It's been since January that anyone has brought up to me the notion that Barack Obama is a Muslim. While there are likely many people still holding on to that idea, no one I'm aware of is still actively advancing that position. That may say something about my circle and sources of information, but it's what I have to go on.
Apparently some are convinced that the effort to promote Sen. Obama's presidential campaign justifies promoting false information about Gov. Palin. The record is clear on her involvement, or better, lack of involvement, with the Alaska Independance Party. The attempts to lead people to believe she was a member of the party or supported its ideas rely on consiously altering the record to change the meaning of what Gov. Palin said.
Willful falsification implies one has given up on making a positive case for one's own candidate. In the case of people supporting Sen. Obama's campaign, it also shows they don't believe in what he has said he promotes, e.g., change from typical political behavior. They must be supporting him for some other reason. It would be interesting to see if there might be evidence for what that reason or those reasons might be.
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