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Internet lotteries, misuse of tax exempt church resources, and campaign-sanctioned hate speech cut into Obama fundraising Two or three months ago, Republicans’ biggest fear was that Obama’s sophisticated Internet network would raise enough money to overwhelm McCain with limitless funds for advertising. Barack Obama believed this as well, as shown by his decision to reject Federal funding (and spending limits) for his campaign. The following E-mail from David Plouffe now reports, however, that McCain’s admittedly more primitive fundraising system is outperforming Obama’s system. It also suggests that disgruntled Obama supporters are closing their wallets and purses to further solicitations. Potential...

We remind our readers that, contrary to the Obama campaign’s disclaimer, the campaign does exercise editorial control over my.barackobama.com by deleting comments and blog entries that it finds “objectionable” or “disrespectful.” The Obama campaign apparently sanctions (tolerates) the following entry as neither objectionable nor disrespectful. http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/HQblog/gG5CKp/commentary By Yank from New York, NY Jun 5th 2008 at 12:20 am EDT There is NEVER a time to pander to WAR CRIMINALS… the mamby-pamby days of pretending Zionists are selling “Girl Scout cookies” is OVER.. AIPAC and Zionists are selling OUR AMERICAN CHILDREN’S BLOOD TO SHED OVERSEAS IN MIDDLE-EAST PROXY WARS … get...

Obama Campaign Sanctions Racist Hate Speech Contrary to the disclaimer "Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign," the Obama campaign exercises editorial control over the site by routinely deleting entries and comments it finds "objectionable" or "disrespectful." The racist pejorative "honky" is apparently not objectionable or disrespectful, like Michael Pfleger's "There were a whole lot of white people crying." The wisdom of a mainstream Oklahoma Democrat By Paul Tay - Feb 13th, 2007 at 12:22 pm EST Also listed in: 16 groups...

Obama campaign site’s outrage du jour: “Jewish neoconservatives” using “U.S. lives and money, to make the world safe for Israel” Contrary to the disclaimer “Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign,” Barack Obama’s campaign can and does exercise editorial control over MyBO by removing content that it deems “objectionable” or “disrespectful.” The following outrage du jour pretty much speaks for itself. http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/theodoreziolkowski/gG55NG Off His Axis. (Comments by Ted-Zee-Man) Opinion Watch Joe Klein blogs for Time: “The notion that we could just waltz...

“The above mentioned Jews continue to fan the flame of hateful passions against the Illinois Senator” The following is currently (July 14) at the HQ Blog (http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGCSNz/commentary). ... The above mentioned Jews continue to fan the flame of hateful passions against the Illinois Senator using demagoguery and pushing the Reverend Wright issue so that it remains in the foreground. Contrary to the disclaimer, “Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign,” it has been proven (as shown below) that the Obama campaign exercises...

Obama’s Biggest Asset is Also His Biggest Liability My.BarackObama.com, the user community site at Barack Obama’s official Web site, is vital to Barack Obama’s campaign and fundraising strategy. Supporter participation in the form of blogging and social interaction builds commitment and encourages donations. The Internet is in fact Obama’s key asset for fundraising and organizing, and it is what General Karl von Clausewitz would call his “center of gravity”–the asset that, if captured or overthrown, results in total defeat. Barack Obama’s campaign therefore cannot live without my.barackobama.com, so we must arrange matters so it cannot live with it either. This...

Democrats also falsely accused of crimes at Obama’s official Web site We are not attorneys, and we are not qualified to give legal advice. We know, however, that a false accusation of a crime is automatically libel under U.S. law. ...Furthermore, while it is harder to libel a public figure than a private citizen or corporation, it is not impossible. A member of Congress could probably, for example, sue someone who falsely and maliciously accused him of taking a bribe or committing some other crime. We are not going to re-post the specific libelous material that pervades Barack Obama’s official...

It has now been two days since we filed an explicit report of libelous content at My.BarackObama.com, which is under the editorial control of the official Obama campaign. There is no question as to whether the entry is libelous, because it levies a false accusation of a crime against an identifiable person (corporate or individual). We are not attorneys but we know that a false accusation of a crime is automatically libel; that is, the plaintiff does not even have to prove that he or it was damaged.As of today (July 10, 12:25 EST) the libelous material is still present....

We previously reported that Barack Obama’s user site, my.barackobama.com (aka MyBO) is under the editorial control of Obama’s staff. Moderators and administrators can and do decide what content is acceptable. They can and do delete content and terminate accounts for “objectionable” and “disrespectful” content. They have, however, failed to act on at least one report of libelous content–a false accusation of criminal activity that is directed at an individual or corporate “person.” As of today (July 9), the libelous material is still present despite being reported to the administrators yesterday morning (July 8).(Screen shot of objectionable material report) In other...

This comment has been up at Obama's site since November 2007. Besides, I think Bush has a greater risk of being assassinated. There was, a few years back, an attempt to kill Bush, but it failed (unfortunately - I know that's a terrible thing to say, but...). Re: Another reason why I love Barack!! That comment is here [http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/CxSx/commentary] on Obama Hussein's Barck's website. Obama's team manages to delete [http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/06/jihad-jemaah-is.html] every reference to fighting the jihad ( my friend Winged Hussar had a post devoted to fighting the jihad, and it was summarily taken down with 24 hours) every reference...

