Pro-Obama hashtag backfires on Twitter (LOL LOL)

The Hill ^ | 9-14-11 | Alicia M. Cohn

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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."

[Darksheare]

@geoffs73
Geoff Is it me or does #AttackWatch feel rather like #MiniTrue?

People ARE paying attention!

[agere_contra]

Agam_T RT @iowahawkblog: Remember #AttackWatch - no matter how bad things get today, at least you’re not #TGMTDWS

Just to translate this hilarious Twitter meme for those who might not know: #TGMTDWS means "The Guy Married to Debbie Wasserman-Schultz" - who is by definition the unluckiest guy in all time and space.

[5thGenTexan]

Technology is an amoral, double-edged sword. It can be used to rapidly disemminate it, but it can also be used to crack down on, and distort it.

Yes, tech is a two-edged sword. But, the point is the particular technologies we are discussing here are, by design, difficult to control. Now that people have the tech, they will notice it being taken away and immediately react. Governments have lost the ability to control the message to the degree Hilter and Stalin had.

Plus, you can get the word out to a large audience before you are silenced (public life insurance) in a way you could not standing on a soap box literally on a corner in some town somewhere. Those people disappeared long before many people heard their message.

Even if the government acts on what you said, they cannot make it unheard even if it they delete it from the outlet.

[Lucky9teen]

bvparrot

bvparrot Songs by Dan Fogelberg stole my masculinity in the 80s!!! #attackwatch

EEElverhoy

EEElverhoy CRIPES! I just saw someone lift with their back and not their legs. This just won’t do. @AttackWatch are you aware of this?

jmac82

jmac82 RT @jimgeraghty: RT @AttackWatch: Romney blamed job losses in 2007 and 2008 on Obama—before he took office. | Okay. Let’s stick to crap job market since 09.

LisaGraas

LisaGraas That would be Rule #1 “Power is ..what the enemy thinks you have.”@osPatriot: @Cash_Rules_: @attackwatch Which Alinsky rule is #attackwatch?

Who_Is_Red5

Who_Is_Red5 RT @iowahawkblog: I’m grateful to live in a country where the totalitarians are so hilariously inept. #AttackWatch

ProudMedicsWife

ProudMedicsWife RT @MrsD55: Dear #AttackWatch, If I tell you what my Pastor said, can I have an ObamaCare waiver?

jamescchandler

jamescchandler RT @I_Hate_Hippies: @AttackWatch Someone’s lying about the president on TV right now. Wait. That IS the president! #attackwatch

robertcurlin

robertcurlin Funniest 2! MT @diggrbiii: In < 24 hours, @AttackWatch has become biggest campaign joke in modern history. http://t.co/qegIZbV

HighleyUnbound

HighleyUnbound RT @CuffyP: “...and then, I was all, Attaaaack Waaaatch!” http://t.co/Ukggd5c #AttackWatch

Esgaroth

Esgaroth RT @I_Hate_Hippies: @AttackWatch I tried to find some red/black themed posters for you, but only ones I found are in German and have a funny symbol #attackwatch

veinarmor

veinarmor RT @pdigaudio: @RWBEagle The conservatives have coopted the #attackwatch hashtag. Another Acme product explodes in the face of Wile E. Obama

rac80

rac80 RT @DLoesch: So glad #attackwatch is here to dispel those unfounded attacks involving Solyndra, Gibson, Fast and Furious, Gulf moratorium, NBPP, etc.

ATruthBeKnown

ATruthBeKnown See Conversation @jimgeraghty @AttackWatch LOOSE the RINO ROMNEY!

MarianDClough

MarianDClough RT @USAHipster: #AttackWatch Obama is killing jobs. Arrest him.

PFBatt

PFBatt WaaaaahRT @iowahawkblog Remember #AttackWatch - no matter how bad things get today, at least you’re not #TGMTDWS

einerdrake

einerdrake SEIU Intimidation Manual Exposed! http://t.co/eSjK5Nz #evil @attackwatch

CincoMike

CincoMike RT @rac80: RT @MelissaTweets: RT @eddiebear: hey @attackwatch investigate the whole country for not watching Olbermann #attackwatch LMFAO!!

iteabellsingers

iteabellsingers RT @Doc_0: Does your neighbor have his Obama 2012 bumper sticker proudly displayed? No? Send a photo of his plates to #AttackWatch! We’ll fix him!

shen245

shen245 RT @Cash_Rules_: @attackwatch Which Alinsky rule is #attackwatch?

