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Pennsylvania Republicans Send False Anti-Obama E-mail

By John Lewis-Dickerson, Atlanta - Oct 25th, 2008 at 9:17 pm EDT

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Report: Pennsylvania Republicans email likens voting for Obama to rise of Hitler

By Haaretz Service

The New York Times reported Friday that a "new e-mail making the rounds among Jewish voters" in Pennsylvania, "equates a vote for Senator Barack Obama with the 'tragic mistake' of their Jewish ancestors, who 'ignored the warning signs in the 1930's and 1940's.'" The email, says the report on the Times political blog, was signed by top John McCain backers in the state. The email appears to refer to the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany.......

ARTICLE-- http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1031235.html

FROM THE NYT POLITICAL BLOG:

by Jim Rutenberg

.....the letter’s allegation that Mr. Obama had “taught members of Acorn to commit voter registration fraud.” Mr. Barley said the party had no substantiation for the claim and should not have made it. (Mr. Obama’s campaign and Acorn have reported he did conduct two pro bono training sessions, of one hour each, for officials there more than a decade ago.)

Mr. Barley was also referring to a statement in the letter that Mr. Obama was “associated with a known terrorist, William Ayers, who thought the terrorists didn’t do enough on 9/11.”

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