Why I like Obama
The Obama campaign made a good move today by launching a "Fight the Smears" website to counter all the false rumours. As I've repeatedly witnessed in business, media, and politics, the best way to fight bad press, screw-ups, or just plain false allegations is to be straight up and face the issues head-on.
"What you won't hear from this campaign or this party is the kind of politics that uses religion as a wedge, and patriotism as a bludgeon – that sees our opponents not as competitors to challenge, but enemies to demonize. Because we may call ourselves Democrats and Republicans, but we are Americans first. We are always Americans first." - Barak Obama, June 3, 2008
