1. snopes.com: Barack Obama and Kenya Connection •••
E-mail from missionary describes Barack Obama's connection to political events in Kenya.
  ...--> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Kenya Connection Kenya Connection Claim: E-mail from missionary describes Barack Obama's connection to political...
  ...Thanks for sending out an alert about Obama. We are living and working in Kenya for almost twelve years now and know his family (tribe) well. They are...
  ...infiltration into their countries. By the way. His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama. Won't that sound sweet to our enemies as they swear him in...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:39 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/kenya.asp

2. snopes.com: Barack 'Black Panther' Obama •••
Photograph shows Barack Obama as a Black Panther?
  ...Claim: Photograph shows Barack Obama as a Black Panther party member. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, September 2009] I wonder if this is on the...
  ...Origins: This photograph of Barack Obama as a Black Panther is another item that many might dismiss as an obvious bit of political parody, but the number...
  ...Party co-founders Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, not Darcus Howe and Barak [sic] Obama: This iconic pose was replicated by actors Courtney B. Vance and...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:28:44 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/photos/panthers.asp

3. snopes.com: Barack Obama and Israel •••
Barack Obama never mentioned Israel by name in either of the first two 2008 presidential debates?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> The State of Israel The State of Israel Claim: Barack Obama never mentioned Israel by name in either of the...
  ...When the first or second debate between John McCain and Barak Obama took place, each of the candidates was asked the question by the moderator, what his...
  ...explanation of what HIS foreign policies with this same country would be, Barak Obama never mentioned or called the name of the State of Israel even...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:53:35 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/israel.asp

4. snopes.com: Obama Required Banks to Lend Money to Poor People •••
Barack Obama filed a lawsuit to require banks to 'make loans to poor people'?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> The Loan Arranger The Loan Arranger Claim: Barack Obama filed a lawsuit to require banks to "make loans to...
  ...Barak Hussein Obama. Origins: This item seeks to dump much of the blame for America's current economic woes on Barack Obama by claiming that as a...
  ...current economic woes on Barack Obama by claiming that as a young lawyer, Obama filed a lawsuit requiring financial institutions to lend money to...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:16 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/loans.asp

5. snopes.com: Obama's 50 Lies / Obama Not Exactly •••
List documents fifty lies told by Barack Obama.
  ...Obama's 50 Lies Claim: List documents fifty lies told by Barack Obama. Example: [Collected via e-mail, May 2008] 1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR,...
  ...to the New York Times: "I am a strong believer of the Islamic faith," Ms. Obama, 85, said in a recent interview in Kenya.' Not to mention, Christianity...
  ...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,...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:28:12 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/50lies.asp

6. snopes.com: Michelle Obama's Thesis •••
Has access to Michelle Obama's senior thesis been restricted until after the 2008 presidential election?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Michelle Obama's Thesis Michelle Obama's Thesis Claim: Access to Michelle Obama's senior thesis has been...
  ...An email has been circulating that access to Michelle Obama's senior thesis at Princeton University is restricted until November 5, 2008 the day after...
  ...the senior thesis of Michelle Obama, wife of Illinois senator (and leading Democratic presidential contender) Barack Obama would naturally be a subject...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:31 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/thesis.asp

7. snopes.com: Michigan Police Officers Take on Obama •••
Barack Obama asked law enforcement personnel to remain out of view during a campaign event in Michigan?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Battle Creek Battle Battle Creek Battle Claim: Barack Obama shunned law enforcement personnel by asking them...
  ...members, but from other Law Enforcement & Military personnel about Barack Obama's rudeness and what seems to be disgust for basically anyone in uniform....
  ...in the security of Mr. Obama. Mr. Obama's bus arrived in Battle Creek and pulled into the stadium area. Before Mr. Obama exited the bus, he has the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:28:45 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/michigan.asp

