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Paul campaign: Online impersonator was impersonated (Daily Kos caught lying)
Politico ^ | 09/08/2010 | Ben Smith

Posted on 09/08/2010 8:17:17 AM PDT by speciallybland

I posted yesterday that DailyKos appeared to have caught a Rand Paul staffer pretending, in the comments, to be a progressive with doubts about Jack Conway. Paul aide Gary Howard, however, tells me -- and has evidence to back it up -- that this was an even more complicated online game, and that the culprit impersonated the Paul staffer to embarrass Paul's campaign.

The Paul campaign discovered this when the same person appears to have submitted this ludicrous comment through their website's online form:

Your Name Tom Kubica
Email Tom@randpaul2010.com
Subject Replacement
Category Social Networking
Message I was discovered and banned at DailyKos. I suggest we immediately pull in all of our covert operatives. I'll need someone to replace me at Daily Kos as well.

The IP address associated with the comment, 38.97.124.170, locates the poster in Framingham, Mass. The real Kubica -- who goes, Howard said, by Thomas, not Tom -- is based in Bowling Green.

"This kid has never been on DailyKos and doesn't know what's going on. He was scared out of his mind that he'd be fired," Howard said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: dailykooks; democratdirtytricks; elections

1 posted on 09/08/2010 8:17:22 AM PDT by speciallybland
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To: speciallybland

Is this the same guy Newsbusters had Youtube video on?


2 posted on 09/08/2010 8:19:46 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: speciallybland
I was asking about this guy, Tyler Collins

Joe Arnold Exposes The Racist Jack Conway Supporter Pretending To Be A Rand Paul Supporter

3 posted on 09/08/2010 8:40:39 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun

Not the same guy. That guy is an open Conway supporter who works with some county-level democratic party....but he actually lives in Kentucky.

This guy apparently lives in Massachusetts.


4 posted on 09/08/2010 8:54:29 AM PDT by speciallybland
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To: speciallybland

I hope our infiltrators are bright enough not to get caught.


5 posted on 09/08/2010 8:59:38 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA
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To: speciallybland

Sounds like another DailyKos setup scam to me. The netroots are notorious for such things. They are very technically competent, but totally unprincipled.

Nothing new from the Left.


6 posted on 09/08/2010 9:18:22 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
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