Cipher

oh wow, i feel like a dummy! nevermind on the message -- somehow i randomly found the answer hiding there

I'm stuck. I got the first part of the hint, and I did what the page told me to do in part2 with different words. I came up with b**d****, g*****p***, and off on many other tangents, so I must be doing the wrong thing because none of which is the answer! Does spelling matter in this particular one? ...