Obama, Axelrod, and Smears
By Matthew Weaver on September 23, 2008 at 2:45 PM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Sarah Palin
Barack Obama is responsible for the viral hysteria against Governor Sarah Palin. Upstaged, surprised, and embarrassed by McCain’s pick after snubbing Clinton, Obama, his nutroots gangs, and the mainstream media freaked out. Rumors and wild accusations flew. Obama spoke once on this hysteria denying any campaign involvement and saying he’d fire anyone involved.
But contrary to his single statement, not only did Obama’s campaign start the viral hate, over the next few weeks, the rumors and lies continued unabated. Now, thanks to research by Dr. Rusty Shackleford at The Jawa Report, we now know that Obama’s campaign was not only involved, but very likely the initial source of the viral hate directed at Governor Palin.
Last week, Obama escalated the viral hate by calling on his supporters to take the gloves off in their attacks. As Jake Tapper notes at ABC, this is at least the fourth time Obama has made this call to engage in gutter politics.
Obama’s gutter campaign makes clear that:
- Hope and Change is a lie, and that
- Claims of innocence are a deceptive smoke screen.
If you haven’t read it already, I highly recommend you take a few minutes to read The Jawa Report in full. It is convincing and damning. Shackleford and his colleagues conclude:
Our research suggests that a subdivision of one of the largest public relations firms in the world most likely started and promulgated rumors about Sarah Palin that were known to be false. These rumors were spread in a surreptitious manner to avoid exposure.
It is also likely that the PR firm was paid by outside sources to run the smear campaign. While not conclusive, evidence suggests a link to the Barack Obama campaign. Namely:
Evidence suggests that a YouTube video with false claims about Palin was uploaded and promoted by members of a professional PR firm. The family that runs the PR firm has extensive ties to the Democratic Party, the netroots, and are staunch Obama supporters. Evidence suggests that the firm engaged in a concerted effort to distribute the video in such a way that it would appear to have gone viral on its own. Yet this effort took place on company time. Evidence suggests that these distribution efforts included actions by at least one employee of the firm who is unconnected with the family running the company. The voice-over artist used in this supposedly amateur video is a professional. This same voice-over artist has worked extensively with David Axelrod’s firm, which has a history of engaging in phony grassroots efforts, otherwise known as “astroturfing.” David Axelrod is Barack Obama’s chief media strategist. The same voice-over artist has worked directly for the Barack Obama campaign. This suggests that false rumors and outright lies about Sarah Palin and John McCain being spread on the internet are being orchestrated by political partisans and are not an organic grassroots phenomenon led by the left wing fringe.
Additionally, they raise important questions that demand answers from Obama and Axelrod. In particular,
Senator Obama, did you direct, fund, or know who did, these smear ads by your advertising group Publicis or Winner & Associates? Have you or will you take steps to stop these ads? Will you fire those involved, including Axelrod?
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What about the ‘Obama Girl’ crush video. What is the likelihood that it was astroturfed?
I wouldn’t be surprised if someone didn’t find a link.
Sara Palin is a functional idiot!!Stupid and unexperienced..Heartbeat away from the presidency..I can see Russia from my house!!!
Funny, I am just not believing this guy!
But, the problem is that so many people (a half of the US population) believe this person. Please someone explain to me why this is happening?
I found this in the comment section at McPalin Mavericks: It seems to suit this report
OBAMA IS A SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT.
HE LEADETH ME BESIDE STILL FACTORIES.
HE RESTORETH MY FAITH IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
HE GUIDETH ME IN THE PATH OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE BREAD LINE, I SHALL NOT GO
HUNGRY.
OBAMA HAS ANOINTED MY INCOME WITH TAXES, AND MY EXPENSES RUNNETH OVER,
POVERTY AND HARD LIVING WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.
THE DEMOCRATS AND I WILL LIVE FOREVER IN A RENTED HOME.
BUT I AM GLAD I AM AN AMERICAN, I AM GLAD THAT I AM FREE.
BUT I WISH I WAS A DOG AND OBAMA WAS A TREE
http://mcpalinmavericks.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/us-bitter-old-bible-thumpin%e2%80%99-gun-totin%e2%80%99-females-will-show-them-who-really-rules-2/#comments
omg…LOL…thanks for posting!!
Ok, I know this is OT, but –
Can anybody spell out what McC’s approach to this market mess is? Is he for reining Paulson in too, or how does his position compare with Hillary’s, and does BO have one yet, besides ‘no blank check’?
McCain will be holding a presser in a few minutes where he will take questions and make statements to the effect. Tune in to FOX if you’re able to.
