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sheshe2

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3. This?
Wed Jun 19, 2013, 10:34 PM
Jun 2013
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/10/1160012/-Did-you-hear-the-one-about-Obama-s-Muslim-ring

You might've missed this conspiracy theory, and it's particularly funny. You see, James Jerome Corsi, he of the Swiftboat Veterans for the Truth and birther extraordinaire, has discovered a SHOCKING SECRET!

Now, newly published photographs of Obama from the 1980s show that the ring Obama wore on his wedding-ring finger as an unmarried student is the same ring Michelle Robinson put on his finger at the couple’s wedding ceremony in 1992.
Moreover, according to Arabic-language and Islamic experts, the ring Obama has been wearing for more than 30 years is adorned with the first part of the Islamic declaration of faith, the Shahada: “There is no god except Allah.”


Gasp! What's the evidence? He takes a few grainy photos of the ring, like this one:



Now you might be saying to yourself, "that Arabic script looks nothing like the squiggles Corsi traced on the ring", but that's because you're not bat shit insane. Let's examine the squiggles and the Arabic script side-by-side:


How idiotic is this? Look at the first letters of each row:




Is this the picture that you were looking for, IrishAyes



More at the Link!

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This message was self-deleted by its author Politicalboi Jun 2013 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Jun 2013 #2
Thank you for the explanation Politicalboi! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #4
Before I get locked out of my own thread, IrishAyes Jun 2013 #9
You're welcome sheshe2 Politicalboi Jun 2013 #11
I suggest you delete you post and then sheshe2 Jun 2013 #13
Boy that site is a dumptruck full of batshit crazy! NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #5
Agreed. I meant what I said to him/her/it in my reply, too. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #8
Yup! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #10
LOL! Politicalboi Jun 2013 #12
If you HAD made that clear, I wouldn't have taken ANY offense. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #16
Every time you write about the verbal attacks, etc. No Vested Interest Jun 2013 #17
Well, the anti-Obama venom has worsened dramatically IrishAyes Jun 2013 #18
It's not easy to move to a new area, where many have lived for generations No Vested Interest Jun 2013 #20
You've doubtless heard the story IrishAyes Jun 2013 #21
Beautifully told. No Vested Interest Jun 2013 #22
Thanks IrishAyes Jun 2013 #23
What I've been trying to relate IrishAyes Jun 2013 #19
Please keep your garbage outside this group - we don't want it here. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #6
This? sheshe2 Jun 2013 #3
Sorry, that's not it. But thanks anyway. Good post, btw. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #7
Sorry it was not the pic you wanted sheshe2 Jun 2013 #14
Your help in locating the picture will be deeply appreciated. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #15
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