BHO trying to counter Corsi's book

[Jim]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080815/D92IM8C80.html

I doubt that "see the website" will be any more effective than last time.

I would like to see some of the other books on this subject bubble up to the surface as they are better at documenting BHO's sins.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I'm afraid being in the bubble that is the US Army TRADOC environment has left me ignorant of this matter. What, pray tell, are the alleged sins and how reliable is the documentation?

[franksolich]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080815/D92IM8C80.html

I doubt that "see the website" will be any more effective than last time.

Actually, sir, it helps engender interest and comments if one puts up a short excerpt of the linked article, generally the first three paragraphs (but no more than that, due to copyright issues), or if the point is a paragraph buried in the center of the article, that specific paragraph.

Over at our old home, and here at our new home, I've always watched original posts that gave just a link, and a "hey, take a look at this," and those never seem to inspire much interest or comment....if any interest or comment at all.

Just a posting tip; no unkindness meant.

[Jim]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080815/D92IM8C80.html

I doubt that "see the website" will be any more effective than last time.

Actually, sir, it helps engender interest and comments if one puts up a short excerpt of the linked article, generally the first three paragraphs (but no more than that, due to copyright issues), or if the point is a paragraph buried in the center of the article, that specific paragraph.

Over at our old home, and here at our new home, I've always watched original posts that gave just a link, and a "hey, take a look at this," and those never seem to inspire much interest or comment....if any interest or comment at all.

Just a posting tip; no unkindness meant.

There is really nothing in the article worth noting, rather that BHO plans to be a little more pro-active than Kerry was 4 years ago vis-a-vis "Unfit for Command".  Oh, and the MSM will do whatever it can to defame Corsi some more.

But since you asked...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hit back Thursday with a 40-page rebuttal to the best-selling book "The Obama Nation," arguing the author is a fringe bigot peddling rehashed lies.

Jerome Corsi's anti-Obama book, "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," claims the Illinois senator is a dangerous, radical candidate for president. The book is a compilation of all the innuendo and false rumors against Obama - that he was raised a Muslim, attended a radical, black church and secretly has a "black rage" hidden beneath the surface.

In fact, Obama is a Christian who attended Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

The Obama campaign picked apart the book's claims in a rebuttal titled "Unfit For Publication," to be posted on the Obama campaign's rumor-fighting Web site, FightTheSmears.com. The title is a play on the book Corsi co-authored against 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's military service called "Unfit For Command."

[Jim]

I'm afraid being in the bubble that is the US Army TRADOC environment has left me ignorant of this matter. What, pray tell, are the alleged sins and how reliable is the documentation?

I have not read this book so I can't help you much there.  But it hit the NYT bestsellers list at #1.

I heard a radio interview of another book "The Case Against Barack Obama" by a Nationa Review guy and his seems very solid as its largely drawn from the Chicago Press (who do not care for BHO oddly enough).

[Jim]

I'm afraid being in the bubble that is the US Army TRADOC environment has left me ignorant of this matter. What, pray tell, are the alleged sins and how reliable is the documentation?

I have not read this book so I can't help you much there.  But it hit the NYT bestsellers list at #1.

I heard a radio interview of another book "The Case Against Barack Obama" by a Nationa Review guy and his seems very solid as its largely drawn from the Chicago Press (who do not care for BHO oddly enough).

You can get a couple examples from the book I mentioned above here...

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=27992

Pat Buchannon details BHO relative to abortion and other Catholic issues.

[Zeus]

I'm afraid being in the bubble that is the US Army TRADOC environment has left me ignorant of this matter. What, pray tell, are the alleged sins and how reliable is the documentation?

Come on Slick,you Were in San Antonio not Siberia 

[docstew]

I'm afraid being in the bubble that is the US Army TRADOC environment has left me ignorant of this matter. What, pray tell, are the alleged sins and how reliable is the documentation?

Come on Slick,you Were in San Antonio not Siberia 

let me tell you, ft sam houston is brutal, brutal i say, when it comes to cutting people off from the goings on in the world... 

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I'm afraid being in the bubble that is the US Army TRADOC environment has left me ignorant of this matter. What, pray tell, are the alleged sins and how reliable is the documentation?