Yes, OT but I’d hope that he’d be more specific, even in defining boundaries than Obama’s near blanket support of Paulson. Obama’s come up with a blank, now congress, both parties, are balking. I suspect McCain will follow suit.
OT: You know Matthew I know you get a lot of crap, some of it deserving.
Although sometimes I suspect you do so just to bring out contrasting thoughts and ideas. For debate purposes. But, I have to tell you I really respect that you, Larry, Susan, and several of the other’s who post articles here take the time to read the comments in your posts. Take the time to post some replies. You don’t see that very often on blogs. It’s just a here is my opinion, talk amongst yourselves I could care less what you actually think. I’m right, you’re wrong so there is no reason to engage any further.
Thanks!
Yes, I do like to be online when my posts publish to share and engage in the discussion.
OT, but I’d like to see how we might create some longer-lasting clearinghouse on ideas and information on specific topics as they often get lost in the mass of posts and comments in our 24×7 Internet age.
Yes, “evidence suggests”. This is a great way to spread rumor and try and call it fact. Evidence suggests. Just more hype since Obama is up in the polls. Lob bombs and see if anything will stick. Obama is not responsible for the “smears” against Sarah useless. She is. The American people have a brain and can figure out this woman has no place in this race. I suppose we can expect more of the same crap for another 40 plus days. Thank goodness this is over soon so you can all get back to your republican b.s.
Please see my comment later in this thread. If you have specific, substantive points to raise, please do. Yes, the evidence “suggests” and shows that Obama is responsible for the smears. Not toward the current end of the thread links to additional reports and info on Winner & Assoc. claiming responsibility for the smears. These are Obama’s advertisers. So, suggestive is understating the link.
palosi made that(blank check)statement,FIRST.
B o has had two get it two news conferences in as many days,
now he is copying HILLARYS views.
The Debunking of the Rape Kit charge by NRO:
Liberal bloggers have cited the story of Wasilla charging victims for rape kits as evidence that as mayor, Sarah Palin backed cruel and insensitive policies. But just about everything we know from initial accounts of this controversy is wrong.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODA1YWM5ZjM2ZTU5ODliZTY2NTczMGUwZWYwNTVlMTQ=&w=MA==
I didn’t see this charge itemized in the Yawa report but it might be interesting to list out the various rumors and trace them back to their earliest posts and then see if these sources are linked.
Here you go a list of the rumors, you have to go to updated posts to see the latest rumors. I think it’s up to 87???
http://tinyurl.com/6b3mqq
As a claims executive, this is the norm in all crimial cases. The city, county and state look for a payor and do subrocation. If a crime victim presents their self to an ER, their insurance info in ask for. Their insurance is billed and their insurance company goes back to the state, county or city for reinbursement.
There is no debunking the truth. She is a rat and a scrouge on woman. I am a woman and she is an idiot. Go do your homework on this. She did charge for rape kits upwards of 1100.00 or more and now claims, gee I didn’t know anything about it. Yeah right. I suppose she has a bridge she wants to sell too? Useless woman. She obviously has never known anyone who was raped or she would not have dumped more humiliation on these woman. She disgusts me. She is no Hillary.
You are simply repeated unsubstantiated and debunked Obama talking points. If you have a point to make, please include links to credible news that will support your view. We all like a good discussion based on facts your “She is a rat and a scrouge on woman. I am a woman and she is an idiot.” is offensive, unnecessary, and discredits anything else you might want to say or discuss.
World is upside down: kid suspended for anti-Obama shirt
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/obama-is-no-terrorists-friend-so-stop-saying-that/
Matthew, like most stories that break here, I will forward to all media contacts on my e-mail list, including some campaign managers to the McCain camp and some contacts in the RNC. Something tells me though, that this won’t break the blogosphere arena. Just a hunch.
That’s the problem with so much of the ‘news’ in our current 24×7 Internet arena. Everything is stale and forgotten before it is every given appropriate attention. Plus, there are so many character issues, lies/flip-flops/omissions, and other challenges in Obama’s campaign that it is difficult to know just where to start. Almost every topic has room for further investigation and publicity, both for single-issue voters and for big picture folks.
Do we talk about Ayers, Obama’s false resume/past, his confusion on gun control, his hate, his views on NAFTA, now on economy, and on campaign finance, and so much more. A list of his lies alone numbers in the 100s and I found one site last week claiming over 1,000. Which are important and to who?
Finally, how to get through to or past the MSM? It is shocking to see them ignore and parrot lies about Ayers and Obama, for example.
I think that one way to talk about it is revisiting certain stories that circulated on blogs for months before the MSM picked it up… TUCC for example.