8. snopes.com: Who Is Barack Obama? •••
Is Barack Obama as a 'radical Muslim' who 'will not recite the Pledge of Allegiance'?
  ...Who Is Barack Obama? Claim: Barack Obama is a "radical Muslim" who "will not recite the Pledge of Allegiance." Example: [Collected via e-mail,...
  ...Who is Barack Obama? Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black...
  ...Dunham, a white ATHEIST from Wichita, Kansas. Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii. When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:54:43 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp

9. snopes.com: Barack Obama and the National Anthem •••
Barack Obama does not place his hand over his heart when the U.S. national anthem is played?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Hand Over Heart Hand Over Heart Claim: Photograph shows Barack Obama without his hand over his heart while...
  ...Senator Barack Obama, Governor Bill Richardson, Senator Hillary Clinton and Ruth Harkin stand during the national anthem. Barack Hussein Obama's photo...
  ...hopeful) Barack Obama caused something of a stir in September 2007 when he was seemingly spotted (as in the image shown above) not observing the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:33:57 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/anthem.asp

10. snopes.com: Barack Obama Funded by Hugo Chávez? •••
Is Barack Obama's presidential campaign being funded by Hugo Chávez?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Mutual Funds Mutual Funds Claim: Barack Obama's presidential campaign is being funded by Hugo Chávez....
  ...an email stating that Hugo Chavez is financing Obama's campaign. The email stated that one of Obama's campaign offices in Houston, Texas had a flag of...
  ...Fox affiliate in February 2008 which captured images of volunteers at an Obama campaign office in that city displaying Cuban national flags overlaid with...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:24 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/chavez.asp

11. snopes.com: Obama Heals Hundreds •••
Hundreds of people with physical ailments have reported being healed by a touch from Barack Obama?
  ...Barack Obama --> Obama Heals Obama Heals Claim: Hundreds of people with physical ailments have reported being healed by a touch from Barack Obama....
  ...about Obama. Ginny McCallum, 43, who has been confined to a wheelchair for much of her adult life, came to hear presidential candidate Barack Obama...
  ...of Texas. Afterward she found herself in a wheelchair access breezeway as Obama and his entourage exited the arena. The candidate spotted her, came over,...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:48:41 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/obamaheals.asp

12. snopes.com: Barack Obama in His Own Words •••
E-mail lists racist passages taken from Barack Obama's books.
  ...--> Politics --> Barack Obama --> In His Own Words In His Own Words Claim: E-mail lists racist passages taken from Barack Obama's books....
  ...Pay close attention to the last comment!! Below are a few lines from Obama's books. These statements are his words: From Dreams of My Father: 'I ceased...
  ...taken from Barack Obama's two books Dreams from My Father (1995) and The Audacity of Hope with the presumed intent of presenting Obama as a self-declared...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:29:23 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/ownwords.asp

13. snopes.com: Barack Obama and 57 States •••
Did Barack Obama say that he had visited 'fifty-seven states'?
  ...Barack Obama said that he had visited "57 states," a reference to 57 Islamic states. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, June 2008] I guesss Obama...
  ...You are aware, probably, that Barack Obama lost his bearings recently and said that he was going to campaign in all 57 states. You heard this? And...
  ...Barack Obama says he's gonna go out and campaign in 57 states, he was just tired, you know, it's been such a long campaign, he's been so many places, he...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:33:08 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/57states.asp

14. snopes.com: Obama Explains National Anthem Stance •••
E-mail reproduces Barack Obama's comments on the U.S. national anthem?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> National Anthem Stance National Anthem Stance Claim: E-mail reproduces Barack Obama's statement about the...
  ...Obama Explains National Anthem Stance Hot on the heels of his explanation for why he no longer wears a flag pin, presidential candidate Senator Barack...
  ...I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides,' Obama said. 'There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:28:47 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/stance.asp

15. snopes.com: Is Barack Obama a natural-born citizen of the U.S.? •••
Is Barack Obama a natural-born citizen of the U.S.?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Native Son Native Son Claim: Barack Obama does not qualify as a natural-born citizen of the U.S. because his...
  ...CAN OBAMA BE PRESIDENT? It seems that Barack Obama is not qualified to be president after all for the following reason: Barack Obama is not legally a...
  ...had to be after the age of 16." Barack Obama's father was not a U.S. citizen and Obama's mother was only 18 when Obama was born, which means though she...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:56 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/citizen.asp

