An anti-war, pro-Obama individual or group masquerading as a McCain organization is e-mailing dozens of journalists, radio talk shows and U.S. senators, complaining to them – as McCain campaign "staffers" – that WND senior reporter Jerome Corsi is "a wacko" for investigating the legitimacy of Barack Obama's birth certificate.
A quick examination of the "McCain" website leave little doubt it is virulently anti-McCain. But journalists, talkers and producers receiving e-mails from the address "[email protected]" could easily think they were hearing from supporters of the Republican presidential candidate.
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One e-mail sent recently by [email protected] to 58 recipients, including Fox News, CNN, several conservative pundits like Michelle Malkin, and dozens of U.S. senators, said this:
[Obama] HAS a valid birth certificate. What's the big F'ing deal?
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Corsi is a wacko. Let's talk about issues, you morons!
We're not defending Obama. We're only trying to stop the smearing so we can talk about real issues. This trash about Obama being a terrorist, arab, muslim or socialist is BS!
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Is McCain a socialist because he said the same thing in 2000?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNke6ad0t6gStop this ranting and join reality.
One of the recipients of this particular e-mail was C.J. Wheeler, executive producer of the Rick Roberts Show broadcast out of San Diego on KFMB 760 AM.
"I assumed it was part of the McCain camp," Wheeler told WND. "But when I called Jerome Corsi, a frequent guest on our show, he said this isn't from McCain people, it's from Obama people."
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In a posting last week on Barack Obama's official website, the poster reproduced an e-mail from ElectJohnMccain2008.com and headlined the blog entry: "AMAZING AND FUNNY EMAIL I RECEIVED FROM MCCAIN CAMPAIGN." The e-mail posting goes on to mock McCain with statements like this:
Don't forget: Obama is a Muslim, Arab, Terrorist, Socialist, Communist, Homosexual Elitist who wants to tax the air you breath and send the money to Al Qaeda! With your help, my friends, Obama will lose!
Obama's website notes at the bottom of the page: "Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign."
Calling the deceptive organizational name "fraud and trickery," Wheeler said "this is clearly a scam to make it appear to all the media that this guy is … a member of the McCain staff – and on the day before the election no less."
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Corsi will be a guest on the Rick Roberts Show today at 10 a.m. Eastern.
