Obama Launches Anti-Smear Website

Can I point out 1 thing? (or maybe 2) This is a free country, we can all vote for who we think is best to run the country. That is a given!!! But, if McCain runs true to form (which is never a sure thing) And he nominates a Supreme Court Justice (which is for Life) then we can all watch as things that women have fought so hard go down the tubes. They will Repeal "Roe v. Wade". I just can not see my Grandaughter growing up with the possiblity that if for some medical reason or due to agression against her that she would be refused an abortion. I believe that life is precious but sometimes things just cannot be. Abortion is not an easy thing to go thru so do not make it that most women would use it instead of prevention. There are alot of families out their that would love to adopt. I was adopted.

Mary - my birth certificate stamp is raised with no color - it it is scanned to post - the stamp does not show up.

Sandy, My birth certificate from Oklahoma, my son's birth certificate from Alaska and my daughter's birth certificate from Hawaii all look very different and all have a black rubber stamp marked giving the date it is listed on public records. So, again, I say the BO's was a computer generated one.

James Danley - thank you for the intelligent reply! We may see the direction this country is going in from different perspectives, but I have been a supporter of Senator Obama's since his 2004 convention speech, and at this point it time, I believe he is the only hope for this coiuntry. He may not be perfect, his plans may not be perfect, but he is a true visionary - vision in a leader has been a rarity in this country for several years. I do not believe McCain can pull anything off but will only be a puppet for the powers around him; it is truly scary that he would even THINK of having Cheney in his cabinet.

it is not that "They Protest to much". That they have to have a web site to set people straight. It is the fact that they have to defend themselves from lies and smear tactics. Of course, the people that say "they protest to much" would never consider defending themselves when people were speading lies about them. They would be protesting to much. Give me a break. We have the right in this country to defend ourselves from people who would try and ruin our reputations with their Lies.

Sandy, I have a different take. I see this election as whether the electorate wants to continue our history of capitalism and the free market or become socialistic; whether the electorate prefers the individual controlling his or her medical decisions with consultations from their own doctors or giving that full responsibility to the federal government; whether the electorate wishes to continue holding onto our unalienable Rights -- Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness or shall we surrender our Rights to the federal government under the guise of preventative health care or in the false attempt to prevent global warming; and finally, whether the electorate will continue our history's reputation as the defender of democracy or walk away and hand a military victory to al Qaeda in Iraq.

The reason the certificte number is blocked out is because it is not YOUR birth certifcate - Hawaii would not release it without the certificate number blocked. GEEZ!

Mary - give it a rest already. Senator Obama's birth certificate looks exactly like mine - even down to the color and I was born in Minnesota.

I just took a look at the so-called birth certificate of Barack Obama and I bet my vote for McCain that this is a fake birth certificate created with the use if a computer. Reason, the document was not stamped as a legal document for the State of Hawaii and the number of the certificate was "blacked out". I would say it is a fake. Also, the typing would not line up so exactly if the document was placed in a typewriter to be compeleted.

And just for the record Snopes.com is not an "Obama-Defender site." It is a site that counters false information on anything one cares to research but you already know that - I think the people who work that site would find your assertion that they are an Obama-defender site very offensive.

This election is about our nation and really, about the future of the world. It is about every person without health insurance and every soldier who may be sent into another illegal war. It is about our economy and our environment. It is not about any of us individually. I don't get this level of narcissism that spouts from the mouths of McCain's supporters. It is self-indulgent and counter-productive.

Senator Obama and his campaign are a savvy team - they do not turn away from any threat - they come right back at McCain and his supporters who spread sleaze and counter with issues - McCain should start a site himself - 'course with all the gawffs he makes, it might be really tough to try and keep up with him.

I have looked at snopes.com as well as all of the additional Obama-Defender sites.

Actually, it is kind of hard to imagine why Obama would need a website to fight the "smear" when he has the media in his back pocket anyway, and is somehow not subjected to the intense scrutiny and criticism other candidates both past and present have been.

It's rather amusing that when most of the "whitey" stories were only circulating in the few and far between media outlets that had the audacity to tell it like it really is and post anything Anti-Obama, he didn't feel the need to worry about it.

It was only when the story finally reached the major news networks, and when one enterprising member of the press entourage that follows him around actually had the nerve to bring the "rumor" to the forefront that he all of a sudden felt the need to launch his "smear" website.

I can only imagine that with such a completely unvetted candidate such as Obama is, that the smears aren't going to be stopping any time soon.

His webmasters are going to be extremely busy between now and the end of August.............

Snopes is not "in the tank" with anyone - what a foolish statement. The more you rant - the more stupid you sound. Time to put you on ignore!

sandyM - same for you - go to Snopes.com - you will see how unfounded your assertions are.

Lee - Snopes.com has also posted many rebuttals to slurs and lies about Senator Obama and Michelle. Take a look - might surprise you.

What makes Obama and his crew a great campaign is that when they're attacked, rather than trying to pivot away to something they'd rather talk about, they grab the attack and swing it back at the opponent, hard.It's SO nice to see our candidate's team giving back better than they get... get hit with slime or stupidity, serve back a serious body-blow on issues. I can't believe that someone implicated in a big ass scandal like the Keating Five would even broach the subject of the opposition's integrity. McCain should fasten his seatbelt, cause he's in for one helluva ride.

I want a secular humanist president!

And, then, McCain didn't know the difference between sunni and shia, that he didn't know we were not back to pre-surge troop levels and, most importantly, that he doesn't understand how it does indeed matter when the troops come home - not just for the obvious personal benefit of the servicemen but also in light of the fact that our military is overstretched and the Iraq boondoggle has distracted us from the real "war on terror."
And McCain's quotes regarding Iraq, he was wrong on all counts:

"I believe that the success will be fairly easy." (9/24/02)
"We’re not going to have a bloodletting of trading American bodies for Iraqi bodies." (9/29/02)
"We will win this conflict. We will win it easily." (1/22/03)
"There’s no doubt in my mind, once these people are gone, that we will be welcomed as liberators." (3/24/03)
"It is not important when our troops come home...." (6/11/08)

Great guy some of you people are supporting....

Hmmmmmmm..........an "anti-smear" website..........

I am somehow reminded of the Shakespearean quote about "thou doth protest too loudly."

Must be an awful lot there to smear in the Obama camp if he has to create an entire website to ward it off.