Obama's ‘Fight the Smears’ Web Site Works Both Ways

In a headline today, TIME asks the question, Will Obama’s Anti-Rumor Plan Work? If my little adventure at the new Barack Obama web site, FightTheSmears.com, is any indication, I’d say the answer is, “NO!”

After learning of the site’s existence this afternoon, I immediately went to it and found several groups of alleged lies. After each group, a graphic like the one accompanying this article appears next to a brief statement attempting to rebut the lie. Below each rebuttal attempt is a link to an e-mail tool via which Obama supporters can “Spread the Word” and shut down the anti-Obama rumor mill.

Just for fun, this anti-Obama blogger decided to see if he could use the same online tool to spread some REAL TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA. Low and behold, it worked!

Below is the text of an e-mail I typed and sent to one of my own e-mail addresses using Senator Obama’s new online tool:

Dear Friend,

Right-wing patriots like me have been telling the truth about Democrat Presidential Candidate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle and the Obama family hates it. Like a chicken that’s come home to roost, the truth about Obama’s history of drug use, his ultra-liberal record in the U.S. Senate and his sweet land deals made possible via his association with convicted criminal Tony Rezko — keeps coming back to bite them.

Learn more about Barack and Michella Obama, and help promote the truth. Visit this site:

http://www.bobmccarty.com/?s=obama

Together, we can make sure news about this negative and divisive liberal politician and his wife gets out and has a positive impact on this campaign.

God help us all if we don’t.

Thanks for your help.

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A user has sent this message from BarackObama.com. The sender’s name, email address, subject and message have not been verified.

It appears that the only truth coming from the fightthesmears.com showed up in the form of the last line of the message above (which was automatically added to the message I typed).

After sending the e-mail above, another message appeared on my screen. It began with these words:

Thank you for inviting your friends to help spread the truth.

To that, all I can say is “No, thank YOU, Senator Obama, for providing tools those of us on the right can use to help defeat you.”

-- Bob McCarty Writes