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DEL.ICIO.USThe first signs of the Georgia primary season: Billboards and a nasty e-mail
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A flying billboard attempting to sell commuters on Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has suddenly appeared on I-75 southbound, near the North 120 Loop in Marietta. This isn’t the first Paul billboard in metro Atlanta, but it may be the most prominent.
With all that money Paul’s raised via the Internet, you think he’d at least be emphasizing cable TV.
Another sign of the coming Georgia presidential primary: A mass, inflammatory e-mail that one reader passed to us, railing against Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate.
The reader said the message was received Monday by every employee in a Valdosta bank.
We won’t pass on the entire contents. That would mean the terrorists win. But it is important to recognize that the debate in Georgia over the next few weeks will be intense — and that much of the conversation will be taking place out of sight, via the Internet.
Just so you recognize it, the e-mail declares Obama to be a secret Muslim, and accuses him of slouching during the Pledge of Allegiance. Of course, “allegiance” is misspelled. We never said the author was overly bright.
Comments
By John
January 10, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this
That blatantly false e-mail about Obama that even claims it is supported by Snopes if flying across the state to teachers and others. Snopes says without question that the information is false.
By teresa
January 10, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
This does bother me to some degree. The nastiness of it is so “KING GEORGE.” Yet it brings up a point a friend and I were sharing about Obama. I have read his books, listened to a few of his speeches and learned a few things about him. It is true he is articulate, bright and a great orator, as to his faith, I can only remember watching him on a news show and reading in his book, how he wanted to know his father and how he stride to live up to the image he has of his father. So it would be true, that there is some influence.
By BPJ
January 10, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this
I was undecided until I received an e-mail from the Clinton campaign,quoting a woman saying “It’s impossible for me to go into a voting booth this time and punch that card for a man, any man.” Can you imagine the flack Obama would catch if his campaign sent out e-mails saying I can’t imagine voting this time for a white candidate, any white candidate?!
By Bubba Li Cious
January 10, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this
People are just being nasty and mean spirited just because it is near election time. Why I bet a man of strong Christian beliefs such as Mr. Chambliss would not tolerate any mean and nasty stuff.
Who is Ron Paul?