Posted on 02/13/2012 12:46:22 PM PST by lbryce
President Obama's re-election team on Monday rolled out a campaign to recruit two million supporters to help debunk attacks on the president's record and hit back at his Republican rivals.
Called the "Truth Team," the new effort will engage Obama supporters online and in person, encouraging them to communicate with undecided voters about the president's record.
"People don't just want to hear from campaign statements or ads -- they want to hear from the family and friends they trust," Stephanie Cutter, Mr. Obama's deputy campaign manager, wrote in an email to supporters.
Obama for America, the president's re-election team, will announce "truth teams" in a handful of swing states today. National groups like the National Education Association and the Service Employees International Union have also signed on as partners in the effort.
The "Truth Team" website highlights the effort's three goals, each of which have their own website: AttackWatch.com will defend the president against false attacks, KeepingGOPHonest.com will fact check Republicans' claims about their own records, and KeepingHisWord.com will tout the president's record.
In 2008, more than a million people participated in Mr. Obama's similar "Fight the Smears" initiative. This year, the campaign hopes to double that number before the Democratic National Convention in the fall.
The "truth team" effort acknowledges the bitter contest expected between Mr. Obama and his 2012 opponent. Social media can be a powerful tool to help combat attacks, but it also carries some risks -- when the campaign launched AttackWatch.com last fall, conservatives largely lampooned it.
What a crock of Shiite!
If only it were The Ministry of Truth...
Ah ha! Woodrow Wilson’s Truth Squads reborn.
A columnist on Twitter said he was going to report Truth Team to Attack Watch, and stand back for the implosion.
The new F-word, 0bam@lini style.
See that’s the problem. Any family or friends who would quote Truth Squad propaganda to me... I don’t trust that.
The KeepingHisWord idea is beyond horrible - it’s a deliberate poke in the idea to people of faith. Any liberals starts to feel a little squeamish yet?
Now I understand what Pelosi was referring to when she said her favorite word was ... the Word.
in 1921 Hitler had his on private army, it was named the SA, They wore brown shirts. They were instructed to disrupt the meetings of political opponents and to protect Hitler from revenge attacks.
...they are the ones grabbing their crotches every time truth bites them on the butt.
And people still wonder why we homeschool.
The liar is demanding truth.
Now that’s funny.
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