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Pro-Obama hashtag backfires on Twitter (AttackWatch)
The Hill ^ | 9-4-11 | Alicia M. Cohn

Posted on 09/14/2011 8:10:50 AM PDT by tcrlaf

A new Twitter hashtag designed to help fight misinformation against President Obama appears to have backfired in early use on Wednesday.

President Obama's Twitter feed, which is run by his campaign staff, on Tuesday evening started promoting the new website AttackWatch.com and hashtag #AttackWatch, designed to fight misinformation against the president.

The hashtag was already in heavy rotation by Twitter users by Wednesday morning, but many users are conservatives such as columnist Michelle Malkin, who offered up her own daily column as an example of an Obama "attack."

The website is meant to be "the first line of defense against a barrage of misinformation," according to an email from Obama's campaign manager announcing the launch on Tuesday.

Businessman Herman Cain, a Republican presidential hopeful, also responded to the announcement of the website on Wednesday.

"Seriously?" he tweeted.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: attackwatch; backfire; cluelessindc; democrats; frattackwatch; frattactwatch; obamaattackwatch; twitter
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To: tcrlaf; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; Liz
Another #attackwatch tweet:

I actually sympathize with #AttackWatch. They remind me of the time I got my head wedged in a bowling ball return chute.

LOL, a compelling metaphor.

141 posted on 09/15/2011 4:46:26 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Budget sins can be fixed. Amnesty is irreversible.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

I miss ol Steve Allen.


142 posted on 09/15/2011 6:15:31 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: Suz in AZ

LOL!


143 posted on 09/15/2011 6:16:29 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: tcrlaf
Remember flag@WhiteHouse.Gov?

Yep. Sent them a huge JPEG of a gadsden flag.

144 posted on 09/15/2011 8:05:47 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: SueRae
Here's one I haven't seen:

Jesse Jackson said he'd like to cut Obama's nuts off. Is that's acceptable?

145 posted on 09/15/2011 8:15:49 AM PDT by expatpat
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To: tcrlaf
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146 posted on 09/15/2011 8:31:07 AM PDT by mojitojoe (WH says potus didnÂ’t feel the earthquake. No worries. Another is scheduled for November 2012)
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To: tcrlaf

The leftist punditry will no doubt spin this hilarious episode as a glowing example of the lack of respect the right shows for Obama.


147 posted on 09/15/2011 10:53:49 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Christian4Bush

Thank you for unraveling that mystery for me. I have learned something new and useful to me today. :-)


148 posted on 09/15/2011 10:57:38 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (To some, George Orwell's story, "1984" is a cautionary tale. To others, it's a "how to" manual.)
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To: My Guns Never

Awesome job!


149 posted on 09/15/2011 1:28:27 PM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the "Dave Ramsey Fan" ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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