Come on Slick,you Were in San Antonio not Siberia 

It ain't Ft Sham anymore. No TV, radio, newspapers, innerwebz only about an hour a week...

...damned close.

[Wretched Excess]

he has fallen for the dem spin that kerry lost because he didn't fight back against the
swift boaters soon enough, or aggressively enough.  that's crap.  he lost because his
positions on the important issues of the day were massively out of step with the
majority of the electorate, and because he sucked as a candidate.

all BHO is going to accomplish by disputing every syllable of this book is to draw more
attention to it.

I have bought corsi's book, but I'm not through with The Case Against Barack Obama yet.

[Chris_]

he has fallen for the dem spin that kerry lost because he didn't fight back against the
swift boaters soon enough, or aggressively enough.  that's crap.  he lost because his
positions on the important issues of the day were massively out of step with the
majority of the electorate, and because he sucked as a candidate.

all BHO is going to accomplish by disputing every syllable of this book is to draw more
attention to it.

I have bought corsi's book, but I'm not through with The Case Against Barack Obama yet.

j fing kerry (did you know he was in Vietnam?) had one problem -- the SBVFT accusations were factual and could not be disputed.  hussein has the same problem.

[Hawkgirl]

He's been on Hannity for a few nights this week and certainly doesn't come across as a liar who didn't fact check his sources.  He footnotes the entire book and has multiple sources that back up his facts.
So, nice try Obama....but the truth will be told.

[Willow]

I bought Corsi's book today. It looks interesting!

[Wretched Excess]

He's been on Hannity for a few nights this week and certainly doesn't come across as a liar who didn't fact check his sources.  He footnotes the entire book and has multiple sources that back up his facts.
So, nice try Obama....but the truth will be told.

the britt hume show just started off with a teaser about the controversy surrounding the book.  NOT the book itself, that
probably wouldn't have been newsworthy.  but the controversy, created by the hissy fits that the MSM and the BHO campaign
are having over it ARE newsworthy.

this is media management 101, and they are failing.  they should be ignoring the thing.  he would sell a few hundred thousand
copies of his book, and that would be the end of it. 

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

9-11 Troofer's Book Debuts at Number 1
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:52:22 am PDT

Jerome Corsi’s new book on Barack Obama debuted at number one on the New York Times list. But I was surprised and dismayed to learn that Corsi is a 9-11 Truther.

For me, and I suspect for many others, that is a huge, honking red “no-credibility” flag.

David Freddoso’s book, although I have not read it yet, looks like a much better bet: The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate.

UPDATE at 8/15/08 12:41:05 pm:

Corsi has also appeared several times on the vile white nationalist radio show Political Cesspool, a favorite haunt of David Duke. Excuse me while I retch.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30954_9-11_Troofers_Book_Debuts_at_Number_1

[Wretched Excess]

9-11 Troofer's Book Debuts at Number 1
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:52:22 am PDT

Jerome Corsi’s new book on Barack Obama debuted at number one on the New York Times list. But I was surprised and dismayed to learn that Corsi is a 9-11 Truther.

For me, and I suspect for many others, that is a huge, honking red “no-credibility” flag.

David Freddoso’s book, although I have not read it yet, looks like a much better bet: The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate.

UPDATE at 8/15/08 12:41:05 pm:

Corsi has also appeared several times on the vile white nationalist radio show Political Cesspool, a favorite haunt of David Duke. Excuse me while I retch.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30954_9-11_Troofers_Book_Debuts_at_Number_1

freddoso starts out by saying that a lot of the stuff being tossed around about BHO is probably crap, and definitely a distraction.  he is strictly after his record as a politician, and is being especially persistent about his role as a cog in the corrupt "chicago political machine".

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

9-11 Troofer's Book Debuts at Number 1
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:52:22 am PDT

Jerome Corsi’s new book on Barack Obama debuted at number one on the New York Times list. But I was surprised and dismayed to learn that Corsi is a 9-11 Truther.

For me, and I suspect for many others, that is a huge, honking red “no-credibility” flag.

David Freddoso’s book, although I have not read it yet, looks like a much better bet: The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate.

