My step-dad in North Carolina just got the "50 Lies of Obama" email.  Up until this point he had been a pretty strong supporter, but now he wants to know if these accusations are true.  He is a white factory-working dude who loved Reagan but has since gotten involved in union-organizing and civil rights activism, partly out of outrage for the crimes of Dubya.  He is exactly the kind of person who is ready to commit to a new kind of politics, so long as he is not persuaded that Obama is, indeed, a malevolent unknown quantity.

Not too long ago someone posted a point-by-point refuting of the 50 Lies on TPM (or possibly Daily Kos).  Since the search function on here is crap, I'm having a tough time finding it.  Anybody know where it is?

If not, can we work together to put together a solid case showing why each of these allegations is absurd?  Time is of the essence, and we need to have our own info ready to deploy before these crucial primaries.

I'm pasting the text of the odious email below:

Barak Obama - 50 Lies and
Counting: Posted on Political forum.com - Elections and Campaigns. Share with
friends



1.) Selma Got Me Born -
LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect
on your birth, as Selma
was in 1965.



2.) Father Was A Goat
Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work
with the Kenyan Government.



3.) Father Was A Proud
Freedom Fighter - LIAR, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent
governments Kenya
has ever had



4.) My Family Has Strong
Ties To African Freedom - LIAR, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass
violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It is
the first widespread violence in decades.



5.) My Grandmother Has
Always Been A Christian - LIAR, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am
according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow
her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.



6.) My Name is African
Swahili - LIAR, your name is Arabic and Baraka (from which Barack came) means
blessed in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.



7.) I Never Practiced
Islam - LIAR, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a
Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years,until your wife made you change, so you
could run for office.



8.) My School In Indonesia Was
Christian - LIAR, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in
Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).



9.) I Was Fluent In
Indonesian - LIAR, not one teacher says you could speak the language.



10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia , I
Have More Foreign Experience - LIAR, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10,
and couldn't even speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the
Koran and watch cartoons.



11.) I Am Stronger On
Foreign Affairs - LIAR, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle
East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the
planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.



12.) I Blame My Early
Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - LIAR, you were quite content in high school to
be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify -
your classmates said you were just fine.



13.)An Ebony Article
Moved Me To Run For Office - LIAR, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention
in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.



14.) A Life Magazine
Article Changed My Outlook On Life - LIAR, Life has yet to find the article you
mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.



15.) I Won't Run On A
National Ticket In '08 - LIAR, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that
you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having
experience first.



16.) Present Votes Are
Common In Illinois - LIAR, they are common for YOU, but not many others have
130 NO VOTES.



17.) Oops, I Misvoted -
LIAR, only when caught by church groups and democrats, did you beg to change
your misvote.



18.) I Was A Professor
Of Law - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.



19.) I Was A
Constitutional Lawyer - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.



20.) Without Me, There
Would Be No Ethics Bill - LIAR, you didn't write it, introduce it, change it,
or create it.



21.) The Ethics Bill Was
Hard To Pass - LIAR, it took just 14 days from start to finish.



22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear
Bill - LIAR, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and
lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from
which David Axelrod came.



23.) I Have Released My
State Records - LIAR, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for
have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.



24.) I Took On The
Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - LIAR, you were part of a large group of people
who remedied Altgeld
Gardens . You failed to mention
anyone else but yourself, in your books.



25.) My Economics Bill
Will Help America - LIAR, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a
proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.



26.) I Have Been A Bold
Leader In Illinois
- LIAR, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your
part.



27.) I Passed 26 Of My
Own Bills In One Year - LIAR, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to
you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid
for higher office.



28.) No One Contacted Canada About
NAFTA - LIAR, the Candian Government issued the names and a memo of the
conversation your campaign had with them.



29.) I Am Tough On
Terrorism - LIAR, you missed the Iran
Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the
destruction of Israel .



30.) I Am Not Acting As
President Yet - LIAR, after the NAFTA Memo, a dead terrorist in the FARC, in
Colombia, was found with a letter stating how you and he were working together
on getting FARC recognized officially.



31.) I Didn't Run Ads In
Florida - LIAR, you allowed national ads to run 8-12 times per day for two
weeks - and you still lost.



32.) I Won Michigan - LIAR, no you
didn't.



33.) I won Nevada - LIAR, no you did
not.



34.) I Want All Votes To
Count - LIAR, you said let the delegates decide.



35.) I Want Americans To
Decide - LIAR, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters,
force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.



36.) I passed 900 Bills
in the State Senate - LIAR, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write
yourself.



37.) My Campaign Was
Extorted By A Friend - LIAR, that friend is threatening to sue if you do not
stop saying this. Obama has stopped saying this.



38.) I Believe In
Fairness, Not Tactics - LIAR, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from
running against you.



39.) I Don't Take PAC
Money - LIAR, you take loads of it.



40.) I don't Have
Lobbysists - LIAR, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.



41.) My Campaign Had
Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - LIAR, your own campaign worker made the ad on
his Apple in one afternoon.



42.) My Campaign Never
Took Over MySpace - LIAR, Tom, who started MySpace issued a warning about this
advertising to MySpace clients.



43.) I Inspire People
With My Words - LIAR, you inspire people with other people's words.



44.) I Have Passed Bills
In The U.S. Senate - LIAR, you have passed A BILL in the U.S. Senate - for
Africa, which shows YOUR priorities.



45.) I Have Always Been
Against Iraq
- LIAR, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it
every single time, unlike Kucinich, who seems to be out gutting you Obama. You
also seem to be stepping back from your departure date - AGAIN.



46.) I Have Always
Supported Universal Health Care - LIAR, your plan leaves us all to pay the
15,000,000 who don't have to buy it.



47.) I Only Found Out
About My Investment Conflicts Via Mail - LIAR, both companies you site as
having sent you letters about this conflict have no record of any such letter
ever being created or sent.



48.) I Am As Patriotic
As Anyone - LIAR, you won't wear a flag pin and you don't put your hand over
your heart during the Anthem.



49.) My Wife Didn't Mean
What She Said About Pride In Country - LIAR, your wife's words follow lock-step
in the vain of Wright and Farrahkan, in relation to their contempt and hatred
of America .



50.) Wal-Mart Is A
Company I Wouldn't Support - LIAR, your wife has received nearly a quarter of a
million dollars through Treehouse, which is connected to Wal-Mart.



PASS IT ON PLEASE..and counting: