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To: i-node who wrote (419110)	9/23/2008 9:48:23 AM
From: Road Walker	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578132

Ha. Why go? I want to be a part of an historical change in this country when guys like you are completely marginalized. That and would like to get a cool t-shirt.

To: i-node who wrote (419110)	9/23/2008 11:36:55 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578132

Limbaugh repeats baseless smear that Obama is misrepresenting his ethnicity* Summary: Rush Limbaugh baselessly asserted of Sen. Barack Obama: "Do you know he has not one shred of African-American blood?" Limbaugh continued: "He's Arab. You know, he's from Africa. He's from Arab parts of Africa. ... [H]e's not African-American. The last thing that he is is African-American." On the September 22 broadcast of his syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh baselessly claimed that Sen. Barack Obama is "not black," and went on to ask: "Do you know he has not one shred of African-American blood?" Limbaugh continued: "He's Arab. You know, he's from Africa. He's from Arab parts of Africa. ... [H]e's not African-American. The last thing that he is is African-American." Media Matters for America has previously documented that a similar claim was forwarded by Fox News contributor Monica Crowley when she guest-hosted the June 23 broadcast of The Laura Ingraham Show. A caller to the show claimed that Obama is "not really African- American. He's Arab." In response, Crowley said that "according to this genealogy -- and again, because I haven't done the research, I can't verify this -- but according to this guy Kenneth Lamb, Barack Obama is not black African, he is Arab African." In a February 14 blog entry, "journalist, op-ed columnist, radio news-interview program host" Kenneth E. Lamb claimed -- without producing any evidence -- that "Sen. Obama is actually Arab-American" and that "Mr. Obama is not legally African-American." Lamb did not cite to any research or government documents, but invited readers seeking "proof" of his claims to "[r]esearch the Kenyan records for yourself," adding: "You will find that his father was officially classified as 'Arab African' by the Kenyan government." From the September 22 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show: LIMBAUGH: These polls on how one-third of blue-collar white Democrats won't vote for Obama because he's black, and -- but he's not black. Do you know he has not one shred of African-American blood? He doesn't have any African -- that's why when they asked whether he was authentic, whether he's down for the struggle. He's Arab. You know, he's from Africa. He's from Arab parts of Africa. He's not -- his father was -- he's not African-American. The last thing that he is is African-American. I guess that's splitting hairs, I don't -- it's just all these little things, everything seems upside-down today in this country. —G.L. *Clarification: The previous headline read: "Limbaugh repeats baseless Obama smear: 'He's Arab. ... [H]e's not African-American.' " We have changed the headline to make clear that Limbaugh's smear was his accusation that Obama's background is not what he says it is. mediamatters.org