tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post2037239535429730533..comments2023-07-01T08:55:59.065-05:00Comments on City of Brass: Did the muslim smear hurt Obama in Ohio?Aziz P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11825546047253660903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post-17124144152573293612008-03-05T16:04:00.000-06:002008-03-05T16:04:00.000-06:00i think youre being overly pedantic. Why is a smea...i think youre being overly pedantic. Why is a smear only restricted to true but irrelevant aspects? A smear can be a lie, too. at any rate this is not strictly relevant to the issue of Obama needing to confront it head on.Aziz P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11825546047253660903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post-15401527736292284282008-03-05T15:10:00.000-06:002008-03-05T15:10:00.000-06:00I don't think the word "smear" means what you thin...I don't think the word "smear" means what you think it does. <BR/><BR/>A smear is when you seek to destroy someone's message (or career) by drawing attention to some minor and irrelevant characteristic or aspect.<BR/><BR/>John Edwards gets expensive haircuts so that means he's a hypocrite when he talks about helping the poor.<BR/><BR/>Al Gore lives flies in jet airplanes so that means he's a hypocrite when he talks about ways to solve global warming. <BR/><BR/>etc. <BR/><BR/>Barack Obama is not a Muslim. So implying that he is, isn't a smear. It is an untruth.Arahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13833639196971015060noreply@blogger.com