Overlooked: Obama's Anti-Smear Site »

Posted By Dakota 1 year ago in News

Last week, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign launched a new website solely dedicated to debunking untruths about his life. Called Fight The Smears, the site is laid out in a clean, simple style: it lists each rumor, then neatly debunks it.

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    Wolfie20071 year ago

    So when is Obama going to tell the truth? This looks like a campaign donation site to me.

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    walden31 year ago

    Republicans get it together -

    Last week Obama was a turban, wearing, Islamofascist Muslim extremist with a Muslim middle-name.

    This week he discriminates against Muslims.

    Republicans, which is it? Is he a Muslim, does he hate Muslims or is he a self-hating bi-polar Muslim?

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    Beau78901 year ago

    Drew Weston is absolutely correct. We've seen what ignoring smears has done for candidates in the past. Obama is right to be aggressive about debunking rumors.

    There are two problems that I can see--neither as problematic as ignoring rumors entirely--with this tactic. The first (as Wolfie alluded to above), is that the site is obviously presented by the Obama campaign, which will make doubters suspecious, though of course the info on the site is accurate. (Adding a link on the debunking site to donate to the campaign probably doesn't help with credibility issues.)

    The other problem is broader--it appears to me that so many Americans have become much more partisan than they used to be, not only suspecting anything put out by campaigns, but ignoring facts that contradict their pre-formed political opinions. I imagine those who might believe the rumors being propagated may never get to fightthesmears.com, and may never believe anything anyone else says that debunks those rumors.

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    Poulenc1 year ago

    The sad truth is that, for posters like Wolfie, there'll always be something about Barack and Michelle O. to deride.

    That is, their--the posters'--racism and/or misogyny, never mind their discomfort with a political position that would portion power more equitably, is bottomless, even as both masquerade as reasonable objection.

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    abntv1 year ago

    This website is nothing more than a political spin machine.

    Enough said.

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    Poulenc1 year ago

    St. E.--so much HATRED! So much ANGER!

    O.'s not trying to steal your first- (or second- or third- ) born, so why the incredible venom?

    The kind of venom that makes you embrace any lie if you think it poisonous enough.

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    Poulenc1 year ago

    Ani, spare us, please.

    Please!

    Another case in which the sense of threat is wildly disproportionate to the reality, which is itself screwily interpreted, to say the least.

    I mean: "...He lies, and discriminates against Muslim women, because Muslim men treat Muslim women like House pets."

    When I read your posts, Ani, I envision two miserably unhappy crones trading scurrilous gossip over the back fence, each one egging the other on to even greater fabrication.

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    Poulenc1 year ago

    Ani, I'm happy you're happy.

    Honest.

    I don't know you personally. One can only "know" a poster from his or her posts.

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      tanglang1 year ago

      Meanwhile he comes out with the "baby Alex" video that is complete bullisht. Someone should tell both that beeyatch in the video as well as Senator Barack Obama that Senator McCain never once said we will be in Iraq for 100 years, never once inplied any such thing, damn sure did not imply that we would still be fighting100 years from now and that WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER ARMY!!! If this c rag's kid wants to join the damn Army he will whether she likes it or not.

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      abntv1 year ago

      I saw the "baby alex" ad last night..I think it is disgusting and Obama should demand that it be removed.

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      Goppy1 year ago

      Who is this Laurel Michele person?

      Does anybody know?

      This member is makin me nervous. LM speaks rationally. This simply is not good for our Right Wing Jingo thing.

      Laurel Michele, I dont spose theres any way I could convince you to come over to the Christian Conservative side?

      You have to set aside some moral values.

      Liek for instance ... we claim ... as part of our belief in Jesus ... that you can never have too much war and invadin other countries.

      See? Thats pretty ding dang twisted. Yet we pull it off.

      Then theres the whole thing bout spendin priorities. As Christians, youd think we would want to reach out to help the sick, the needy, the old and young poeple.

      But, of course, youd be wrong.

      We believe in tithin 40% of our nations wealth to fat cat military contracters!

      See, these are the horrible, horrible hypocrisies that we have set for ourselfs by claimin the POLITICAL right, while ALSO claimin the rightness of our RELIGION!

