Michelle Obama ordered $400 worth of lobster and caviar at a New York hotel.
Chain e-mail on Sunday, October 19th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
Says Obama wants to redesign the American flag "to better offer our enemies hope and love."
Chain e-mail on Saturday, October 25th, 2008 in a widely circulated e-mail >>Details
"If Barack Obama would apply for a job with the FBI or with the Secret Service, he would be disqualified because of his past associations with William Ayers."
Chain e-mail on Friday, October 10th, 2008 in our inbox >>Details
"The Books Sarah Palin tried to have banned."
Chain e-mail on Monday, September 8th, 2008 in >>Details
Palin "fired Wasilla’s Police Chief because he 'intimidated' her."
Chain e-mail on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 in in an e-mail message >>Details
"While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed."
Chain e-mail on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
Palin "inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22-million."
Chain e-mail on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
"(Palin) supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000."
MoveOn.org on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 in an e-mail. >>Details
Says Obama replaced the American flag on the tail of his plane with his campaign logo.
Chain e-mail on Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 in a widely circulated chain e-mail. >>Details
"Obama will charge a 28 percent tax on all home sales."
Chain e-mail on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
Barack Obama wants to "restore" the estate tax that George W. Bush "repealed."
Chain e-mail on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
John McCain will keep the estate tax at 0 percent, the same as it is now.
Chain e-mail on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
Obama "shunned the opportunity to talk to soldiers to thank them for their service."
Chain e-mail on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
McCain has switched to Obama's position on more troops to Afghanistan.
Barack Obama on Saturday, July 19th, 2008 in an e-mail from Obama spokesman Bill Burton to reporters >>Details
Barack Obama wants to "unilaterally disarm our nation."
Chain e-mail on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
Barack Obama has "reversed" on his commitment "to begin withdrawing American troops from Iraq immediately."
John McCain on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 in in an e-mail message from campaign spokesman Brian Rogers. >>Details
E-mail quotes Maureen Dowd column that Obama has received suspicious contributions from Saudi Arabia, Iran and China.
Chain e-mail on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 in a chain e-mail sent to many people. >>Details
McCain tells of a fellow Vietnam POW who was beaten for fashioning an American flag that became an inspirational symbol to fellow POWs.
Chain e-mail on Sunday, May 18th, 2008 in >>Details
"McCain lobbied for (a) $10-million pork project honoring conservative justice."
Barack Obama on Thursday, June 12th, 2008 in a campaign e-mail to reporters >>Details
From Obama's book: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."
Chain e-mail on Monday, May 19th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
Obama said he would "stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
Chain e-mail on Monday, May 19th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
"Fidel Castro endorses Obama."
Republican Party of Florida on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 in an e-mail. >>Details
"Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 in a campaign e-mail >>Details
Obama's wife wrote a paper in college that said America was a nation founded on "crime and hatred" and that whites in America are "ineradicably racist."
Chain e-mail on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
Obama's wife said her goal in life was to put the black community "first and foremost."
Chain e-mail on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
John McCain, "one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires," says the solution to the housing crisis is for people to get a "second job" and "skip their vacations."
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail >>Details
McCain "voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban."
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail >>Details
"The pastor McCain calls his 'spiritual guide,' Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a 'false religion.' "
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
McCain sought the political support of minister John Hagee, "who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church 'the Antichrist' and a 'false cult.'"
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
"His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama."
Chain e-mail on Friday, April 18th, 2008 in >>Details
"Obama ... gave almost a million dollars to the (Kenya) opposition campaign who just happened to be his cousin, Raila Odinga."
Chain e-mail on Friday, April 18th, 2008 in >>Details
Obama thinks the national anthem should be "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing."
Chain e-mail on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 in in a chain email >>Details
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on all income brackets.
Chain e-mail on Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise capital gains taxes, which apply to home sales.
Chain e-mail on Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
"Among his (Obama's) pet projects is a bill ... which would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of gross national product on foreign aid."
Focus on the Family Action on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
"John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
"McCain opposes a woman's right to choose."
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
"The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children."
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
"He positions himself as pro environment, but he scored a zero — yes, zero — from the League of Conservation Voters last year."
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
"According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ ... will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent ... is it OBAMA??"
Chain e-mail on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
Barack Obama has written and co-sponsored more bills in three years than Hillary Clinton has in seven.
Chain e-mail on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on dividends, a move that would crash the stock market.
Chain e-mail on Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details
"She flunked the D.C. bar exam."
Chain e-mail on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris >>Details
"Hillary interned with Bob Treuhaft, the head of the California Communist Party."
Chain e-mail on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris >>Details
"Hillary's main extracurricular activity in law school was helping the Black Panthers, on trial in Connecticut for torturing and killing a federal agent."
Chain e-mail on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris >>Details
"While others place their hands over their hearts, Obama turns his back to the flag and slouches."
Chain e-mail on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 in a chain e-mail sent to many people. >>Details
"Sen. Obama has always had a 100 percent prochoice rating."
Barack Obama on Monday, February 4th, 2008 in an e-mail message sent to voters before Super Tuesday. >>Details
Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan.
Chain e-mail on Friday, January 18th, 2008 in >>Details
Obama "remains silent" and "is never asked how he feels about his church honoring Farrakhan."
Chain e-mail on Friday, January 18th, 2008 in >>Details
The church Barack Obama belongs to has a "nonnegotiable commitment to Africa."
Chain e-mail on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 in >>Details
Barack Obama's middle name is Mohammed and he's a "covert" Muslim.
Chain e-mail on Friday, January 11th, 2008 in >>Details
The church Barack Obama belongs to only admits black people.
Chain e-mail on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 in >>Details
"Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world."
Chain e-mail on Monday, October 1st, 2007 in >>Details
When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)."
Chain e-mail on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 in >>Details
An anonymous e-mail says that Hillary Clinton advocates communism.
Chain e-mail on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in >>Details
Obama "refused to not only put his hand on his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance, but refused to say the pledge."
Chain e-mail on Thursday, November 8th, 2007 in an e-mail circulated by many people. >>Details
Clinton "refused repeated requests to meet with the Gold Star Mothers."
Chain e-mail on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 in an e-mail message circulated by many people. >>Details
"The Clintons now charge the Secret Service $10,000 monthly rent for the use of (a) Secret Service residence and that rent is just about equal to their mortgage payment."
Chain e-mail on Monday, September 17th, 2007 in an e-mail message circulated by many people. >>Details
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