Comment on Sam Graham-Felsen’s blog also says it was “unfortunate” that an attempt on President Bush’ life failed My.barackobama.com is under the editorial control of the Obama campaign, and administrators can and do remove comments and blogs for “objectionable” or “disrespectful” content. Comparison of Zionists to the Mafia and Al Qaida, and a wish that an assassination attempt had succeeded, are apparently not “objectionable” or “disrespectful.” Post from HQ Blog: Obama Addresses AIPAC Conference COMMENT By Yank from New York, NY Jun 4th 2008 at 11:14 pm EDT We don’t have to be “careful” with AIPAC and Zionists . We...

First we had the New Black Panther Party, then Che Guevara. Now it’s the radical SDS and “By Any Means Necessary” Recall that the Obama campaign exercises editorial control over my.barackobama.com, and is quite capable of finding and removing “objectionable” material within a couple of days. This entry, which has been there for more than two months, is clearly not “objectionable,” at least not until it becomes yet another scandal that requires Obama to throw the writer under the bus. http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/kjoftherock/gGCSzQ Progressive Action Plan By ! ?kjoftherock?A New & Better Day! - May 1st, 2008 at 2:58 pm EDT Also...

This blood libel of Israel, Jews, and John McCain’s father is sanctioned by Barack Obama’s official campaign It has been established [http://husaria.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/obama-campaign-sanctioned-anti-semitic-and-other-hate-speech/] that Barack Obama’s official campaign site exercises editorial control over the content of my.barackobama.com, and is capable of finding and removing “offensive” and “disrespectful” material within two days. The following has been online for almost three weeks. It accuses Israel of deliberatly murdering the crew of the U.S.S. Liberty, American Jews with divided loyalties of complicity, and John McCain’s father of complicity in a cover up. The following entry is sanctioned (tolerated) by Barack Obama’s official campaign... Now,...

How to explain the reaction of Obama? It is surely the power of the Jewish lobby which explains the issue. Some scholars said that they control over 50% of TV and national press; their elites are one of the profiteers from war and its privatization; they control almost 40% finance speculative business (they are behind the auction houses by banks, foreclosure), but these are all speculations, there is no exact figure on the matter. What the Jews have admitted is that 40% of funds donated to Democrats in the primaries (especially the lady Hillary) came from the Jewish lobby. If...

Those members of congress who are Christian, have voted more towards the right wing of the Republican Party, and have indicated extremist ideas that are detrimental to our remaining a secular society united by common “American” beliefs and values. Instead, they have become very divisive rather than uniting and have contributed to the vehement rhetoric that seems to pervade our public discourse. They would rather pander to those evangelicals that have taken up the mantle of representing “true” American values. However, those same values allowed Christian Cavalrymen to massacre Native Americans, slavery, and the lynching of African Americans by white...

Obama campaign sanctioned blog entry that compares the "all-powerful Jewish lobby" to Hitler and Mussolini It is now a matter of proven record [http://husaria.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/obama-campaign-sanctioned-anti-semitic-and-other-hate-speech/] that the Obama campaign exercises editorial control over my.barackobama.com, and is therefore responsible for its content. The Obama campaign sanctioned (tolerated) the following material at my.barackobama.com until an uproar on external blogs like this one compelled its deletion. Tony Wicher’s “My Favorite Antisemite” at the Official Website of Barack Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign attacks the “Zionist Thought Police” and then quotes Desmond Tutu, who suggests that the “powerful Jewish Lobby” will fall like Hitler, Mussolini, Idi...

Although My.Barackobama.com carries the disclaimer, “Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign,” it has been established that the Obama campaign exercises editorial control over the content. The moderators have, in fact, proven themselves capable of finding and removing, within 36 hours, material that is critical of Obama. “Exercise of editorial control” does in fact mean that the Obama campaign at least approves (tolerates, sanctions) the material it allows to stand, although it did not “endorse” it. The following piece was removed, not...

Obama Campaign Responsible for Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Misogyny at my.barackobama.com Every page at my.barackobama.com carries the disclaimer, “Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign.” Exercise of editorial control, however, makes the owner of an Internet discussion forum responsible for the content. It is now a matter of proven record that my.barackobama.com has exercised such control and is therefore responsible for sanctioning (tolerating) hate speech against Jews, pro-Clinton African-Americans, and even women (noting that numerous postings called Clinton a “b****,” with one adding...

“Exercise of editorial control” makes Obama 100 percent responsible for his site’s hate speech against Jews, pro-Clinton Black people, and seniors We created our own blog at my.barackobama.com, which carries the following disclaimer: “Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign.” By deleting our blog and disabling our account, the Obama campaign just blew its disclaimer and can now be held 100 percent responsible for the anti-Semitic, racist, misogynist, and ageist hate speech it allowed to stand (in some cases for more than...