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A Spam Metamorphosis

Posted on October 28, 2008

We’ve seen a lot of misleading spam this season claiming Sen. Barack Obama is guilty of one or all of the following: He won’t place his hand over his heart for the national anthem. He refuses to wear a flag pin. He replaced the American flag on his campaign plane …
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Obama and the National Anthem

Posted on April 22, 2008

Q: Did Obama say the National Anthem conveys a "war-like message" and should be swapped for something such as "I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing"? A: No. That’s false. The quote was one conservative writer’s idea of a joke, which has been picked up and repeated as though …
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