UPDATE at 8/15/08 12:41:05 pm:

Corsi has also appeared several times on the vile white nationalist radio show Political Cesspool, a favorite haunt of David Duke. Excuse me while I retch.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30954_9-11_Troofers_Book_Debuts_at_Number_1

freddoso starts out by saying that a lot of the stuff being tossed around about BHO is probably crap, and definitely a distraction.  he is strictly after his record as a politician, and is being especially persistent about his role as a cog in the corrupt "chicago political machine".

Which makes retards like Corsi more a hindrance than help as his character (or lack thereof) and easily refuted spew makes it a simple for the Obamaites to dismiss Freddoso with a flippant, "We've already addressed these scurrilous rumors as spread by debunked bigots running around with David Duke."

[Wretched Excess]

I'm not ready to dismiss the corsi book that easily.  so far, all of the discrepancies that have been pointed out
in his book have been relatively minor quibbles with dates or job descriptions, and such.

[Hawkgirl]

Corsi is a troofer?

[MountainSage]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080815/D92IM8C80.html

I doubt that "see the website" will be any more effective than last time.

I would like to see some of the other books on this subject bubble up to the surface as they are better at documenting BHO's sins.

I'm reading The Case Against Barack Obama by David Freddoso.  Pretty interesting stuff.

[lizard]

Much of the rebuttal put out by The Barackstar's camp is based on quotes from his book, "Dreams Of My Father", what they fail to mention is that the first edition of this book is different from subsequent printings.  It was revised and edited for the other printings.  Someone needs to do a comparison between the 1st edition and the one recently released (the recent one is the one he used for rebuttals).

[Tess Anderson]

A "spirited" Barack Hussein Obama defense, they don't want him to be "swiftboated" a la Kerry, who had his old book pulled too.. Too bad those allegations were true.

This is going to be far too long, but this is an email I received from the DNC "Rapid Response Team".

Part one:

----- Original Message -----
From: DNC Rapid Response Team
Subject: A book of lies -- your action urgently needed

Friend --

One of the most vile smear peddlers of the 2004 election has found a new target.

Jerome Corsi just published a new book full of rehashed distortions and the same old lies about Barack Obama, and the right-wing noise machine is in full gear promoting it.

In 2004, Corsi helped launch the Swift Boat smear campaign with a book of distortions and lies he wrote about John Kerry. Corsi was so extreme in his misrepresentations that even other Swift Boat attackers tried to distance themselves from him.

We cannot afford to let Corsi get away with the same dirty tricks that fooled so many people in 2004. We can't rely on the media to hold him accountable -- in fact, the sheer brazenness of the lies is attracting even more coverage. The media have shown that they aren't going to stop him.

It's up to you to spread the truth, so here it is. Below you will find the facts about Corsi and his desperate fabrications.

Read the latest research for yourself (it's almost unbelievable) and get this information to everyone you know who is following this election.

Forward this message to your friends and family or use this online tool to get the truth out:

http://www.democrats.org/bookoflies

Together we'll show Corsi, the Republicans, and John McCain that Barack Obama and the Democrats don't back down from a fight.

Thanks,

DNC Rapid Response Team


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The latest research on Jerome Corsi:

TOO CRAZY EVEN FOR SWIFTBOAT LIARS

Corsi Was Dropped From Unfit for Command Promotions Because of His Anti-Muslim, Anti-Catholic Comments. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote in an editorial, "Consider the book "Unfit for Command," put out by a collection of partisans who have now made it acceptable for veterans to attack each other's war records. The current National Review carries a piece decrying the bookstores that fail to carry "John O'Neill's book." This is curious in that the volume has a second author, but Jerome Corsi has dropped from the marketing because he has been revealed as the author of religiously bigoted remarks published on a Web site. Corsi not only considers Muslims to be pederasts, but he took the trouble to slam Catholic priests and refers to the pope as senile. Rather than wonder whether a book written by such a man can be trusted, the marketing tactic has shifted to pretend Corsi doesn't exist." [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania), 9/19/04]