I remember getting so frustrated trying to find any information on Obama before the TX primary. I heard all about his church on blogs months before that story broke.
It was and still is frustrating to read your local paper, knowing the story and reading just the one side of the news. I swear some reports read like a talking point memo that campaigns release on various topics and issues.
At any rate, I think that Obama and his team have participated in the dirtiest, slickest whisper campaigns ever. I have every reason to believe the Jawa Report’s Dr. Rusty Schackleford on this one.
Do we talk about McCain’s confusion? No. All you want to talk about is Obama. There is no one here truthful. I guess we can ignore all the lobbyists working for McCain too? They are all crooked politicians, McCain just has had more practice at deception and no one calls him on his crap. It is time to throw both parties to the sidewalk. Crooks and liars the lot of them. The deregulation king has forgotten he was for it before he was against it. McCain looks like a fool along with every other politician. This country is on the verge of collapse so let’s put McCain in charge? He helped this happen with all of his cronies. Enough.
This post and thread is looking at Obama, Axelrod and their ties to the smear campaign against Governor Palin. There have been other posts, even open threads that raise questions about McCain and Palin–this is not, in my opinion a one-side site. I and others have even questioned Clinton–this is not a cult site.
But to your questions:
Do we talk about McCain’s confusion?
What confusion? Or, are you subtly addressing his age with a stereotype?
…lobbyists working for McCain too?
If I understand correctly, there are no active lobbyists working for McCain. One recent accusation was found untrue–the guy and his company haven’t had any accused work in something like three years. The question over lobbyists is a bit disingeneous anywas as both candidates have folks working for them who have at some time in their past worked as lobbyists–either directly or indirectly. Is there a meaningful complaint about this or simply an attempt at gotcha?
They are all crooked politicians, McCain just has had more practice at deception and no one calls him on his crap.
Okay, what about McCain do you find as crooked? By comparison–Michelle Obama got a nearly 300% raise from her employer and Barack then secured a $1M+ earmark for them. That’s crooked wouldn’t you think? What about Obama’s ‘boneheaded’ real estate deal with Rezko (and the many lies and omissions about it)? Now, about McCain, beyond his link what 20 years ago to S&L, he’s been clean. Have you anything specific to suggest otherwise?
It is time to throw both parties to the sidewalk.
Your general statement won’t get much dispute by most folks.
Crooks and liars the lot of them.
Again, please be specific–some are but many are not.
The deregulation king has forgotten he was for it before he was against it. McCain looks like a fool along with every other politician.
I beg to differ on this. McCain’s been complaining about many excesses for years–see his legislative proposals from 2005 regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for example. While he may be for deregulation, he’s had a long repuation against fraud, abuse, and so forth.
This country is on the verge of collapse so let’s put McCain in charge? He helped this happen with all of his cronies. Enough.
McCain isn’t responsible for the collapse and he’s got a track record that suggests he’d take a very different approach on many issues. I haven’t seen him surrounded by party or business cronies that would raise question about his positions. Obama by comparison has no experience–either in legislation or otherwise. Last week Obama said he agreed with Paulson and Bush, opting to stand aside. What a cop out! We don’t need Bush 3, even if by a Democrat. Now he’s out parroting McCain and Clinton. Why not put either of them in instead of a wannbe that has nothing directly to offer?
Anyway, I’m sure others here at NoQuarterUSA will disagree with some of my points–we are not monolithic. No respectable conversation is shut down, even if off-thread. And as SusanUnPC wrote earlier today, email a topic suggestion or post if you’d like to engage in a specific discussion–include good, solid references to substantiate your points.
Matthew
matthew, put a sock in it.
Did Obama Just Lose Pennsylvania?
So we have the Post talking about bitter voters in small towns in Pennsylvania, Joe Biden trashing a major state industry, and a pollster desperately trying to hide the fact that McCain may actually be leading in Obama’s biggest must-win state.
I’m just sayin’.
http://patriotroom.com/?p=2329
Yes.
And that doesn’t take into account the greater number of Dem crossovers this year. NE PA (aka Hillary) Dems will not vote 0bama.
i lived in NE Pa for 45 of my 50 years and im sure pennsyvania will not be duped by THE ONE.
I am a dem and will NEVER vote for Grandpa Munster. Hillary would be appalled at your ignorance. She wants the dems to have control. Period. All of you trying to convince yourself otherwise are drinking the McCain koolaid.
On the contrary, the Clinton’s have great admiration for John McCain and I have no doubt they would be very comfortable with him leading the country (you know “the greatest country in the history of the world” that Barack Obama wants you to help him change).
