Post-nomination Obama smear watch

Bringing you up to date on the Obama smear front, the RNC listed Barack Obama's past profession as "street organizer" on an opposition research website; Fox News referred to Michelle Obama as Barack's "baby mama" in an on-screen graphic; Washington Times editorial page editor Tony Blankley concluded a column on Obama by asking "Dictator or democrat? Radical or liberal? Who in the world is this man?" (via Andrew Sullivan); and Fox News contributor Dick Morris suggests that the question that plagues Obama concerns his feelings about this country: "Is he pro-American? How does he feel about white people?"

For the record, Hillary Clinton conceded the Democratic nomination five days ago.

Comments

[Rob]

Is calling Obama a street organizer a smear? In the New York Times on July 30, 2007, a fellow Illinois State Senator is quoted as saying that Obama had called himself that:

Mr. Dillard said, “I remember Rickey chiding Obama that, ‘What do you know, Barack? You grew up in Hawaii and you live in Hyde Park. What do you know about the street?’ To which Obama shot back: ‘I know a lot. I didn’t exactly have a rosy childhood. I’m a street organizer by profession and a lot of my area, once you get outside the University of Chicago neighborhoods, is just as tough as your West Side, Rickey.’ ”

To the best of my knowledge, Obama has not disputed this account.

Once again, Brendan seems to be preemptively trying to insulate Obama from the normal hurly-burly of campaigns.

[Rob]

Is calling Obama a street organizer a smear? In the New York Times on July 30, 2007, a fellow Illinois State Senator is quoted as saying that Obama had called himself that:

Mr. Dillard said, “I remember Rickey chiding Obama that, ‘What do you know, Barack? You grew up in Hawaii and you live in Hyde Park. What do you know about the street?’ To which Obama shot back: ‘I know a lot. I didn’t exactly have a rosy childhood. I’m a street organizer by profession and a lot of my area, once you get outside the University of Chicago neighborhoods, is just as tough as your West Side, Rickey.’ ”

To the best of my knowledge, Obama has not disputed this account.

Once again, Brendan seems to be trying preemptively to insulate Obama from the normal hurly-burly of campaigns.

[Josh R.]

How would a post on this blog, the proprietor of which, from all I can tell, does not know Obama and does not work for him, well, how can a post here "insulate" Obama from the hurly burly of the campaign? That doesn't even make sense.