O'Neill Tried to Minimize Corsi's Role in Unfit for Command After Bigoted Comments Came to Light. "In a bit of historical revisionism, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth founder and Unfit for Command co-author John O'Neill distorted Jerome Corsi's role in co-authoring the book. O'Neill's backtracking comes on the heels of Media Matters for America's documentation of Corsi's history of posting bigoted comments. During appearances on MSNBC's Scarborough Country on August 10 and CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports on August 11, O'Neill downplayed Corsi's role in writing the book. When asked about Corsi's involvement, O'Neill asserted, Corsi was "simply an editor and not really any sort of co-author." But an MMFA item entitled "Unfit book materials show Corsi more than just an 'editor,'" revealed Corsi to be much more than simply an editor of the anti- Kerry book. [Media Matters Press Release, 8/13/04]

"Anti-Kerry Book Author Apologizes for Slurs." "One of the authors of a new anti-John Kerry book frequently posted comments on a conservative Web site describing Muslims and Catholics as pedophiles and Pope John Paul II as senile. In chat room entry last year on freerepublic.com, Corsi writes: 'Islam is a peaceful religion - just as long as the women are beaten, the boys buggered and the infidels are killed.' In another entry, he says: 'So this is what the last days of the Catholic Church are going to look like. Buggering boys undermines the moral base and the lawyers rip the gold off the Vatican altars. We may get one more Pope, when this senile one dies, but that's probably about it'." [AP, 8/10/04]

ONE PARANOID BOOK OF LIES AFTER ANOTHER

Corsi Wrote a Book Saying Bush's "Globalist Agenda" Is Leading to a North American Union. "The real reason behind President Bush's push for immigration reform, says author Jerome R. Corsi, is to unite the United States, Mexico and Canada by erasing borders and creating a "North American Union." That is the theme of Mr. Corsi's new book, "The Late Great USA: The Coming Merger with Mexico and Canada," which says the Bush administration's 'globalist agenda' is leading to a merger of the countries through the implementation of policies and laws to open trade barriers and renovate the highway systems in anticipation of increased travel within the new megastate. Mr. Corsi said a growing number of Americans think the North American Union is being forced onto Americans. Government officials say the idea is no more than an unjustified conspiracy theory spread through the Internet. Mr. Corsi said the impetus of the plan was the creation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, announced by leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada at Waco, Texas, in 2005." [Washington Times, 7/18/07]

Conservative Human Events Writer: Corsi Isn't "Any More Worthy Of Being Taken Seriously Than Those Who Think Jews Rule The World Or The 'Truthers' Who Think President Bush Is Responsible For 9/11." Under the headline "There Isn't Going to Be a North American Union," John Hawkins wrote, "Yesterday, Jerome Corsi was prattling on about the North American Union again after Michael Medved deservedly spanked him for spreading conspiracy theories. While I don't think Corsi is any more worthy of being taken seriously than those who think Jews rule the world or the 'Truthers' who think President Bush is responsible for 9/11, I thought I would respond to him one last time. (I think that's about the fourth time I've said that.) Now, why respond again? What's the point? Well unfortunately, a lot of conservatives consider this conspiracy theory to be so preposterous that they believe it's beneath them to even bother discussing it, and that leaves Corsi and his ilk to dominate the debate. And since there are a lot of conservatives being taken in by this North American Union nonsense, somebody has got to step up to the plate." [Human Events Online, 1/10/07]

Editor of Human Events: "I Guess There Are People Who Believe In" Corsi's North American Union Conspiracy, "But There Are People Who Believe In Bigfoot." "Corsi plays on growing nationalist fears. He sees a scenario in which a North American Union is born and shares a currency, the "amero." Even some right-wing standard-bearers regard the fears as over-blown. Jed Babbin, editor of the conservative newspaper Human Events, says: "I guess there are people who believe in [the plan for a North American Union]. But there are people who believe in Bigfoot." [Newsweek, 12/10/07]

