Tennessee GOP lies in press release

What? You mean to tell me a state Republican organization lied? Gee, what else is new?

The Tennessee Republican Party has put out a press release falsely implying that Barack Obama holds anti-Semitic views and falsely claiming that Obama tries to surround himself with advisers who are anti-Semitic. (Obama has condemned anti-Semitism, and has also denounced Louis Farrakhan.) The press release also tries to link the candidate to efforts to overthrow the United States government. The missive so reeks of Bushist demagoguery that one wonders how much spittle was spent writing it.

These accusations are outright lies - so what the GOP said is libel. Dirty, rotten libel.

The press release was accompanied by the now-infamous photo of Obama in Somali tribal garb, which the Tennessee GOP falsely claimed was Muslim garb. The party was forced to take the photo down when they were called on this.

For his part, John McCain publicly denounced the Tennessee Republican Party's narrow-minded, bigoted innuendo. Of course, McCain still opts to run under the disgusting banner of the GOP - a party that's been known for defamatory attacks like this for years - so he doesn't exactly have a whole lot of credibility.

(Source: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/feb/27/tenn-gop-stands-anti-semites-obama-piece)