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Barack Obama's Foes Call McCain Star A Symbol of Satan
Apr 21, 2008

I wrote this afternoon on Irregular Times about the irony that the very same people who appear to be attacking Barack Obama with the bogus rumor that he is a secret undercover agent for Al Queda - Celeste and Loren Davis, also believe that the 5 pointed star is a secret symbol used by servants of Satan to identify themselves.  They call it the Star of Sirius, or the Star of Beelzebub.

John McCain, as the attached picture shows, uses the 5 pointed star as the central visual symbol of his presidential campaign.  Now, if the right wing activists who have been forwarding around Loren Davis's slurs against Barack Obama were consistent, they would also be sending around warnings that John McCain is a servant of the Devil.

After all, they have already indicated that they regard Loren Davis Ministries as a credible source.  So, if Loren Davis says that the 5 pointed star is a satanic symbol, and John McCain uses the 5 pointed star as his campaign logo, why aren't they going after John McCain?

It seems to me that the answer is that these people don't actually believe what Loren Davis says.  They don't even know who Loren Davis really is.  They just hate Barack Obama so much that they will forward on any negative message they see about him, without researching the rumors, or even thinking critically about what the rumors claim.

That's a sad indication of the desperation with which John McCain's supporters are working, and a frightening indication of where this election will probably go.  I trust that most Americans will understand how ridiculous the claims of Loren Davis are - but the mainstream news operations are not even reporting on the McCain camp's use of these rumors.

It is up to us, the netroots, to set the record straight.
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Posted: Monday April 21, 2008, 7:03 pm
Tags: star devil islam muslim election loren symbolism satan mccain 2008 attacks davis satanic rumors obama [add/edit tags]

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