Fight the Smears
Now that Barack Obama is assured of getting the Democratic presidential nomination, he’s bent on taking his campaign to the next level. One of the new things he’s done is start a website designed to combat the numerous false rumors that inevitably crop up during any political contest.
Obama’s website is called Fight the Smears, and can be found by copying and pasting this link into your browser’s address bar:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome/
Some of the “misinformation” Obama dispels on the site include the contention that he’s not a natural-born citizen of the U.S. (he provides a difficult to read image of his birth certificate); the allegation that his wife Michelle Obama used the word “whitey” in a racially-charged manner on tape; and the rumor that he was sworn into the Senate using a Koran.
I actually think a website like this is a good idea for candidates because it could potentially save them from having to answer the same questions over and over again in interviews. They could then use their precious airtime to discuss real issues — a refreshing change, if you ask me!