Corsi Wrote a Book Disagreeing With Most Scientists That There is a Limit to Oil. "All his life, Jerome Corsi's been told that we're running out of oil. "I remember driving with my dad in a 1952 Plymouth and listening to him talk about the end of oil," says the 59-year-old New Jersey author. "Hasn't happened yet, and it's not going to happen." What makes him so sure? He doesn't buy the fossil fuel theory--that oil comes from dead plants and dinosaurs. He believes it comes out of the ground naturally, and that there's more coming up all the time...Eighteenth century Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov found biological debris in oil and concluded that it must have biological origin. "I'm at the point where the dinosaur theory seems silly," says Corsi. "You take a pile of cats and you bury them, dig them up 10 years later and you don't get oil." "The truth is that there is so much oil around the world that it's been easy to find," Corsi says. "We're awash in oil. There's more oil today in proven reserves than ever before in human history." [Western Standard (Alberta), 2/13/06]

Corsi Wrote a Book Claiming Democrats Were Being Corrupted by Iranian Funding and Helping Iranians Get Nukes. "After their bitter campaign 2004 experience with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John Kerry and his fellow Dems aren't waiting to be shot at again. Yesterday, aides to Sens. Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy jumped all over literary mugger Jerome Corsi, co-author of the Kerry-bashing best seller 'Unfit for Command.' They knocked him to the ground and kicked him in the face (metaphorically, anyway) over his next Democrattrashing tome, 'Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians.' The book - which Nashville's Cumberland House Publishing won't release till next month - claims Democratic pols are being corrupted by Iranian money and helping the nuke-seeking mullahs in Tehran." [Daily News (New York), 2/24/05]

Corsi Wrote Unfit For Command Although He Was Not a Veteran. "Though not a veteran himself, Corsi co-authored ``Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry." [Boston Herald, 1/25/05]

[Tess Anderson]

Part Two, lovely people:

THE WRITINGS OF A PARANOID AND HATEFUL MAN

To read more of his posts, follow this link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?name=jrlc

HATRED AND INTOLERANCE TOWARD ISLAM
"Let's see exactly why it isn't the case that Islam is a worthless, dangerous Satanic religion? Where's the proof to the contrary?"
"Islam is like a virus -- it affects the mind -- maybe even better as an analogy -- it is a cancer that destroys the body it infects."
ATTACKS ON JOHN KERRY...WITH NO MILITARY BACKGROUND


"First let's undermine the US in Vietnam. Then we can go for gay marriage. When you get to be Pres. JFK-lite, there will be no end to how much of America we can destroy."
"Just don't let anybody put a tablet with the Ten Commandments in front of the school where that girl wants to wear a Muslim scarf -- OH, No --- then the RATS would complain. Anti- Christian, Anti-American -- just like their Presidential Candidate -- Jean Francois Kerrie."
"After he married TerRAHsa, didn't John Kerry begin practicing Judiasm? He also has paternal gradparents that were Jewish. What religion is John Kerry?"
"Kerry has a long history of Communist supporters."
"Kerry offers a clear choice. Anti-American hatred."
"John F-ing Commie Kerry and Commie Ted discuss their plan to hand America over to our nation's enemies."
DESPICABLE WRITINGS ON ISLAM SHOW BLIND HATRED


