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But Obama lies..................

Freedomfighter — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:13:04 -0400

Sorry, take a look at this video and you will begin to understand why people want to pull Obama away from his prepared speeches to see what really is in his head.

http://www.knowobama.org/LiberationofAuschwitz.html

Thank you!

Ruby Sinreich — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:09:14 -0400

Thanks for the reminder that grassroots media can also BENEFIT candidates. Too many seem to think that they all have their own Macaca moment around the corner.

And ditto on the public image of mainstream Jews. The media never seems to depict families like mine: a bunch of Jews for Obama (including both grandmothers)!

Obama and the Jews: Voter-Generated Content Adds Context

Micah L. Sifry — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:47:19 -0400

It's one thing to read about an event in the newspaper; it's another thing to watch the event in its unexpurgated form as raw, unedited video. And as more people carry video cameras or video-enabled mobile phones, it's a safe bet that high-, medium- and even low-visibility political events are going to be recorded by participants and find their way to the web. Not every video will be a "macaca" moment, but these primary documents have their own power to persuade or affect opinions precisely because they're so organically real. Such is the case with Barack Obama's appearance yesterday at a Boca Raton synagogue