Dale Jackson vs. North Alabama Media Reform: A Lesson in Insanity...

Bush, Rove and Cheney started a whisper campaign against John McCain in 2000 that said he had a black baby. We all accept this happened without question because it has been repeated numerous times. Last week I received an e-mail (I am on their e-mail list) from a nut job group of media activists known as "North Alabama Media Reform" that included this passage about about Obama's "Muslim smears:"

Today we are seeing viral anti-Obama e-mails, some of which I have traced to some of the same origin points for the 2000 and 2004 smear campaigns.

After seeing this I figured I would have a little fun and see if I could get an answer from these higly political, highly activated and connected individuals. I was wrong. Here was my e-mail sent on July 11th:

I know it has been bantered about quite a bit but has anyone ever definitively tied the whole “black baby” scenario to Bush/Cheney/Rove? Is their a recording of this robocall? Is their a copy of the flyer? Just asking cause I can’t seem to find on shred of evidence it even took place. I don’t doubt it did but this guy says….

Today we are seeing viral anti-Obama e-mails, some of which I have traced to some of the same origin points for the 2000 and 2004 smear campaigns.

Then doesn’t really make that tie to back it up. Can any of you back that statement up?

Out of all the people in this group I got 1 response and it DID NOT come from the author of the original e-mail and head whacko, Linda Haynes (telling me to "google it" is not an answer). Here are the first two lines to their answer to my question, "can you tie the 'black baby smears' to Bush/Cheney/Rove:"

I could not at the time (summer 2000) directly trace Bush/Cheney/Rove to the black baby attacks against John McCain in 2000. Of course everyone with a brain knew they were behind the attacks.

Well that clears things up.

Update - 7/18/08 4:08

Stupidly, I attempted to get an actual answer out of this group. Here is a quick run down of the conversation:

1. Got an e-mail that raised an interesting but unproven point about the famous "black baby smear" being sent by the same people sending Obama = Muslim e-mails. I'm not sure if there is a connection. But I wanted to see some sources for the Bush/Cheney/Rove connection to the "black baby smear."
2. I asked for some sources for that connection.
3. 4 days later: I was called stupid and received no answer.
4. I then explained, in this blog, there was no answer.
5. Was told to "google it"
6. Was told I was being inflammatory for asking the question, no answer
7. So, I asked the question again
8. I was called a shock jock
9. I was called a "good ol southern boy. Jerk."
10. I was called fat. (Look at the weight loss rundown to the right - I am trying to stop being fat! I have lost 50lbs in 4 months.)
11. Still have received no answer
12. Got told to go away

I find #12 the most amusing considering this group is an organization that is attempting to start a boycott of my radio station in order to pressure me to change programming from conservative to liberal, yet they don't want any other views expressed on their free yahoo listserv. I love hypocrisy.