"The only good Mullah is a dead Mullah." [12/21/01]
"Forget about democracy. Just get out the checkbook and put everybody in Iraq on the payroll. That's all they want. Pay them first, democracy (or some b.s. Islamic version of it) will follow." [6/18/03]
"Mohammed-al-Mohammed proclaiming guidance from his hate-god allah-i'll-be-da*ned-allah kills another dozen women and children by convincing a teenager to blow him/her/self up for victory in another world. Haven't we all had enough of this stupid "religion"?" [5/17/03]
"Another Mohammed-al-Mohammed Islam religion of hate maniac bites the dust. (Top Iraqi army official surrenders") [5/17/03]
"Certainly can't be one of the Islam is a Religion of Peace hijackers?" [Bus Hijacking Near Bremen, Germany] [4/25/03]
"One more Mohammed al-Mohammed el-Mohammed Mohammed iced -- great. " [Car Bomb Kills Egyptian Islamist in Lebanon Camp] [3/1/03]
"Let them build mosques -- seems about all the Germans are worth these days."( Germany's Economic Woes) [2/6/03]
"Islam - the Legacy of Clinton." (AFP: Two Chechens with belts of explosives stopped in Moscow) [12/24/02]
"Islam is like a virus -- it affects the mind -- maybe even better as an analogy -- it is a cancer that destroys the body it infects. A throwback, Medieval, anti-modern, anti-science, anti-knowledge doctrine." [11/26/02]
"Forget it -- the only thing these Islamonazis understand is force -- time to nuke the Temple of the Dome and send this "religion" back to Hell, the place it came from. " [11/17/02]
"Go for the Oil Fields. Set the mad dog lawyers loose!!! Let's ROLL!!! Take even the diapers from their heads. Remember -- according to the Koran, Islam approves of lying as long as it is to non-believers. Saudis are lying killers who harbor killers." [11/17/02]
"All-ah be damned. What took him so long?" [11/14/02]
"Islam is like a virus -- it infects the minds of the believers. Islamonazis are, unfortunately, the logical extreme of the "religion."" [11/13/02]
"Good plan -- raise OBL from the dead every time we get ready to ice another Islamonazi -- ON TO BAGHDAD. LET'S ROLL !!!" [11/13/02]
"Nuke the ISLAM-nazis and let's move on. No more MUSLAMO-fascists!!" [11/10/02]
"Islam has declared World War III against everything non-Muslim. " [10/28/02]
" When will the liberal media wake up to see that Islam has declared a World War against everyting non-Muslim. May Allah be damned to the hell Muslims wish to create on earth." [10/25/02]
" Are there any Islamic "clerics" who aren't violent?" [10/20/02]
" May Islam join the garbage heap of worthless religions we have grown beyond. Any believers of Hermes out there?" [10/13/02]
"Muslims regularly trash religious sites holy to others. Jerusalem has a series of sites the Muslims have wrecked (e.g., the bus station they placed below the "Golgatha" site honored by many as an alternative location for the Christ's crucifixion). Seems like the Muslim principle that it is okay to lie to infidels. Very different mindset -- no respect for anything non-Muslim" [9/30/02]
"ALL Arab MUSLIMS lie (the Koran endorses lying to infidels, namely us) -- none of these names are real -- Abdallah is really Mohammad Mohammad Mohammad readily altered to include Atta or Haj or whatever else they decide to call themselves for the moment." [7/10/02]
"Gotta love this stupid religion, ISLAM -- Makes the Nazis look like a Sunday stroll in the park. ISLAM -- it's gotta be straight from HELL. Just the Devil in disguise -- that seems to about sum it up." [6/14/02]
"Arabs lie. ISLAM preaches lying to Infidels. Fingerprints don't lie. Boo-hoo -- time to demand IDs to check into hotels and passport registration for all foreign nationalists who want hotel rooms. Also, ID checks and passport registrations for anyone renting an apartment." [6/5/02]
"Let's get rid of all the Saudi Arabians -- that would have gone a long way to preventing Sept. 11." [6/5/02]
"Yet another violent raghead named Mohammad. What's new? Islam looks like a cancer, a plague, a deadly virus. No doctor worries about the free speech rights of cancer cells." [6/5/02]
"Yet another Little Islamic Man of Hate. Is there any other kind?" [5/31/02]
"The only thing the Islamic world understands is force. Let's destroy a few of these hate schools and start targeting these mad preachers of hate." [5/22/02]
"Let's see -- who is it not politically correct to profile? Islam the "Peaceful Religion" whose Fundamental believers are insane, suicidal killers that hate America and all democratic societies? Or Arabs whose racial hatred of Jews drives them to create secret societies of terrorists sworn to eliminate Israel and all states who support Israel?" [5/20/02]
"Finally a way to end Jihad. Maybe the whole Arab world will blow itself up -- live by the sword, die by the sword -- seems an ancient formula. Bye, Bye Jihad." [5/20/02]
"I repeat: Muslims, cancer cells. It's hard to tell the difference. No doctor worries about the First Amendment rights of cancer cells. The therapy is to eliminate cancer cells so the body can go on living. Great to repeat it -- keeps the thread going. Let the Muslims stop preaching terror and I'll revise my view. Meanwhile, Muslims, cancer cells is an equation that works." [5/20/02]
"May all these Arab maniacs explode and kill themselves -- next time, maybe they will take Arab*RAT with them. Best solution to the homicide bombers is that they eliminate themselves, with as little loss to civilians as possible." [5/20/02]
"I repeat: Muslims, cancer cells. It's hard to tell the difference. No doctor worries about the First Amendment rights of cancer cells. The therapy is to eliminate cancer cells so the body can go on living." [5/19/02]
"Muslims, cancer cells. It's hard to tell the difference. No doctor worries about the First Amendment rights of cancer cells. The therapy is to eliminate cancer cells so the body can go on living." [5/17/02]
"File under the category "Islam is a worthless, violent CULT, not a Religion."[3/28/02]