This phenomenon of weighing polls to reflect party is new to me. So this is what they’ve been talking re the Gallup Daily. Interesting. Great post at Patriot Room–so many good blogs, so little time!!
I’m always embarrassed to admit knowing anything about statistics, and this sort of stuff (weighting) is why. This is lying with numbers, or darn close to it. The numbers are what they are and the statistics are really descriptions of the distribution of the numbers in various circumstances, but conclusions are arbitrary and philosophically driven. Thanks for pointing out this post, it is a good one to refute statistics trolls.
I think this campaign has been doing dirty tricks all along. You just can’t say anything or else, you know, the R label.
Naturellement, cherie.
Piggybacking on the above posts about S0et0r0 losing PA, the Philadelphia Inquirer preps its readers for an 0bama loss as a result of You Guessed It!
(Funny - when Lynn Swann, a real African-American, lost to Ed Rendell, the Inquirer editors knew it was because Rendell was more qualified to run the state. Nothing to do with racism at all.)
Barky’s campaign has a definite pattern to it. When things turn on him, they yank out the race card quicker’n you can say ‘Bob’s you uncle.’ Since he went up and down so fast last week, I was expecting him to “reveal” his “new” plan, and yep, it was McCain/Palin’s plan. He’s such a weak, pathetic, thing.
And I’m waiting for someone to notice what I’ve been seeing. Sarah Palin is campaigning as a FAMILY! Her husband and kids are with her. And her little one, Piper, is adorable and quite the Mommy’s girl, following her mom all over the stages and platforms. There’s such a distinct difference between the way the Palin’s interact with their children and the way the Obama’s do. Barky’s little girls huddle together on stage, and don’t approach either parent until either Barky or MEchelle comes and grabs their hands.
Obama’s new politics initially attracted me — he was going to run a “different” campaign. Now we see he routinely engages in political deception, such as his lie about McCain’s position on Social Security. http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obamas_social_security_whopper.html
Now Obama is lying about McCain’s position on stem cell research — McCain is now for it, a position he changed in 2001. Jake Tapper has the details:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/from-the-fact-3.html
Isn’t this right down Axelrod’s alley? He has a lot of experience in astroturfing which is essentially the same thing they are doing with this viral campaign against Palin.
I think history will show that Obama with his ties to ACORN, Public Allies, and campaign staff like Axelrod are heavy into astroturfing.
Here is a link to a video “Explosive Video, Fannie Mae CEO calling Obama and the Dems the “Family” and “Conscience” of Fannie Mae” that is very interesting in light of the Fannie fiasco. This was posted by texastam at Texasdarlin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvG-s_Ssb0
Didn’t some other celebrity vow that we’d… smoke ‘em out - or, maybe it was that if they found out anyone in their administration was behind the Plame leak, why, they’d fire ‘em but good! I think her name was Valerie Plame or Wilson or something like that. Wasn’t she with the FBI?
Barry’s got the power of scrubbing bubbles! 20 year heartfelt relationship with pastor- Scrubbed Away!
Inconvenient family members, friends & troubling associates? Scrubbed away!
Allegations of negative campaigning? Fake race baiting? Scrubbed away!
He’s cooler than the teflony Ronald Reagan, Tony Blair & George W. Bush put together! This man has it down to an art, a science!
Nothing sticks to him because he is become the post-partisan, post-history scrubbing agent itself! Those aren’t ahhs & umms coming from the flickering teleprompter- they’re, they’re thoughtful thought bubbles of zen-like emptiness! Filled with yummy goodness magical spells of forgetting exactly what astroturfing means-ness! Nooooo- you never read Edward Bernays or wondered who Saul Alinksy is or why Bill Ayer’s wiki is so “markedly different!” than his blog. He blogs!!! Forget you knew that. Do NOT ask about Penny Pritzker! Or Mike Klonsky! No NONONONO! You must forget in a dainty scrubbing sea of pleasantly lemon scented bubbly goodness & just- you know, go with it.
Wait til you see him rewrite American history!
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Well, we know he is a liar, don’t we?
His earliest promoters and drunken supporters were pushing the story that Palin’s newborn was actually the teenage daughters.
And then claiming the Palins were forcing her daughter to marry the father of the child.
From Andrew “Boo Hoo” Sullivan, to DailyKos and the early promoters out to the smaller blogs then emails.
HE then goes overboard on the lies and smears on Palin herself, because 1, she’s a woman, 2, because he asked to stop the children attacks (we’re guessing), so he had to make up for it.
“Get in their face, argue with your neighbors” is hardly a new kind of politics, unless he meant “Camp Obama bringing Chicago gutter politics to every neighborhood near YOU!”, paid for by the candidate who wants to be king.
