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In order to forward some of the articles Lisa sent us from the "NObama - Not Now, Not Ever" website (http://nobamablog.wordpress.com/), I had to do a little reformatting. On Lisa's behalf, I'm posting them here to add to our collection. I urge you to at least scan them -- some great stuff in there. -J

Palin & Obama: What really is wisdom?
The race unfortunately has been framed the last two weeks by Democrats as one of Obama versus Palin. That will stop as Obama realizes he loses should it continue. Nevertheless, the comparison of the respective experiences of a McCain and Obama is so much in favor of the former, that it requires no discussion...

Obama Faith Forum Flops
What happens when you hold an Evangelical Outreach event in Lynchburg, Virginia, home to Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, and no one shows up? That's exactly what happened last week when Dr. Shaun Casey, Obama's Evangelical Outreach Coordinator, hosted a faith forum and just 15 people showed up. Liberty University is home to over 10,000 Evangelical students from across the county...

A World Without America
Q. What do Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Barack Obama have in common?
A. The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Democratic candidate for president of the United States of America have both chosen to spend much of their lives in the company of people who are virulently hostile to this country. At least some of them seek to bring about, as Ahmadinejad puts it, a “world without America.” ...

Jawa Report: Orchestrated “Grassroots” Smear Campaigns
In a monumental post, Rusty Shackleford traces one of the sources of the smears against Sarah Palin and finds some not-too-surprising connections...

Democrats and Double Standards: Obama's not-so-secret weapon: the media
[Obama has denounced] “the smallness of our politics” and “the chronic avoidance of tough decisions” and politicians who win by “scoring cheap political points.” All of this, he said, had led voters to look away in “disillusionment and frustration.”

“The time for that politics is over,” Obama said.
Or maybe not...

Closing the Whopper Gap
by Ruth Marcus
The symmetry of sin is suddenly looking more equal. Last week, I flayed John McCain for flagrant and repeated dishonesty about Barack Obama’s proposals. Obama was by no means blameless, but his lapses were nowhere near as egregious as his opponent’s. I stand by everything I wrote. But a series of new Obama attacks requires rebalancing the scales...

Fact-Checking Obama’s Conference Call to 900 Rabbis
by Ed Lasky
Barack Obama held a conference call this week with more than 900 rabbis (does the Obama campaign do anything that is not on a grandiose scale?) to extend greetings to them and their congregants ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year... Many in the community have concerns about Barack Obama’s support for Israel and the sincerity of the statements he has made on the campaign trail. Here is a quick fact-check after his latest expression of support for Israel..