North Carolina Paper Corrects Letter Calling Obama The ‘Antichrist’

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North Carolina newspaper The Lexington Dispatch last week issued a correction noting that President Obama is not the antichrist, according to Gawker.

The Dispatch originally headlined a letter to the editor as, “Is Obama the Antichrist?”

The headline on the letter now reads, “Is Obama the seventh king?”

H/t Huffington Post

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  1. I was glad to see this. A sophisticated, advanced society has to set and maintain high standards for itself if it wants to hold its position in the world.

  2. They corrected it from calling him the Antichrist to Satan Incarnate, right?

  3. Avatar for rev rev says:

    ~snort!~ that’s all I can say… but this listserv won’t let me stop with that.

  4. Calling Obama the Anti-Christ is sooo 2008.

    Come up with something new, people!

  5. The ‘Antichrist’? Seven Kings? WTF are these goobers talking about? This kind of bullshit is being pimped by those who think Israel will be available when it comes time for the rapture. Look for Netanyahu to give a big shout-out next month to the good folks of Lexington North Carolina…

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