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To: i-node who wrote (583206)	8/28/2010 11:14:42 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573106

Libs need a villain.

To: i-node who wrote (583206)	8/29/2010 9:46:46 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1573106

"There was a significant religious influence.." Do you know Beck's religion?

To: i-node who wrote (583206)	8/29/2010 9:49:13 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1573106

The truth of Glenn Beck: politifact.com

To: i-node who wrote (583206)	8/29/2010 10:06:27 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573106

The truth of Glenn Beck's speechifying yesterday: politifact.com "He's earned more False ratings than any other. He's earned them for his claim that union president Andy Stern was the most frequent White House visitor; that less than 10 percent of Obama's cabinet has private sector experience; that Mitt Romney's health care plan was bankrupting the state of Massachusetts; that 45 percent of doctors said they would quit if health care reform passes; and that the United States is the only nation with birthright citizenship. We define Pants on Fire as a statement that is ridiculously false. Beck earned one for his claim that John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population." Beck also earned a Pants on Fire for his claim that the health care reform bill provided health insurance for dogs. Today, Beck earned his third for comments he made about the Restoring Honor rally. He claimed that the government was trying to close the Lincoln Memorial for similar rallies in the future, implying that the government was trying to silence his political speech. We found no evidence to support that. Pants on Fire."

To: i-node who wrote (583206)	8/29/2010 10:11:02 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573106

Why do so many people believe Obama is a Muslim? politifact.com ( Because the (R) half of the people have IQ's less than 100? ) "Americans with the strongest dislike of the Democratic president and his policies are much more likely to say Obama is a Muslim. Pollsters say people's beliefs about his religion may actually be an effort to equate him with a faith they dislike. Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at the University of Michigan, has found that when people are fiercely partisan, they are less likely to change their minds when presented with factually correct evidence that contradicts their views. Calling Obama a Muslim has "become a stand in for 'I don't know who he really is,'" Nyhan said. "Part of it may just be people being down on Obama and attaching themselves to any label that is perceived as negative." "PolitiFact has done extensive fact-checking on Obama's faith and has debunked false claims in chain e-mails that he attended a radical Islamic school, that his political rise mirrored a biblical tale about the Antichrist, and that he took the oath for U.S. Senate on a Koran. All three earned our lowest rating, Pants on Fire. Our fact-checking also showed clear evidence that Obama is a Christian. According to the president's memoirs and independent biographies, Obama was not raised in any particular faith. He became a Christian when he was in his 20s while working as a community organizer in Chicago. Obama said the churches there impressed him with their commitment to social justice and the hope they gave to the poor."