Jenny_IDLYITW

Jenny_IDLYITW Dear @AttackWatch, these people are telling the truth about Obama’s family tree. Make them stop! http://t.co/ZGxpmTE #AttackWatch

eltuito

eltuito #AttackWatch ...we have to kick off our Bedroom Slippers? Who put that shit on Barry’s teleprompter? #p2

RPPatriot

RPPatriot RT @biggovt: Watch the Very First AttackWatch.com Commercial!: Yesterday, Barack Obama’s official Twitter account announced a... http://t.co/elbMrgH

CARAGIA

CARAGIA See Conversation @michellemalkin @misfitpolitics Priceless!!!! Both the video and of course, the stupidity behind the #attackwatch account. LOL

AttackWatch2

AttackWatch2 RT @Krackerjam: #attackwatch Heard the OBAMA isnt even a good golfer even though he plays all the time @attackwatch

gardenofthegods

gardenofthegods RT @anchteaparty: RT @hoosierclinger Turn in 15 neighbors get a free waffle at IHOP! #attackwatch

nrallentando

nrallentando RT @iowahawkblog: I’m grateful to live in a country where the totalitarians are so hilariously inept. #AttackWatch

bgfain

bgfain Should we self-report on @AttackWatch or is that a special snitch site? #AttackWatch

J_Noah_Rod

J_Noah_Rod Just received my new #attackwatch I ordered from barakobama.com. Weird, the date won’t advance past 1/20/13. ??

Karpfischer

Karpfischer See Conversation @XoziBL #attackwatch !!! You speak wrong!!!

MeghanTarsitano

MeghanTarsitano Fave tweet re #attackwatch: “If I turn in 10 people, do I get an official brown shirt?”

Viniator3

Viniator3 See Conversation @iowahawkblog Bizzaro NYT op-ed circa 2007: Bush Extends Dictatorship with #AttackWatch

Hbe8411

Hbe8411 See Conversation @AttackWatch

B_Bugs

B_Bugs RT @conservativeray: Federal Reserve was created to stop boon/bust cycle. 16 years later: Great Depression #endthefed #tcot #teaparty #gop #tlot #attackwatch

gardenofthegods

gardenofthegods RT @biggovt: Watch the Very First AttackWatch.com Commercial!: Yesterday, Barack Obama’s official Twitter account announced a... http://t.co/elbMrgH

rac80

rac80 See Conversation @kesgardner @moderncomments great Orwell reference. i am sure those #attackwatch are are surprised so many people have read the book!

TheSmallgGay

TheSmallgGay RT @Doc_0: Does your neighbor have his Obama 2012 bumper sticker proudly displayed? No? Send a photo of his plates to #AttackWatch! We’ll fix him!

RockyMtnDigs
42 minutes ago

RockyMtnDigs RT @FloridaJayhawk: Hitler would have loved @AttackWatch - There were people screaming all over “HE IS KILLING THE JEWS BY THE MILLIONS” #AttackWatch

[Lucky9teen]

candysliceolife

candysliceolife Coincidence that @attackwatch colors are the same as Nazi flag? #attackwatch

jsmith4966

jsmith4966 Al Gore invented the internet just to humiliate Obama with #attackwatch

tarheeltroll

tarheeltroll You know #AttackWatch is on to you when the Dems start breaking your windows. #Kristallnacht

Dbright21

Dbright21 #AttackWatch somebody put the empty milk carton back in the fridge. Please get to the bottom of this!

RSRumbler

RSRumbler RT @iowahawkblog: I’m grateful to live in a country where the totalitarians are so hilariously inept. #AttackWatch

pianojones73

pianojones73 Obama eats smooth peanut butter. #attackwatch

Arevill

Arevill The #attackwatch hashtag is hilarious. Obama’s “rat out your neighbor to the federal government” website totally backfiring.

Barracuda_Bob

Barracuda_Bob My disabled WW2 Veteran neighbor insults Obama every day, he flies the American flag 7 days a week, sic him.... #attackwatch

jswifty250

jswifty250 See Conversation @prfekrdumbrella @drudge @Drudge_Report @theblaze Flashback! WH creates email to tattle on your neighbors http://t.co/3friHVu #attackwatch

msmrphy

msmrphy “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”, #attackwatch!

SenseiMonkeyBiz

SenseiMonkeyBiz RT @Mello_Rello23: It dont matter if we on #AttackWatch when our country already corrupt as fuck and deceives us daily smh

Super_Patriot

Super_Patriot AttackWatch, new Obama campaign site to ‘fight smears,’ becomes laughing stock of the Internet http://t.co/U16UbEY #ocra #teaparty #sgp

rac80

rac80 RT @adamsbaldwin: RT @PatDollard “Video - Attack Watch: The Commercial...” - http://t.co/g4UZN0m ~ #AttackWatch #MiniTru

brendanloy

brendanloy Hey @AttackWatch, Barack Obama just asked me out on a date. You may want to alert Michelle. #AttackWatch http://img.ly/8ojm

attackwatcher

attackwatcher #AttackWatch Facts: George Soros or Warren Buffett = Good Billionaire. Koch Brothers = Evil Billionaire. Just stick to the facts people.