Obama is not going to answer any of those questions…he would be done.
He is innocent…blink, blink…(doe eyes)…
yeah, right
In Wisconsin, Obama giving speeches to empty orange seats in the same place McCain/Palin spoke to 10,000 a few days ago. Hmm….
Oh, and the latest information on Clinton supporters: They’re STILL not voting for Obama.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080923/D93CC8A80.html
Appropriate.
An empty suit talking to empty seats.
Governor Sarah Palin is as ready as *anyone* to handle world affairs.
I find it a waste of energy to try to use logic w Obama supporters. They are not capable of reasoning or they would not be supporting Obama. They get defensive and rant when the truth comes out. Obama is linked to all kinds of corrupt people and those types of people are the ones that do what his supporters are doing. Of course Obama knows about the Palin smears and is somehow involved.
Here, here, I agree that it’s a waste of energy and time to respond. It’s also a waste of time for those citizens reading the comments. The trolls don’t come here to engage in civil discourse they come here to “Get in our face”.
I motion that we Scroll past the trolls.
Is Tapper a dupe or a stooge?
Calling for engagement in gutter politics leaves those who have not been paying attention thinking gutter politics are a change rather than SOP.
I wonder what Obama is going to come out and spin this latest gaffe by Biden about no coal in America let them build all those mines in China.
This news is sure making the round on the net Biden seems to be on a roll lately, he is just sending them in one after the other lol
OT, but it is interesting to see the continued, subtle and not so subtle, differences being stated by Bill and Hillary Clinton and, especially Biden. It really suggests that none of them are on the same page. I wonder when and if Biden and Obama talk? Even today there were almost sparring reports between the two in the media, rather than in private conversation.
I am really wondering myself what is going on, this is too good to be true, gaffe after gaffe it does look as if Biden is not to happy with Obama or people in his camp, because he sure seems to be doing and saying everything opposite to Obama lately.
Its hard to believe that this is just natural error, first the video on Mc Cain, now this with the coal, pretty soon am sure we are going to see less and less of Biden, they are going to lock him away from the public until election day lol
Biden reminds me of a guy who’s been in a company so long, that he thinks everyone was there and can follow his monologue. The way he grabbed that girl’s shoulders and talked to her, it’s like a drunk at a party who just babbles on and on and all the while you’re thinking “damn, your breath stinks”.
Actually I’m tending to think this discord between Obammunist and Biden, especially that it’s being played out in the media for all of us to see, is a plan they have to push Biden out and bring Hillary in. I could be wrong, and it’s JMHO, but it’s too weird that they are allowing all of us to see that Barky and Biden could be so out of touch with each other.
I’m hoping this doesn’t happen as I surely wouldn’t want our Hillary anywhere near this train wreck when it goes down.
Good gracious - PLEASE don’t say that! Please tell me that Hillary will have the foresight to steer clear of Obama’s train wreck! Even she can’t save Obama’s campaign now, and it would be unnecessary dirt on her record to step in at the last minute attempting to save Obama’s trifling ass!
I am getting 5-10 emails a day soliciating money for barry and maybe 2 from McCain. But, I have gotten two messages from Mccain asking for contributions with a call back number and a name. I called back and got the person who left the message and gave $100, just because they did not do high tech, they ask. Change you can believe in? Politics the new way? I want accountability and that means no small unknown donors from who knows where.
Matthew Weaver:
Thank you for the article and links. You did a great job! Greatly appreciated!
OT:
Undercover Black Man has great taste in music, but his complaining about your article don’t stand up to his own standards. This is from his blog:
Even though the story has been debunked, he can’t resist quoting “anonymous sources” and posting it on his blog. He’s too lazy to do the research for himself…so he’s going to attack you on your research.
The Army is lucky to have her son.
When there is a bill that ends up on my desk as president, you will have five days to look online and find out what’s in it before I sign it,” “When there are meetings between lobbyists and a government agency, we will put as many as possible online for every American to watch. When there is a tax bill being debated in Congress, you will know the names of the corporations that would benefit and how much money they would get. And we will put every corporate tax break and every pork-barrel project online for every American to see. You will know who asked for them and you can cast your vote accordingly.”
Doesn’t this sound like McCain’s speech at the RNC and other speeches related to the Wall St issue?
NOPE! It’s Barry out on the stump today in Wisconsin. I guess this his why it took him so long to come out on this issue, he needed to wait to see what McCain said then claim it as his own.
Here’s a link to the story:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1178184,obamarally092208.article
I was reading through the comments on this linked article and found this one interesting:
angela jackson wrote:
I now know as a FACT that Obama campaign paid and non-paid volunteers are monitoring ALL the WWW news sites and boards and in force posting pre-prepared Pro-Obama / Anti-McCain/Palin comments.
