Posted on 05/24/2011 5:57:48 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Welcome to the latest use of taxpayer dollars to shove Obama propaganda down your throat, on your dime. The White House has moved a staffer from the White House New Media Department into a position of "rapid media response," with a goal of squashing, or cleaning up negative stories about President Obama on the internet.
The Obama administration has created and staffed a new position tucked inside their communications shop for helping coordinate rapid response to unfavorable stories and fostering and improving relations with the progressive online community.
"This week, Jesse Lee will move from the new media department into a role in the communications department as Director of Progressive Media & Online Response," read an internal memo from Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, provided to The Huffington Post. "For the last two years, Jesse has often worn two hats working in new media and serving as the White House's liaison with the progressive media and online community. Starting this week, Jesse will take on the second role full time working on outreach, strategy and response."
The post is a new one for this White House. Rapid response has been the purview of the Democratic National Committee (and will continue to be). Lee's hire, however, suggests that a portion of it will now be handled from within the administration. It also signals that the White House will be adopting a more aggressive engagement in the online world in the months ahead.
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Naaahhh, we're already fully staffed...
FYI ping...
In an EXTREMELY hot location, Josef Goebels has just lifted a toast to a mustached individual saying, “See, you were right. They’ve learned from you. In the end, your will be done.” (Sound of glasses clinking)
That's pretty close to the truth, I think. Except I might suggest Obama's foreign policy is closer to that of Woodrow Wilson: fuzzy-headed internationalism in any area where the US has a vital national interest coupled with military adventurism in areas where we do not.
Not good.
Obama:
All the domestic and international competence of Jimmy Carter.
All the honor and integrity of Dick Nixon.
All the calming, tranquilizing domestic force of Abraham Lincoln.
All the interpersonal skills of Adolph Hitler.
All of the love of our Democracy as Idi Amin.
No, sadly it does not.
One of the advantages of integrating the Democrat political operation into the White House is an ability to control not only the message, but to keep the messengers all reading from the same playbook - sometimes using implicit threats in the process. ("Want money for your re-election campaign? Then shut up and say what we tell you to.")
Also, because the mainstream news media is about 95% Democrat, they are given whatever access they desire (viz.- Good Morning America's near-weekly "exclusive" interviews with Obama about the new color of the Oval Office wallpaper or whatever). In that way, David Plouffe and Valerie Jarrett keep everyone and everything on message, without filters, and also provide the means for coordinated attacks on those who refuse to play along (FOX News).
No, it doesn't feel like America at all. It feels more like Venezuela. Only without the oil.
Can we simply not become Negative Story Generators ourselves? Overwhelm this idiot warroom?
Is it true, for instance, what I’ve heard about Obama wearing a bra and panties under his suit during major speeches?
Will they hire more pests to troll on FR?
I missed the beginning but FOX News interviewed some guy that is part of this and what struck me is the man said their focus is on his base voters because many of them have the misconception that his policies aren’t working and it is because of the “untruths” out there. Supposedly the focus is not on the “squishy middle” voter but his base. Seems the man was worried many that voted for Obama before would not vote for him again. Imagine that. I was surprised they would admit their base may not be so happy.
They’ve already spent tax money to hire lawyers to put Terry Lakin in jail and to tell the entire American public that the Constitution and rule of law are none of our da..ed business. Now they’re spending tax money to make sure that the small whisper each of us have compared to the megaphones of the complicit media has to be spent piddling with people who know they’re lying and just want to blow smoke everywhere to cloud the truth.
Could this administration do anything more to piss on the American people and destroy the American infrastructure?
I think every storm that this year sees should be called “Storm Obama”, because what tornadoes are doing to people’s houses.... is piddles compared to what Obama is doing to the fabric of this nation. Deliberately.
The House needs to defund the White House Communications Department. They have proven they are Goebbels on steroids.
Does an Obama base voter get news from anyplace but the kneepad press?
If the world falls into a “nobody can be trusted” mode Obama wins. Think the boy who cried wolf. When there is NOBODY who can be believed on a critical message because everybody has continuously lied, the person who wins is the wolf.
That would be Obama.
We have to stay above the lies.
Exactamundo!
That is what I thought...maybe they will have to put a troll force on DU. That would be funny.
Hmmm.
Hmm
Alternate title:
The Prince of Lies hires a Czar of Lies...
And ramping it up because so many get news on the internet now.
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