Bogus Email [dated June 29, 2008]: Obama’s Internet campaign started out innocently enough with basic e-mail networking , lists saved from previous party campaigns and from supporters who visited any of the Obama campaign web sites. Small contributions came in from these sources and the internet campaign staff were more than pleased by the results.
Then, about two months into the campaign the daily contribution intake multiplied. Where was it coming from? One of the Web site security monitors began to notice the bulk of the contributions were clearly coming in from overseas Internet service providers and at the rate and frequency of transmission it was clear these donations were “programmed” by a very sophisticated user.
While the security people were not able to track most of the sources due to firewalls and other blocking devices put on these contributions, they were able to collate the number of contributions that were coming in seemingly from individuals but the funds were from only a few credit card accounts and bank electronic funds transfers. The Internet service providers (ISP) they were able to trace were from Saudi Arabia, Iran, and other Middle Eastern countries. One of the banks used for fund transfers was also located in Saudi Arabia.
Fact Check tells us, "Not only did Dowd not write that column on June 29, she never wrote it. Dowd told our colleagues at PolitiFact that 'it just seems like anyone who is familiar with my column would know this wasn’t me.'" Of course, it's not aimed at people familiar with her column, it's aimed at chumps who buy the "secret Muslim" bullshit and those are people who almost literally believe the New York Times is the mouthpiece of the devil. They wouldn't be caught dead with an edition.
Dowd's real column for that date was about "a Hillary Clinton supporter acting a bit juvenile, the melding of the two Democratic candidates' security forces and press corps, reporters' musings on Clinton's pantsuits, and Bill Clinton being in 'a self-pitying meltdown about not being Elvis anymore.'" Dowd might deny it, but she's basically a humorist. She's definitely not an investigative journalist. You can read the real column here.
No lie, it seems, is too obvious for some slackjawed yokel with a PC to fall for.
