When the Obama train gains steam, the racists gear up...

Posted by Evan Derkacz at 11:47 AM on January 24, 2007.

A new smear website, whose name and URL I won't dignify with publicity, is running with a fairly professional-looking smear video against potential '08 candidate for president, Barack Obama.

Fox has already been burned by their attempted, and debunked, smear.

Now the further right is trying its hand.

Turns out the site is registered to one "Joe Novak," who's known, according to the Chicago Sun Times, as "Low Blow Joe" for his dirty tactics.

IF this is the same Joe Novak, that is. Though given the fact that this Novak runs Wherethemoneygoes.com and that the smear site includes a link of theirs may provide a clue...

Novak, as of August, 2006, worked for:

"Indianapolis insurance mogul J. Patrick Rooney, a right-wing ideologue who has poured millions into GOP causes, especially the so-called Health Savings Accounts, which theoretically would help Americans obtain affordable insurance, but in reality would benefit the healthy and wealthy at the expense of the sick and poor."

"Rooney is no friend of the Illinois Hospital Association, which has made bipartisan campaign donations to the tune of $615,000, including money to both Blagojevich and his Republican opponent Judy Baar Topinka."

Michael: And if you make a little mistake with one of your ho’s, you’ll want to dispose of that problem toot sweet, no questions asked, right?

Dennis: Naw, that’s too cold. I don’t snuff my own seed …

Michael: Huh. Really? (pause) Well, maybe you do have a reason to vote Republican!

Tagged as: racism, obama, right wing, '08

Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.