I didn't get the email, but I googled it. The real David Kaiser is sort of peeved about it, see his blog historyunfolding.blogspot.com
where he's currently prefacing every post with
[People are still arriving here because they have received an email on the current state of America. If you are curious about my own views of the origins and consequences of the current crisis in American life, I recommend this link ( lulu.com ) . However, the email attributed to myself comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler, is a forgery which I did not write. All visitors may also be interested to read the following post. Meanwhile, here is the best explanation ( big.assets.huffingtonpost.com ) I've found of why that email is so incredibly popular.]
The actual email seems to be this forum.thedailyshow.com . The post is quite a laundry list. I'm sort of surprised the pros haven't picked up on it, it could have been a nice roundup / summary post there for an average day in the life.
Edit: This has apparently been going on for a while, further down his blog he had this on his problem and another rw excursion into their unique parallel universe that I think was noted here when it was current:
Regarding the hoax email circulating under my name, I have fantasized for months that some big-time conservative talk-show host woudl call me about it, since they love Obama-Hitler comparisons. (One small town host did call, but my courage failed me, and I immediately disowned it instead of waiting until she had me on the air.) Well, that hasn't happened, but something similar did. Someone posted a supposed excerpt from a hoax undergraduate thesis by Barack Obama on a blog, and conservative writer Michael Ledeen picked it up as real. Rush Limbaugh got it from him and ran with it on Friday. When Rush's researchers rather tardily found out the truth, he said--you'll never guess--that it didn't matter, because we all know Obama believes these things anyway. See mediamatters.org for the full story. |
