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Zombie lies about Obama at WorldNetDaily

December 11, 2009 10:04 am ET by Terry Krepel

As we've previously noted, lies simply don't die in the right-wing media -- they keep coming back for more.

Yet another example of this is WorldNetDaily columnist Robert Ringer, who dusts off an oldie-but-goodie to smear President Obama:

And, clearly, Obama had a dysfunctional life growing up -- a white Marxist mother, a black African Muslim father who was a drunk and a philanderer, then, of all things, an Indonesian Muslim stepfather. And, of course, there were the years he spent in a Wahabbi Muslim school in Indonesia (Wahabbi schools being most famous for teaching students hatred of Western countries).

The idea that Obama attended a radical madrassa in Indonesia, of course, was disproved almost as soon as it was first made nearly three years ago. That's right -- three years later, this zombie lie is still roaming the Earth (or, at least, WorldNetDaily, which has problems telling the truth about Obama and his administration).

Ringer's hatred of Obama shines through in the rest of his column as well -- he declares he will never call Obama president and claims that Obama isn't evil but merely "a man without a soul. And, as soulless individual, his actions are not hampered by trivial moral considerations."

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    • Author by IRONY 101 (December 11, 2009 10:10 am ET)
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      And nuts like this are allowed to vote...let alone to procreate?
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    • Author by bintx (December 11, 2009 10:33 am ET)
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      He didn't KNOW his father until he was 10 years old and only spent about a month with him then. By that time, his mother was no longer married to the "Indonesian Muslim" stepfather, either. Obama was pretty much raised by his white, middle-class grandparents. Madrassa means "school" . . . that's all. It has been verified that Obama went to the Basuki school in Jakarata. It is a general education school or madrassa which does not focus on religion and is attended by children of ALL faiths. He was only there for a couple of years before he returned to Hawaii to live with his grandparents.

      Such stupid, stupid, hate-filled liars.
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      • Author by mk3872 (December 11, 2009 11:10 am ET)
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        Bintx - Stop with the silly facts! You should know that facts won't get in the way of blind anger and vitriol ...
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        • Author by bintx (December 11, 2009 11:40 am ET)
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          I know, but I'm just so SICK of this crap. There are people out there who will read this claptrap and believe that it is news based on facts. There are many people who believe that WND is a "news" site, just like they believe Fox is a "news" site. These people are dangerous and they are bald-faced liars to boot.
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          • Author by twseattle (December 11, 2009 1:53 pm ET)
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            They believe WND is a news site because Fox told them that's what it is.
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      • Author by raddave43 (December 11, 2009 1:00 pm ET)
           
        Because the right-wingers use words like "madrassa," "jihad," and "Allah" because they know the misconceptions that people have with these words. People do not realize that madrassa is the Arabic word for school and that Allah is the Arabic word for God and not the name of the Muslim God. Even Christian Arabics use Allah when talking about God. and Jihad does not mean to make a holy war, but means to struggle or strive.
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      • Author by jeff191 (December 11, 2009 3:36 pm ET)
           
        I agree with you that these lies have been disproved already, but isnt the salient point the fact that we dont care what race or religion the president is, was or may someday be. all I care about are his abilities, his character and his leadership.And the right wing tries to portray progressives as obsessed with race
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    • Author by New Frontier (December 11, 2009 11:03 am ET)
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      Ringer's hatred of Obama shines through in the rest of his column as well -- he declares he will never call Obama president


      Well I declare, Mr. Ringer: Unlike you, the President has enough respect for differing opinions to not call you a "bitter, dishonest, right-wing hack". Tho the phrase fits.
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    • Author by shaggles (December 11, 2009 11:24 am ET)
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      Those zombie lies appear to have eaten their brains.
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        • Author by raddave43 (December 11, 2009 12:41 pm ET)
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          By even feeling a need to specify that his mother was white and his father was black shows a tone of racism. Further by saying both his father and ste-father were Muslims, it is used to play peoples' fear and prejudice of people of this faith.
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          • Author by Brabantio (December 12, 2009 9:03 am ET)
               
            Absolutely. Why does having parents of different races suggest an atmosphere of "dysfunction"? If it doesn't, then why bring it up? And "Indonesian Muslim stepfather". Alright, so? What's to say this Indonesian Muslim stepfather wasn't the kindest and most caring soul you'd ever wish to meet? If he wants to talk about Obama's father being a drunk and a philanderer as a source of dysfunction, fine. Pointing to interracial marriage and Islam is pure bigotry.
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    • Author by Publius39 (December 11, 2009 2:51 pm ET)
         
      It seems as though some very bitter right wing nuts are simply projecting some personal problems that they have on the president. I think that they can't get over the fact that Obama was a man who picked himself up and went on to become very successful based on his personal merits and acheivments.
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    • Author by jeff191 (December 11, 2009 3:31 pm ET)
         
      having a Black father makes for a dysfunctional life?
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    • Author by libs21 (December 11, 2009 6:18 pm ET)
         
      Liberal propaganda trash from an obvious crazed liberal lunatic
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