picked up some hint, but I didnt. Shame on me.
Im posting this as quickly as possible. Apologies to the president and to Joe Klein, and to Rush Limbaugh, who had many very wise things to say about the Constitution and the views of the Founders today, and to everyone else who got involved.
Dude broke the news first in here that the story was false - or appears to be at any rate.
But much like what happened to Limbaugh and the false quotes attributed to him - this Obama story is already spreading and becoming fact for many...
Rush already retracted the story as a hoax, too, bubblehead.
Obama and the case of the missing 'thesis'
Posted on Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:01 PM ET
Filed Under: Politics
Conservative provocateurs have been hunting for it. Investigative journalists have been on the prowl, too. Even a former professor has been searching through old boxes for his copy of it. But today Barack Obama made it official: He doesn’t have and can’t release any copies of the thesis-length paper he wrote 25 years ago while a senior at Columbia University.
“We do not have a copy of the course paper you requested and neither does Columbia University,” Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt told NBC News.
And Republicans ate them up like fresh food at the all you can eat buffet. Hook, line, and SINKER.
One thing sums this entire thing up:
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10 months later and you still think Obama is up to the job of the Presidency...LOL
10 months later and you still think Obama is up to the job of the Presidency...LOL
As much as I currently don't like the job he's doing, he's doing better then McCain and his nurse ever could.
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Got a bit of egg on your face and some crow to eat CF.
Rush already retracted the story as a hoax, too, bubblehead.
Rush's response
"We did it for a show"
I'd say about as reliable as that left wing blog, "New York Times"Glad right-wing blogs are reliable sources now...
I'd say about as reliable as that left wing blog, "New York Times"Glad right-wing blogs are reliable sources now...
I haven't weighed in on this as I'm hearing a lot of noise about this not being credible.
Kind of like that quote that has been attributed to Rush Limbaugh that never was spoken by him.
