Ever since Barack became a possibility for the presidency, the BS has been flying.  Intelligent people have been observing and analyzing it from the beginning.

It's nothing new in campaigning, of course, and I would expect it to get far worse in tone and execution over the course of the next few months.

But then there was this one:

Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama's official web site has provided seemingly unlimited blogging space for anti-Semites of every race, color and creed to spit their venom about Israel and Jews. Doug Ross has discovered yet another blog on Obama's official web site that explains how the 'Jewish lobby' works. The blog has been around since at least April.

I knew how the Obama campaign website worked and how anyone can register to post on it, so I couldn't disbelieve what was said.  Fortunately, I didn't believe it, either.

Besides, the internet has a wonderful method for dealing with situations like this: Sunlight.  In my case, the NewsHoggers led me to Comments from Left Field which did a wonderful job exposing the BS as the BS it seemed to be.

My initial reaction didn't sit well with me: Shut down the community blogs on Barack's site.  I didn't like the idea myself because it's a reflection of bunker mentality.  Open and honest government allows for idiots and well-wishers alike.

Then I thought it might be good to simply stop accepting new members.  Similar mentality in my mind, similar distaste for the idea.

Then how many moderators would you need to monitor how many blogs?

Then I wake up this afternoon and sanity has prevailed: Fight the Smears

I like it.