SouthernBella24

SouthernBella24 RT @J_Noah_Rod: Just received my new #attackwatch I ordered from barakobama.com. Weird, the date won’t advance past 1/20/13. ??

bobbi85710

bobbi85710 See Conversation @attackwatch Who really own 5046 Greenwood? #attackwatch @whitehouse Or is it another front foisted on Americans?

WDKIV

WDKIV RT @ScottInSC: #Obama has a snitch-site for little cry-baby liberals to tell on fellow #Citizens who disagree with his #Socialist policies. #AttackWatch

TeenerTim

TeenerTim Hey @attackwatch, there was an idiot in Congress last Thursday that kept screeming “pass this bill” when no bill had even been submitted.

madisonmom4

madisonmom4 RT @DaggettBeaver: #attackwatch we much, we must and we will much about that be committed.

KyllikiT

KyllikiT TMZ; Tareq Salahi believes his wife Michaele Salahi abducted Great job guys #AttackWatch

mimpd123

mimpd123 #attackwatch I think my neighbor is harboring conservatives in their attic. Please send the gestapo...um...I mean the DHS.

fadscientist

fadscientist See Conversation @BarackObama campaign has Tea Party moles. Nobody who likes the president would ever launch something as bad as @attackwatch. #attackwatch

nchenry1

nchenry1 RT @thorninaz: Hey #attackwatch, I saw 6 ATM’s in an alley, killing a Job. It looked like a hate crime!

einerdrake

einerdrake » Retail Sales Flat in August, Demand for Autos Declines - Big Government http://t.co/rquyaFL STOP THE LIES @attackwatch

ColorMeRed

ColorMeRed Uh oh..there’s a brown #AttackWatch van in my driveway. No..wait! It’s just UPS...whew! #tcot

Oxco

Oxco RT @GunFreeZone: @GaltsGirl Buying a Gibson Guitar with Illegal Wood? You will be reported to #attackwatch

JigsawPress

JigsawPress RT @Norsu2: #attackwatch: I saw kids setting up a lemonade stand the other day. And their parents had a flag in their yard.

EnriqueCartman

EnriqueCartman Some jerk next to me says George Soros puts Geoducks “inside himself!” This is NOT TRUE! #attackwatch http://t.co/6h02yyX

WeThePeople2K10

WeThePeople2K10 Hey @BarackObama, since you like spending tax payer $ for jobs, why don’t you spend some for our space program that you killed? #attackwatch

soylentbeige

soylentbeige See Conversation @Attackwatch If I disparage Obama, get reported, and start noticing black helicopters following me, am I paranoid AND racist? #attackwatch

[kalee]

Does Obamacare cover that?

[metmom]

Yer not alone......

[Darksheare]

Is it me or does Debbie Wasserman-Schultz look either stoned out of her mind, or resemble a washed up porn star in most of her pictures?

[COBOL2Java]

Umm, what’s a “hashtag”?

Not sure, but whatever it is I'm sure Obama smoked it at one time.

[kalee]

I just told my dd the same thing. lol

[all the best]

I’, way ahead of you. As a patriot American I have already reported the voters of NY-9, CBS for their poll saying only 33% approved BO on economy(investigate and then shit ‘em down), Steve Wynn for comments on BO and economy, Rush for what I thought he just might say today. Others coming.

[LibertyRocks]

I’ve been tossing a few of my own into the hash-tag today... I haven’t laughed this hard in a LONG, LONG time! So many witty folks out there on the interwebs!

[pyx]

An Example;

Log in to Twitter.com

Type #AttackWatch in the Search box at the top center.

In a SECOND Page Tab in the large box at the top of the screen you could type;

#AttackWatch The text of your message goes here.

Then CLICK on the Tweet button.

You will see your Tweet appear on the Page #AttackWatch after one minute or so.

[AZ .44 MAG]

Thanks for the laughs.

[IC Ken]

Anyone know best way to get coffee spit off my monitor?

[maggief]

RogueOperator1 RogueOperator
Some racist guy named Joe called Obama a “clean and articulate” black guy. I don’t know about you, but that smacks of racism. #attackwatch
4 minutes ago

EinDC E
LOl! RT @DaggettBeaver #attackwatch I want to report a guy who farted in the elevator but refused to blame it on Bush.
1 minute ago

TinyPrincess_D Dora Dora Dora
RT @WolvesOfLiberty: #attackwatch Obama actually created 2 jobs yesterday...Republican Mark Amodei seat and Republican Bob Turners seat
6 minutes ago

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I wonder what happened? hehe.

[GOYAKLA]

Please, do not ____________..
Aw, Hell never mind.

[Bigg Red]

Watch The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers.
The Biggest Joke On TV! (0bama logo here)

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I love it!

[MrB]

Do not taunt Happy #AttackWatch