People are reading this stuff.

And, what's more, they are taking it seriously --

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"WHISTLEBLOWER MAGAZINE Finally revealed: The secret life of Barack Obama
Is he America's political messiah – or a Manchurian candidate?

In a few short months, the young and relatively unknown politician Barack Hussein Obama may very well be elevated to the presidency of the United States and command the mightiest military in world history.

Would the eloquent and charismatic Obama unite, inspire and renew a troubled nation, as tens of millions of voters passionately believe? Or is it possible he's a Manchurian candidate – harboring an ominous secret agenda few understand, a man destined to wreak havoc on America should he become president?

That's the question that is explored definitively in the April issue of WND's acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine, titled "THE SECRET LIFE OF BARACK OBAMA."

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Examination of his U.S. Senate voting record reveals him to be a hard leftist. A little-reported letter from the candidate to the "LGBT community" declares Obama's enthusiastic solidarity with the radical homosexual-rights agenda. His long-time spiritual mentor and pastor turns out to be a rabid, racist, America-hater who claims the U.S. invented AIDS to wipe out black people. Bloggers are even piecing together an intriguing case that Obama, a Muslim in his youth, may still be a closet Muslim.

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We will all look back in a few years and feel very, very ashamed.

It'd be one thing if this were the tin-foil hat crowd frothing in the corner, but reasonably mainstream 'journalists' on Fox and the radio quote or at least praise World Net Daily somewhat regularly.