I was checking my email today, and noticed that a friend of mine, we will call her Texas, sent an email, and she did not check her facts before sending it on. Well I guess a few others did and well she got served. Bravo.
Without posting the 10 mile long email about all things evil about Obama, I will however post the link from snopes.com telling you about the money and where it came from. My friend, Chandler is right, you really can't go by what you read on the internet.
Again I agree that everyone has there opinion, and you vote for who you want, I will vote for who I want. But please remember, that we all don't agree that McCain should be President, so I don't want your Obama slamming emails. They just waste my time having to delete them.
But when I got this one, I wished I was the "Wiz of the Web" like Chandler is, and what happens? Chandler comes through and serves Texas a fat serving of "check your facts before you start bashing someone"
Then I check my unknown sender mail, and someone else had responded to Texas' email too. Saying this...
Of all the misinformation that is floating around on the internet, this is one of the worst. It is but a list of questions, or before an after situations, providing no proof to any of the “Planting”. I’m sure one could come up with an equally long list of scenarios about Mr. McCain, whose political career only took off after he married Cindy McCain, a millionaire beer heiress.
I’m not pushing for either side here, but I do believe people should take responsibility enough to find out the true answers to their concerns before broadcasting their opinion out for the world to read. Opinion statements like this one do nothing but to further divide our already troubled country. I don’t think our forefathers had this in mind when they came up with the name “United States of America”.
I’m now getting down off my soapbox.
Bravo again to those who know the facts, and a bigger bravo to those who get the right information before sending it on. Be sure to use your power and vote for your choice. It's a long 4 years, and in this case 8.
This mama is for Obama.
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Gotta love snopes. There are so many ridiculous e-mails flying around the internet fooling people.
I gotta say I'm for Obama, too, because my healthcare sucks, the environment is practically screaming in torture, and this isn't a "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" country anymore. Those glory days are long over.
While I disagreed with Tex's email, I want her to vote for whatever candidate fits HER needs BASED ON FACTS.
One more thing... my new bloggy-name makes me think of the episode of FRIENDS: Chandler's a girl! Chandler's a girl! Watch it:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/31013/friends-the-one-hundredth---birth
I just love that website Snopes. I always check everything there before forwarding to anyone. I've been burned before.
And this Mama is for Obama too.
Although I do not support Obama (nor McCain for that matter), when I received this email just this morning (what a coincidence!) I did the same thing and headed over to Snopes because it just smacked of half truths and flat out lies. No surprise, that is exactly what it was. I pretty much never forward these sorts of emails along, even when they check out, because its the worst kind of rumor mongering, preying on people's fears to forward an agenda.
BTW ... check out my latest post.
It made my morning. I was all "Bwa-hahaha, I am the funniest dipshit ALIVE!" and then I figured I was high on a McCain burn and should just sit the eff down.
This Mama is holding her breath! I am so nervous for this election, but hopeful. Very hopeful!
I'm an Obama Mama... and always check my Snopes.
Hey Fiesty....I presented an award to you over on my blog. Come on over and check it out!!!!!
This mama is totally for Obama as well. I am so, so, so tired of the Obama Is The Anti-Christ emails I keep getting from Husband's cousin. So over them.
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