Barack Obama: Fight The Smears

Presidential nominee, Barack Obama has decided to take a more aggressive approach to the rumors that have been popping up online about him and his family. The Obama campaign has built what might best be described as a Web-based rumor clearinghouse, located at FightTheSmears.com, in which it hopes all the shady stories about Obama's faith, his family and his rumored connections with controversial figures can go to die.

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• Barack Obama: Fight The Smears