professor Obama
Everyone has surely heard the conservative/Clintonite claim that Obama lied about being a law professor before becoming a Senator. The University of Chicago put the matter to rest, making a clear statement (h/t: TalkLeft) about Obama's actual teaching status at the school:
From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. [emphasis added]
That's right: Obama was telling the truth. His opponents were lying.
In a similar situation, many people have claimed since the madrassa smear that Obama is a Muslim; even after weeks of saturation news coverage about the former pastor at Obama's (Christian) church, many people cling to the Muslim myth. Pew reported yesterday that "One-in-ten voters believe that Barack Obama is Muslim; 14% of Republicans, 10% of Democrats and 8% of independents think he is Muslim." (I'd love to see statistics on how many people believe that he is the most liberal Senator, another of the prominently-publicized myths about him.)
What lie will they dream up next?