My neighbor’s son volunteers 5 to 6 hours a day at the Denver Obama/Biden HQ’s and among dozens other volunteers man workstations 24×7 aggressively monitoring all news websites and boards relentlessly posting pre-prepared Pro-Obama / Anti-McCain/Palin comments.
Boxer Mum,
if you get a chance, go to the McCain website for events in the SE PA area.
There may be some PUMAs at the Chester Heights event.
OMG that’s just too much for me to bear. That’s beyond ‘chameleon’ and beyond pathological lying. That’s beyond the Hillary affect. That’s beyond tolerance. This man is beyond any measure of decency ever known in politics. With that he shows he should be indicted with Rezco today and made to appear in that court for Fraud. This man is a common thief.
I can see McCain having a heart attack on Friday at the Debate if he hears Obama recite that litany of ideas copied directly from him. He will not know what to say. And yes, he will have a fit right there in front of 40 million Americans. And the MSM are going to say that McCain has a temper. A temper. If it was me I would walk to him and grab him by the throat and choke him until his eyes pot out.
That is his strategy for the debate. He will do an SNL and impersonate McCain in front of McCain. This man needs a psychiatrist to examine him. We are allowing a demented pathological liar run for president.
Actually the idea of placing bills on the internet for citizens to see is not new. Bill Clinton did it when he was President. Clinton would put the bill on the net when it was first introduced and you could track it all the way to final passage in and out of committees, etc.
This is nothing new. It just goes to show Obama is so green he does not know much of anything.
Obama must think that we are stupid!!!!!
Ok Barry do like Sarah and put the government check book online too, so we can see where all the money is going lol
Man this guy always have to rip some idea off of someone to say his plan, and the media never tells him excuse me but we heard that a day ago from someone else can we have something new now.
Obama the copy cat, nothing original about this man at all
Thanks Matthew,
The gloves came off when the presidential candidate stated “they bring a knife, we bring a gun”.
Now that dialogue like that is “appropriate”, I’d say that everything goes!
Some of the thuggery is starting to dribble out, by way of conservative columnists, but we need a floodgate to open!
McCain/Palin…and soon!
Update for y’all on the bailout mess…
http://centristnetblog.com/daily-news/paulson-vs-congress/
Also, Kurtz finally published his article on Ayers, Obama and the CAC.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122212856075765367.html?mod=rss_opinion_main
What’s most interesting to me is the effect of the smears. It’s like they (the Barky campaign) were on auto-pilot and just started throwing it out in cyber space and the MSM. Yet, it’s the gift that keeps on giving for the McCain campaign. Unbelievable!
I’d really love to know who picked Gov. Palin. One of the most brilliant political moves I’ve seen, well, ever, I think. She’s squeeky clean, enthusiastic, and most important of all, she’s real, true blue working class, the voters all pols hope to identify with (and usually fail miserably). And her husband works with his hands. And he’s union. And he’s unpapered. I noticed that on Sunday, they were standing side-by-side, and he was signing autographs just as rapidly as she was! So different from Obama/Biden. Last clip I bothered to check out, it was the two guys, in their shirt sleeves, “connecting” with the “little people” while keeping them away with ropes! UN-frickin’-BELIEVABLE!
It’s just more manipulation!
All this so-called grass-roots movement they LOVE to tout was never anything more than Night Club politics. Where you either pay people to stand outside the club or purposefully don’t let people in just to attract a larger crowd and get them interested in what’s going on inside. It’s false intrigue. Creating a buzz when there’s no reason for there to be one.
Now all the young people and people who are too old to care about such things as being “cool” but do anyway, HAVE to join the club or be thought of as not being cool enough to one of those who makes it inside.
The TRUE grass movement is what happened with PUMA. This make us a threat because they didn’t create it, they can’t control it or those of use who are apart of it.
And come Nov. 4 our REAL movement is going to weed whack their Ass-troturf of a candidate!
September 23, 2008 FYI:
JERUSALEM : In spite of Sen. Barack Obama’s claims to the contrary, the Democratic presidential nominee had a close working relationship with former Weathermen terrorist leader William Ayers when the two served alongside each other on a hundred-million-dollar education foundation, according to the group’s own archived records.
The records also show Obama’s and Ayers’ foundation granted money to radical leftist activist causes.
Obama worked closely with terrorist Bill Ayers
Records show collaboration on funding leftists despite claim he’s just ‘a guy’ in neighborhood
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76022
Thank you Mr. Weaver for posting this important article. I must admit, after reading Jawa Report yesterday, it made my blood boil. I see another Obama dirty style behind the scene job and it is so despicable.
