Posted on 09/15/2011 5:55:18 AM PDT by tlb
A source within the Obama campaign has told Mediaite, that in just the first day, the user-generated research tool has been nothing short of an enormous success. In less than 24 hours weve had over 100,000 people sign up at the website, which indicates significant interest from supporters.
While the volume of conservative critiques speaks to the intensity of the oppositions feelings towards the Obama administration, at the very least this digital effort did its job bit perhaps instilling a little fear in the GOP campaign efforts. Its not difficult to imagine social media staffers at the RNC scratching their heads and saying why didnt we think of that?
The essence of AttackWatch is the Obama campaign outsourcing of opposition media research to its army of loyal supporters. Among the critiques leveled at this interactive effort is the notion that this is some vestige of Big Brother keeping an eye on citizens opposed to the White House politics. This would be a fairer analysis if it were made before the advent of social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. In the brave new world that is oppo research and political smear campaigns, leveraging the passion of ones political base is not something that we should fear, but rather a smart and savvy political move.
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I waded over to the DU swamp, and unbelievably the two, yep count ‘em two people who said it was a bad idea, and laughingstock were attacked by everyone else..
They must be drinking the extra fortified koolaid over there.
I believe you! I think I will go post something also. Keep em busy reading a bunch of crap.
Zero’s website is reminiscent of the Hitler Youth reporting their parents.
I did the same thing. It was so much hilariousity (yeah, I know that's not a real word), and good to see comments like "If I'm being honest, if George Bush would've done something like this, I'd have gone ape-sh*t"
They’re working on the way to deliver the news after the next election. “A record number of people showed up to vote for president and congress yesterday. It was a huge success.” No reason to mention who won.
An early thread on this subject yesterday had a post that said he/she had just gone to the site and only 5,000 people had signed up. He/she went on to further say how few people that was.
Following that, of course, we at FR and other conservatives around the web, got wind of this nonsense, and decided to play the game on our terms.
Spin, spin, spin...you have to admire the progressives for their uncanny ability to make right sound wrong, bad sound good, and to say in public the opposite from what they say privately. Any time I hear a progressive speak, I simply hear it backwards, and then I know what they are actually thinking. But they can turn a word!
When I went to the site, it appeared to me that you had to contribute at least $10 to brocko in order to prove your bona fides.
So, I figured I’d head on over and see what the hubbub was all about
Second screen served REQUIRES a donation to BO’s campaign. No way to get in without it.
Well, a fool and his money are soon parted.
And this:
And this:
I felt it was my duty to turn myself in.
Maybe they didn't think about something like that because they're not fascists?
You can access the comments via twitter.by searching #attackwatch and selecting “all”.
You can access the comments via twitter.by searching #attackwatch and selecting “all”.
Maybe, more the Obama-Gestapo.org
The twitter feed is hilarious to go through. Just go to twitter and search for #attackwatch.
Lousy Freeper trolls.
LOLOL!
Or as they say of Zippo and his jobs bill
“A fool with your money just farted”
Do you get a free, brown shirt when you sign up?
Just glancing as some of the tweets/twits [?], I recognize numerous names.
It is so nice that so many want to help out. :)
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