      It gets pretty ding dang messy.

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      Poulenc1 year ago

      Uh, Vid, you might consider the illogic of painting everyone with the same brush.

      In your formulation, A can't criticize B for hating C if a group to which A belongs has demonstrated hatred for D.

      Better put your thinking cap back on.

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      Chris-Cappuccilli1 year ago

      the site is a good idea in taking action quickly against things that may not be true.

      -Chris Cappuccilli

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      DeeWillyFree1 year ago

      It appears there are two significant benefits for launching this website. Is a clever strategy, actually.

      1) It employs the "Assumed Close" ... one of the oldest tricks in a Salesman's book. It begins with an 'assumption' and quickly delivers an action, based on that assumption. The assumption is, that poor Attacked Barak is being unfairly smeared every time someone mentions a negative. The fact is, the mention of a negative can be either true or untrue. It is simply something negative being mentioned. You will notice that every rumor (which of course can be either true or untrue) is entitled the "lie". This tactic, in and of itself speaks volumes about Obama's blatent disingenuosness.

      2) The naked use of a seemingly "defensive" position to rake money from those he has freshly indoctrinated with the "Assumed Close" selling tactic. Get 'em while they're bathed in the moment.

      Like I said . . . very clever. Dangerous and insidious as well.

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      cloud151 year ago

      Obama is NOT a Muslim....plain and simple. You can change your religion at any point you wish, its not like blood.

      But what I find a little hypocritical is the fact that the democrats are the party of inclusion, yet they bar certain people from being in the background on TV. We all know the ****** show that would be going on if McCain had done this. But hey, Obama did it so lets just ignore it and move on.

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      NickyA1 year ago

      Absolutely true,when will the man begin to tell the truth?Or is he just not capable of doing such.His participation at the church from hell and then dumping the church and pastor leaves a lot to be said about his integrity.

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      antibrainwasher1 year ago

      Wow, I just heard from a reliable source in the McCain camp that McCain is an atheist.

      McCain is an atheist. McCain is an atheist. He lost his christianity in the hanoi hilton.

      He's a super senior, senile senator from snow bird blue hair paradise, can't keep alkida and arizona straight, or sunni-shiite, or Iran or Saudi Arabia straight, and now he's an atheist. Well, since he's an atheist, I'll vote for him.

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      HMMace1 year ago

      OH YEAH---LIKE HE NEVER WENT TO THAT CHURCH FOR TWENTY YEARS...

      OH YEAH--HE REALLY IS NOT GOOD FRIENDS WITH EX WEATHEMEN...PEOPLE WHO SET OFF BOMBS AT THE PENTAGON..HA

      I JUST CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP ON THE OBAMAS..

      HE NEVER SAID THAT WEARING A FLAG LAPEL PIN MADE SOME PEOPLE AFFRAID OF HIM..

      THAT HE NEVER SAID HE DID NOT APPROVE OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHYM...

      ALL JUST SMEARS..HA

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      TrueProgressive1 year ago

      Leemck, very well put. I don't give a rat's a** whether Obama ever puts his hand over his heart or wears a flag lapel. These are issues the lunatic right drums up because both they have nothing of substance to say about our present condition, and if the vast majority of brain-dead Americans ever recovered enough of their faculties to "get" just how totally Bush and the American right has screwed them and this nation, there'd be revolution in the streets, and lowlifes like Alphanoxious and this idiot above, HMMace, would be run out of town tarred and feathered. After eight years of the little monkey brained degenerate defecating all over the very essence of what it means to be American, it does distress me that what people focus upon are snot ball issues like flag lapels and pledges of alligence.

      And Mace, you really shouldn't be so eager to show the world you're a third grade dropout.

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      rimbaud1 year ago

      Fat Muslims eat a big breakfast, skip lunch, and then have a big dinner. They are supposed to experience hunger during the day and be motivated to help the poor with the money they save.

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        blinkers1 year ago

        Nice one, Tess. (Pitiful that your useful first-hand account STILL managed to score a neg from Nixie, just pitiful).

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          Klarissa1 year ago

          hmmace - no caps, please

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