16. snopes.com: Barack Obama Endorsed by the KKK •••
Illinois senator Barack Obama has been endorsed for President of the U.S. by the Ku Klux Klan?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> KKK Endorsement KKK Endorsement Claim: Barack Obama has been endorsed for President of the U.S. by the Ku...
  ...White Christian Supremacist group the Klu Klux Klan has endorsed Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States of America. Speaking from...
  ...support Barack Obama Grand Turk Cletus Monroe has also been very vocal about the election and has donated thousands of dollars to Obama's election...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:35:55 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/kkk.asp

17. snopes.com: Obama's Troubling Internet Fund-Raising •••
Do the bulk of donations to the Obama campaign come from a handful of wealthy foreign financiers?
  ...--> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Campaign Contributions Campaign Contributions Claim: The bulk of donations to the Obama campaign come from a...
  ...OBAMA'S TROUBLING INTERNET FUND RAISING Certainly the most interesting and potentially devastating phone call I have received during this election...
  ...cycle came this week from one of the Obama's campaign internet geeks. These are the staffers who devised Obama's internet fund raising campaign which...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:41:55 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/donations.asp

18. snopes.com: Barack Obama's Campaign Plane •••
During an overhaul of the Obama campaign jet, was an American flag image was removed from the plane's tail?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> An American Tail An American Tail Claim: During an refurbishment of the Obama campaign jet, an American flag...
  ...Barack Obama recently finished a $500,000 total overhaul of his 757. And as part of the new design, he decided to remove the American flag from the...
  ...Although Senator Barack Obama flew on a variety of aircraft during the long campaign season, from March through June 2008 he primarily used a Boeing...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:38 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/airplane.asp

19. snopes.com: Barack Obama Birth Certificate •••
Is a Certification of Live Birth document provided by the Obama campaign a forgery?
  ...document provided by the Obama campaign is a forgery. FALSE Example: [Collected via e-mail, June 2008] I read that Obama will not release his...
  ...2008, a number of rumors swirling around about presidential candidate Barack Obama coalesced in the claim that he "refused to produce his birth records"...
  ...so would demonstrate some or all of those rumors to be true: that Barack Obama was "not African," that he was a Muslim with a middle name of Mohammed,...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:25 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthcertificate.asp

20. snopes.com: Barack Obama Kenyan Registration of Birth •••
Does a Certified Registration of Birth issued in Kenya document that Barack Obama was born in that country?
  ...A Certified Registration of Birth issued in Kenya documents that Barack Obama was born in that country. FALSE Example: [Collected via e-mail,...
  ...dubious evidence in her obsessive quest to demonstrate that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States of America: A photograph of a...
  ...a "Barack Hussein II" as having been born to Barack Hussein Obama and Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama in Mombasa, Kenya, in August 1961. Said document was...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:44 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/kenyacert.asp

21. snopes.com: Wake Up, America! - Ken Blackwell •••
Editorial criticizes Barack Obama's political stances.
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Wake Up, America! Wake Up, America! Claim: Editorial criticizes Barack Obama's political stances....
  ...Now that Barack Obama steps to the front of the Democratic field, we need to stop talking about his race, and start talking about his policies and...
  ...will not have a nominee until August, unless Hillary Clinton drops out, Mr. Obama is now the frontrunner, and its time America takes a closer and deeper...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:38 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/blackwell.asp

22. snopes.com: Say What, Barack? •••
Editorial criticizes anachronisms in Barack Obama's 2007 Selma speech.
  ...--> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Say What, Barack? Say What, Barack? Claim: Editorial criticizes anachronisms in Barack Obama's 2007 Selma speech....
  ...recently, I found myself listening to a speech by Senator Barrack Hussein Obama, Jr. He was standing in the pulpit of a black church in Selma, Alabama,...
  ..."This young man named Barack Obama got one of those tickets and came over to this country. He met this woman whose great great-great-great-grandfather...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:01:31 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/saywhat.asp