As we all know, the mainstream media will just sweep this story under the rug to protect their “precious one.”
Let’s take a look at the update of this article:
September 22, 2008
Ethan Winner Responds: Claims He Produced Video
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/194180.php
Ethan Winner’s excuse is too fishy for my taste, so did a little digging and found a link with a great reply to his bogus story.
This rebuttal is posted by clobbergirl her rendition IMO is very accurate:
This post contains a healthy dose of conjecture. I make no apologies for this.
As I mentioned in my update earlier, Ethan S. Winner of Winner & Associates has attempted to take full credit for the devious anti-Palin video meant to look like part of an anonymous grassroots campaign. If you want to see his statement at length, go to Jawa. I’ll just be making fun of the really dumb parts here. In short, this chipmunk is attempting to throw himself on the grenade and shield the Obama campaign from the blast.
http://clobbergirl.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/ethan-s-winner-the-sacrificial-chipmunk/
Ohh, one more thing to add and it lends credence to this story.
From HotAir:
“Could this be true? Normally, one would shrug off such a suggestion by saying that no national campaign would be dumb enough to try this, especially one ahead in the polls.
However, consider what Team Obama did to Stanley Kurtz and David Freddoso. They don’t seem hesitant in the least to conduct smear campaigns and character assassination to win elections, and they conducted those two attacks openly. With that kind of track record, it doesn’t seem out of the question for them to have conducted a slimy, unethical attack on a political opponent who threatened to steal all of the oxygen away from their campaign in a way that hid their involvement.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/22/corporate-sockpuppetry-for-team-obama/
I read the links in a bit; maybe this and other news will lend itself to an update/follow-on post about Obama’s smear campaign.
Thanks,
Matthew
I wish there was someone to get this information to press. Evidently it must be true becasue the obamabots are biting extra hard to day. And they only get like that when someone is tellign the truth about their lord and savior.
I did send E-mails to the Mainstream media yesterday, after reading the report. I’m sure a lot of those who read it probably would’ve done the same.
But the media seems to be “mum” regarding this story.
Heck, what the hell do we expect out of them, they are in the tank for Obama.
I just read somewhere that the polls are tied again. Is it true?
Polls are hard and time consuming to keep up with. Like everyone, I like watching them but don’t get too hung up on them. If you want some entertainment, when you see a big change in one or several against Obama, go take a look at TPM and see the immediate dispair as they live and die by the polls.
As sure as the sun rises every morn, when the cock crews, we can always count on the noble Barack, of the Obama clan, to play good cop/bad cop.
Mathew, great article, well researched and logically presented. With regards to the voice-overs, there are forensic labs that can do a voice print and comparison. Do you know of any good cops or research labs thatwould handle it.
I bet Sean Hannity would be interested in it, he would love to nail that pretensious bastard.
Matthew-
Good article.
Look at how Soros’financed “Media Matters’ is trying to spin this (astro turfing) story in an effort to dismiss what may have really been going on.
http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200809230002?f=h_top
Published Tue, Sep 23, 2008 9:00am ET by Eric Boehlert
an excerpt.
“Jawa was at the center of an overexcited right-wing blog launch Monday morning (”extensive research” was involved!) with a completely circumstantial report that basically accused somebody who may or may not have had indirect relations with the Obama campaign of posting an anti-Palin video on YouTube “aimed at discouraging people from voting for McCain/Palin.” Period.
We know, it didn’t make much sense to us either. We guess Jawa’s point was that the Obama campaign was somehow trying to create the perception of a viral video when in fact the clip was professionally made. We’re talking real above-the-fold breaking news, right?
Well, it turns out the Los Angeles-based public relations specialist who Jawa accused of being the Obama bag man on the YouTube clip, Ethan Winner, did in fact create the video. He did it himself and paid for it himself and the campaign was not involved in making or spreading the YouTube clip. (Even if the Obama team was involved, so what?) ”
End of excerpt.
So…they think its okay why?
Media Matters thinks this is okay?
Media Matters…Remind us again what your mission statement is please.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Matters_for_America
Excerpt from wikipedia.org
“Funding sources
In May 2004, the New York Times reported that Media Matters has received “more than $2 million in donations from wealthy liberals” and “was developed with help from the newly formed Center for American Progress”.[23] According to the Cybercast News Service, Media Matters has received financial support from MoveOn.org, Peter Lewis, and the New Democratic Network.[24]
According to Bill O’Reilly and others, George Soros is funding Media Matters through Democracy Alliance — an organization of progressive donors.[25][26] The Democracy Alliance does not collect and distribute money on behalf of its members. Alliance members donate directly to the organizations of their choice.[27] Media Matters has stated publicly on numerous occasions that Soros has never given money to the organization either directly or through another organization.”
