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Obama Campaign Launches "Truth Team"
CBS ^ | February 13, 2012 | Stephanie Condon

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.


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To: EQAndyBuzz

Gotta spin the demise of his regime to make it look good. It won’t last. America, I hope is smarter than that to fall for this garbage.


81 posted on 02/13/2012 4:58:18 PM PST by freebird5850 (Of course Obama loves his country...it's just that Newt loves mine!)
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To: lbryce
Obama Campaign Launches "Truth Team"

Oh yes. And it will be accompanied with Obama Truth Serum and other "persuaders" just in case you don't believe "the truth."

82 posted on 02/13/2012 4:59:08 PM PST by PapaNew
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To: ssaftler

Let’s not forget Mr. T. He’ll get the kids to watch.


83 posted on 02/13/2012 5:03:21 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Brown Deer

Diana Gale Matthiesen’s Blog: “I would march through the gates of hell for Barack Obama.

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My word, so much misinformation, such sheer ignorance, just flat-out unglued stupidity.

AGGHH a terrible thought, from my ancestry I am related to Obama. Of course the way she lays it out just about all of european decent will be related to Obama. Isn’t that special!


84 posted on 02/13/2012 5:08:57 PM PST by W. W. SMITH (Obama is Romney lite)
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85 posted on 02/13/2012 5:15:41 PM PST by devolve (- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - you can*t do that with a WebTV - - - - - - - - - - - -)
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To: reg45

That’s right. The scumbags are working hard at trying to marginalize the conscious of America.


86 posted on 02/13/2012 5:15:50 PM PST by Gene Eric (Newt/Sarah 2012)
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To: lbryce

87 posted on 02/13/2012 5:19:24 PM PST by hattend (Jesus wants me to make churches pay for abortions. - Barack Obama)
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To: lesko

Re phone calls about Obama’s record, i.e. “Keeping His Word”. Gonna be the shortest phone calls in history.


88 posted on 02/13/2012 5:19:24 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: RightLady; glock rocks
Has anyone thought that these Truth Team Liberals may be trying to get EMail addresses and names of those that disagree with them?

They already have them. They're only incompetent when dealing with our enemies.

89 posted on 02/13/2012 5:38:35 PM PST by Carry_Okie (There has not been a conservative American government for 90 years.)
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90 posted on 02/13/2012 5:46:51 PM PST by devolve (- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - you can*t do that with a WebTV - - - - - - - - - - - -)
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To: lbryce

Attack Watch redux. They simply do not learn, do they? #dense


91 posted on 02/13/2012 5:48:23 PM PST by ponygirl
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To: devolve

retch... I bet that couch had some questionable stains on it.


92 posted on 02/13/2012 6:02:38 PM PST by ponygirl
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To: lbryce

ROTFL!


93 posted on 02/13/2012 6:44:12 PM PST by 444Flyer (Leaning on the everlasting arms)
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To: SoDak
“This is going to be a dirty election.”

Damn right. And WE had better be prepared to win this from the first moment our feet hit the ground in the morning to our last thoughts at night. We must learn a lesson from the left....they never give up, they keep on hitting, throwing anything at the ignorant public in the hope that it sticks.

Gather together with like-minded people like yourself and
get the word out....be able to to site an itemized list of the destruction that obozo has wrought on We the People, and then the response of a Conservative candidate as to what he would do to remedy same. Newt Gingrich's CPAC speech doing just that comes to mind.

Let's hit the pavement and work ourselves to the bone if necessary to stop these pieces of socialist/marxist/communist evil in OUR White House, and kick their azz out, one way or another. Do not let them bully us from a victory...dig in and win!

94 posted on 02/13/2012 8:21:09 PM PST by itssme
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To: lbryce

Called the “Truth Team,”....
this is Kenyan for Union Goons.


95 posted on 02/13/2012 8:45:07 PM PST by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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To: devolve

I hope for the love of God that you made that up.


96 posted on 02/13/2012 8:54:54 PM PST by mykroar (I believe in the simplistic notion that people who have wealth are entitled to keep it.)
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To: lbryce

Ministry of Truth.

Hey - it worked for the Nazis. :)


97 posted on 02/13/2012 8:55:42 PM PST by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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To: lbryce

Ministry of Truth.

Hey - it worked for the Nazis. :)


98 posted on 02/13/2012 8:57:14 PM PST by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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To: mykroar; Candor7; devolve

That thing about the anthem and Meet the Press is a hoax. The part about the “Teach the World to Sing” was written by John Stennis(sp?). Although it does start off with a grain of truth regarding Obama not wearing a lapel flag, and the photo of him holding his crotch while the anthem is played.

And even though he didn’t say it, you know that is how he, and his “first time I’m proud to be an American” wife really feel.


99 posted on 02/13/2012 9:09:06 PM PST by 21twelve
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To: All
Cool - several million investigative reporters digging up the TRUTH about Obama's past and current activities. Go for it!
100 posted on 02/13/2012 9:09:05 PM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
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