The Obama Haters: Behind the Right-Wing Campaign of Lies, Innuendo & Racism

APPENDIX A: A Plethora of Anti-Obama Blogs and Websites

181 aPPendIX a A Plethora of Anti-Obama Blogs and Websites A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. —Aesop anti-Obama blogs and websites are so numerous and outlandish that it is impossible to list them all as new ones are born and older ones are euthanized. Reading them sweeps you into the Twilight Zone and traps you there. They range from far-fetched and occasionally amusing to outright nasty, exceedingly mean-spirited, and crude. Some exist solely to promote sheer, unapologetic racism. The one trait they all share is a disdain for the truth and unwillingness to admit when their lies have been exposed. Reading these sites is like stumbling into a rabbit hole. One link leads to another, which leads to more sites spewing the same, or even more fanciful, inaccuracies. Numerous anti-Obama blogs and websites survived the transition from campaign to his presidency. Many websites disagree with Obama on single issues, such as abortion rights, religion, foreign policy, and other matters, but they don’t demonize him. These websites are part of legitimate political discourse, so they are not included here. Here is a rogue’s gallery of some of the worst blogs and websites that make baseless attacks against Obama: 182 — — — — — — tHe oBama HateRs Accuracy in Media (aim.org): The Orwellian self-proclaimed “Accuracy in Media” website ran headlines such as “Obama’s International Socialist Connections,” “Washington Post Censors Truth About Bill Ayers,” “ProHomosexual Media Going Bankrupt,” and other tasty morsels. It published one item with the laughable headline “Why is Fox News Protecting Obama?” The so-called grassroots organization gets donations from major corporations and Richard Mellon Scaife, who funded vicious attacks against President Clinton. Against Barack Obama (againstobama.com): Argued that Barack and Michelle Obama are close friends with Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn and repeated other threadbare arguments without original content. It ran one article that began, “There are 5.3 million votes for Obama out there, the only problem is that they happen to belong to murders, rapists, armed robbers and other convicts and ex-convicts.” It features noted liars such as Jerome Corsi, who penned the widely discredited book Obama Nation. America’s Independent Party (aipnews.com): Official website for the American Independent Party throws around the word “communist” when referring to Obama’s administration. American Thinker (americanthinker.com): It occasionally pitches sensible notions but gets caught up in too many tenuous connections between Obama and shady characters, such as domestic radicals or Lenin. One headline read “Obama’s Court Jews.” Americans Against Obama (americansagainstobama.com): Their mission statement : “Welcome to Americans Against Obama! This site will be a source of news and information about the reality of Barack Obama. The media has shown that they are completely in the tank for Obama, and the only way Americans can see to truth about his policies is through sites such as this. Obama has shown that socialism, appeasement towards terrorism, and bigger government is the solution to our ‘problems.’ We must get the truth out about Obama and show America what a mistake was made by voting in someone based on a marketing slogan.” aPPendix a: a PLetHoRa of antI-oBama BLogs and WeBsItes — — — — — — 183 Anti-ObamassiahRefuge(antiobamassiah.wordpress.com):Unoriginalattacks against Obama, all of which can be seen elsewhere. Its motto: “Sanctuary for the endangered but growing domestic population of Obama criticism.” AntiObama.net: Its motto is “Barack Obama—A Bad Idea For President.” It provides links to the “best” anti-Obama websites. It vilifies Obama and treats Michele Bachmann, the mental pygmy from Minnesota, as if she were a serious person. AntiObamaBlog.com: After the election, this blog tied Obama and his staff to the crimes of Blagojevich on flimsy hearsay, and it also questioned Obama’s birth certificate. The blog reprinted an e-mail from “Operation Screamin’ Eagle,” which asks “Christian leaders and God-loving patriots” to stand up to Obama and say, “We did not bleed, fight, and die for the freedoms you wish to destroy.” Aprpeh (aprpeh.blogspot.com): Claims Obama is rabidly pro-Palestine and anti-Israel. Atlas Shrugs (atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com): Pamela Geller is one of the most toxic among Obama haters, full of shrill anti-Muslim rants and smears against Obama that were debunked long ago. Audacity of Hypocrisy (audacityofhypocrisy.com): Peddles a supposed link between Obama and Donald Young, a gay man who was murdered...