23. snopes.com: Equitable Distribution •••
Did Barack Obama say 'a strong government hand is needed to assure that wealth is distributed more equitably'?
  ...--> Barack Obama --> Equitable Distribution Equitable Distribution Claim: During an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Barack Obama said, "a...
  ...Barack Obama, WSJ, 6/17/08 If this doesn't scare Republicans to get out the vote, I don't know what would!! Origins: This item comes from a 17 June...
  ...article about Senator Barack Obama's economic plans for the U.S., some of which was based on an interview Senator Obama gave to that publication....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:44 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/distribute.asp

24. snopes.com: Greatest Nation •••
Did Barack Obama urge his supporters to join him in changing 'the greatest nation in the history of the world'?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Small Change Small Change Claim: Barack Obama urged his supporters to join him in changing "the greatest...
  ...I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it." Barack Obama Origins: The quote cited above sounds like the kind of verbal slip-up that...
  ...rather than something uttered by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, but in its original incarnation its humor was apparently directed at the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:50:30 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/change.asp

25. snopes.com: Chicken Votes for Colonel Sanders •••
Businesses post 'A taxpayer voting for Barack Obama is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders' signs?
  ...Claim: Photographs show businesses that posted "A taxpayer voting for Barack Obama is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders" signs. Example:...
  ...and the other side referencing an apocryphal quote attributed to Senator Obama about his hoping to change "the greatest nation in the history of the...
  ...Texas, said he was appalled by the capital gains tax portion of Senator Obama's tax plan. "I saw it (i.e., the "chicken" saying) in an e-mail on a sign...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:20 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/chicken.asp

26. snopes.com: A Call for Christians to Pray - Charles Stanley •••
Home --> Politics --> Soapbox --> Pray for Our Country Pray for Our Country Claim: Dr. Charles Stanley wrote an exhor...
  ...a member of my Church said to me with great resignation that she was afraid Obama will take the presidency. These words came from someone that in the...
  ...battle cry and take our nation back! Maybe McCain on his own cannot defeat Obama, but our God can and He will if we take to our knees in prayer and...
  ...to change the course of this election and to keep a man as suspect as Barak Obama from leading our country to who knows where with his message of...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:39 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/stanley.asp

27. snopes.com: 2008 Presidential Election Lottery Coincidence •••
The numbers 6-6-6 were the winning combination in an Illinois lottery the day after Election Day 2008?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Sorry, Wrong Number Sorry, Wrong Number Claim: The numbers 6-6-6 were the winning combination in an Illinois...
  ...Following the election, the winning pick 3 lotto numbers in Illinois (Obama's home state) for 11/5/08 were 666 Origins: Human beings have an innate...
  ...that the winner of the previous day's presidential election was Barack Obama, who began his political career in Illinois and represents that state in the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:42 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/lottery.asp

28. snopes.com: Robert F. Kennedy's 40-Year Prediction •••
Robert F. Kennedy said he believed a black man could become President of the United States within forty years.
  ...Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Forty Years Forty Years Claim: During the 1960's, Robert F. Kennedy said he believed a black man could become...
  ...because of the very real possibility that a black man, Senator Barack Obama, might win the upcoming 2008 presidential election an event which would make...
  ...The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/kennedy.asp Urban Legends Reference Pages © 1995-2010 by Barbara and David P. Mikkelson....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:42:40 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/kennedy.asp

29. snopes.com: Sambo Beat the Bitch •••
Sarah Palin exclaimed, 'So Sambo beat the bitch'?
  ...Claim: Upon learning that Barack Obama had clinched the Democratic presidential nomination over Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin exclaimed, "So Sambo beat...
  ...or documentation that Sarah Palin used the word "Sambo" in describing Barak Obama at a restaurant? Origins: One of the many rumors flying around...
  ...candidate was the claim that, upon having learned about Barack Obama's clinching of the Democratic presidential nomination over Hillary Clinton in June...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:29:24 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/sambo.asp

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