CORSI HAS LOST TOUCH WITH EVEN THE FALSE REALITY HE LIVES IN

FALSE: "We find there is even uncertainty whether Stanley Ann and Obama Senior were ever married in a church." [p. 44]
REALITY:CORSI ADMITS ON THE SAME PAGE THAT OBAMA'S PARENTS HAD A LEGAL AMERICAN MARRIAGE

TIME Reported On Obama's Parents' Divorce Records. TIME reported, "On Feb. 2, 1961, several months after they met, Obama's parents got married in Maui, according to divorce records." [TIME, 4/9/08]

Corsi Cites Time Story To Say "Divorce Papers Confirm..." Corsi wrote, "Other sources say divorce papers confirm that a civil ceremony was held on Maui, on February 2, 1961, when Ann was three months pregnant with Obama." Corsi cites the April 9th, 2008 Time story for his reference to Obama's parents' wedding. [p. 44]

EVEN A LITTLE BASIC RESEARCH DISPROVES CORSI'S FABRICATIONS

FALSE: "Senator Obama could claim to be a citizen of Kenya, as well as of the United States. Obama can trace his heritage back to his mother, who was born in the United States and was an American citizen when he was born, and to his father, who was born in Kenya and was a Kenyan citizen when Obama was born." [p 103]
REALITY: OBAMA CANNOT CLAIM KENYAN CITIZENSHIP

Kenya Does Not Allow Dual Citizenship Applications for People Over 21 Years of Age. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management writes of Kenya, "DUAL CITIZENSHIP: Not recognized except for persons under 21 years old." The Kenyan Constitution writes, "A person who, but for the proviso to section 87 (1), would be a citizen of Kenya by virtue of that subsection shall be entitled, upon making application before the specified date in such manner as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament, to be registered as a citizen of Kenya: Provided that a person who has not attained the age of twenty-one years (other than a woman who is or has been married) may not himself make an application under this subsection, but an application may be made on his behalf by his parent or guardian." [U.S. Office of Personnel Management; Kenyan Constitution]

Even if Obama Had Applied for Dual Citizenship Before He Was 21--Which He Did Not--It Would Have Expired. "A person who, upon the attainment of the age of twenty-one years, is a citizen of Kenya and also a citizen of some other country other than Kenya shall, subject to subsection (7), cease to be a citizen of Kenya upon the specified date unless he has renounced his citizenship of that other country, taken the oath of allegiance and, in the case of a person who was born outside Kenya, made and registered such declaration of his intentions concerning residence as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament." [Kenyan Constitution]

INVENTING WILD CONSPIRACIES ABOUT ANYTHING HE CAN

Corsi Wrote a Book Claiming Democrats Were Being Corrupted by Iranian Funding and Helping Iranians Get Nukes. "After their bitter campaign 2004 experience with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John Kerry and his fellow Dems aren't waiting to be shot at again. Yesterday, aides to Sens. Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy jumped all over literary mugger Jerome Corsi, co-author of the Kerry-bashing best seller 'Unfit for Command.' They knocked him to the ground and kicked him in the face (metaphorically, anyway) over his next Democrattrashing tome, 'Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians.' The book - which Nashville's Cumberland House Publishing won't release till next month - claims Democratic pols are being corrupted by Iranian money and helping the nuke-seeking mullahs in Tehran." [Daily News (New York), 2/24/05]


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So Corsi had the wedding date wrong and he's confused over dual-citizenship issues? He attacks the messiah, nobody does that!