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POLITICO 44: Bogus email
POLITICO 44: Bogus email
On the campaign trail, President Obama fought off rumors that he was educated at a radical Muslim madrassa. Now, in the White House, ... ... there's a growing urban legend that he won't have a Christmas tree. The White House Historical Association has been receiving calls and emails about an ...
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This Week in God
Political Animal — ... system must be reformed," the group says. It's a strong, compelling pitch, but the ad is a minute long, and it's unclear whether the American Values Network will have the resources necessary for a significant ad buy. Also from the God Machine this week: * There are new rumors in right-wing circles that President Obama won't have a Christmas tree at the White House. Apparently the White House Historical Association has been receiving quite a few calls and emails about this. It's a bogus urban legend , though it's unclear if reality will make any difference. * The Rev. Sun Myung ...

This Year’s War on Christmas Beginning
Liberal Values — ... For the last few years conservatives would present imagined acts as evidence of a War on Christmas. Politico reports a new delusion common on the right. There is a false rumor being spread that the Obama White House will not have a Christmas Tree. ...

Obama Derangement Syndrome Meets The So-Called “War On Christmas”
Below The Beltway — ... not the one claiming that he donned “Islamic garb” on a trip to Kenya after being elected to the Senate. It’s not the rumor that he was going to mark the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China by raising the Chinese flag on the South Lawn of the White House. An event which never happened, by the way. And, much to Orly Taitz’s chagrin, it has nothing to do with his birth. This one claims that the Obama Administration has declared War on Christmas: On the ...

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