WH: We’re not collecting names, we’re storing your e-mail addresses

Hot Air ^ | August 7, 2009 | ED MORRISSEY

[RobinMasters]

Robert Gibbs assured Jake Tapper that the new White House initiative to get people to snitch on their neighbors for dissenting on ObamaCare had nothing to do with collecting names. Oh, no — that would not be Hope and Change! Instead, it has everything to do with collecting our e-mails:

Asked about Cornyn’s letter on Thursday afternoon, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said, “nobody is collecting names.”

The blog and tips email was because, Gibbs said, “we have seen, and as I’ve discussed from this podium, a lot of misinformation around health care reform. Some of it I think spread purposely. We have used on many occasions the Web site to debunk things that are simply not true. We ask people if they have questions about health care reform and about what they’re hearing about its affects on them, to let us know and we’d provide them information to show that that wasn’t true.”

Continued Gibbs: “but nobody is collecting names.”

[Blennos]

That’s a relief!

[green pastures]

Remind me again what position Mr. Gibbs holds within The Ministry of Truth.

[Melchior]

For many years Gibbs has been Obama’s friend and mouthpiece. Everything he says is shaded, nuanced, of little value. Just like Obama.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Any sophisticated system has the ability to capture email addresses, IP addresses, date, time when sent. They can lie to us as much as they want. They aren’t going to tell us what they capture.

[DHC-2]

Read it all at the site ... not just collecting names ... but they do have to keep the emails for the archives.

[TribalPrincess2U]

And we believe this why?

They must be directing that statement to those 53% idiots

All we’ve gotten are lies from the 0 cult.

This is America, not Cuba or Venezuela.

You will lose 0.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Whew! And, in a later statement, Gibbs assured everyone that the sun would definitely rise in the west!

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[piytar]

Only Goodthink and Newspeak will be tolerated!!!

/modern democrat national socialists...

[boxerblues]

Good thing I set up new emails accounts just for them, they are already sending me spam

[Ocarterma]

A marxist brown shirt el presidente that wants citizens to rat out other citizens, could anyone imagine that. I feel like I live in a giant stalag 13 now.

[monday]

“Continued Gibbs: “but nobody is collecting names.”

Gibbs is a liar.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

“but nobody is collecting names.”....... COLLECT THIS!:

[Huskrrrr]

We’ll all be remembered when it’s time to ration health care.

[sport]

Bullshit!

[Right_in_Virginia]

At what point does this (additional) intimidation against American citizens become an abuse of power and an impeachable offense?

[freekitty]

They are collecting names.

[listenhillary]

They are forced by law to keep on file any communication with the white house.

[Lurker]

Remind me again what position Mr. Gibbs holds within The Ministry of Truth.

Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propoganda is the official title.