I’m getting ready to read the media matters link but I’ve got to first say that you should skip any wikipedia.org information as it is incredibly suspect and more than likely not true or complete. Anyone can post, edit, or delete on the site with review or reference. It is not credible.
Hi Matthew-
Wiki content should always be verified-
I check last edit dates on wiki to see when last changes/updates made.
I check the references that are posted at the end of the wiki article. For me-this is a dead give away as to how much credence I should place on particular fact passed on in the article (i.e. if statement is sourced from tabloid which writes about flying saucers versus a conservative news publication versus a liberal website).
Whenever I read any articles about topics that can be politically sensitive-I proceed with GREAT caution when reading WIKIpedia.
Again-I check the source at the bottom of article whenever I encounter any ‘fact’ that I think might be slanted.
Wiki has its good points and bad points but I think we should not throw out the baby with the bathwater .
We can’t quote wiki as an irrefutable source of info either.
In general though, I refer to to it quite often as good starting off point.
I also verify anything controversial on the site to a second source.
Obama Astroturfing Hillary way back when:
http://archives.neuralgourmet.com/2007/03/22/obama_campaign_astroturfing
Mr. Matthew Weaver,
Perhaps you ought to create an update article in reference to the Sarah Palin’s interent smear attack
-aka- “astroturf-gate.”
This story is taking a life of its own and getting more interesting.
I’ve been surfing google and getting some great info’s about it.
Erick Erickson…
“The ties from Winner & Associates trace back to David Axelrod, chief strategist for Barack Obama. As previously noted, Axelroad is a master of astroturf campaigns. After the Jawa Report broke the story, someone mysteriously edited Axelrod’s Wikipedia entry to delete all references to his various astroturfing campaigns.”
“Couple the circumstantial evidence with the ongoing coverup — Axelrod’s Wikipedia entry suddenly edited, eswinner and friends removing evidence from the internet, etc. — and it appears the Jawa Report has uncovered a real story of organized online astroturfing designed to smear Sarah Palin on behalf of the Obama campaign”
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=28656&s=rcmp
Ray Robinson…
“video from the Detroit Mayor’s office produced by Mayor Archer’s political consultant David Axelrod was noted as a key part of the Winner directed effort. This revelation places Axelrod in a direct working relationship with the Chuck Winner PR firm in a past campaign.”
“Axelrod is considered by many to be a master of planting campaign messages on the internet to look like they did not originate from an organized campaign, a practice know as “astroturfing” (because of the fake grass-roots nature of the message). The joint effort on the Prop E campaign is the first public indication of a direct tie between the Obama campaign team and the Winner PR firm.”
http://www.examiner.com/x-701-National-Defense-Examiner~y2008m9d22-PR-firm-behind-Palin-smears-has-history-with-Obama-media-chief-Axelrod
Granted these two reporters aren’t mainstream, but the details in the report seems plausible.
The one that will solidify this story would be the female voices on the video ads I’m sure there’s a more of out there. If they are proven to be the same…we have an “Astroturf-gate in our hands. Ohhh I’d love to see it on MSM breaking news.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2008/db20080314_121054.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily
Businessweek, “The Secret Side of David Axelrod -The master of “Astroturfing: has a second firm that shapes public opinion for corporations-
by Howard Wolinsky 3/14/08
An excerpt:
“From the same River North address, Axelrod operates a second business, ASK Public Strategies, that discreetly plots strategy and advertising campaigns for corporate clients to tilt public opinion their way.
He and his partners consider virtually everything about ASK to be top secret, from its client roster and revenue to even the number of its employees. But customers and public records confirm that it has quarterbacked campaigns for the Chicago Children’s Museum, ComEd, Cablevision, and AT&T.
ASK’s predilection for operating in the shadows shows up in its work.
On behalf of ComEd and Comcast, the firm helped set up front organizations that were listed as sponsors of public-issue ads.
Industry insiders call such practices “Astroturfing,” a reference to manufacturing grassroots support. Alderman Brendan Reilly of the 42nd Ward, who has been battling the Children’s Museum’s relocation plans,
describes ASK as “the gold standard in Astroturf organizing.
This is an emerging industry, and ASK has made a name for itself in shaping public opinion and manufacturing public support
hmmm ok, sure…Axelrod had absolutely nothing to do with the Gov Palin smear campaign…Axelrod doesn’t know what the heck the fuss is all about.