Call to Action: Google-Bombing the Election (starts Oct 24th..beware)

MyDD ^ | 10-23-06 | MyDD

[SideoutFred]

The utilization of Google Adwords and simultaneous, widespread embedded hyperlinks in order to drive as many voters as possible toward the most damning, non-partisan article written on the Republican candidate in seventy key US Senate and House races. The campaign will run from Tuesday, October 24th until Tuesday, November 7th.

[SideoutFred]

These guys are unbelievable. The GOP better wake up to the web side of politics and in a damn hurry

[goodnesswins]

Google Bomb The Elections A BlogPac Netroots Project

Targets
District Republican Article URL Notes
AZ-Sen Kyl, Jon
AZ-01 Renzi, Rick
AZ-05 Hayworth, J. D.
AZ-08 Graf, Randy
CA-04 Doolittle, John http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doolittle#Controversies Lots of corruption angles here
CA-11 Pombo, Richard
CA-50 Bilbray, Brian
CO-04 Musgrave, Marylin
CO-05 Lamborn, Doug
CO-07 O'Donnell, Rick
CT-02 Simmons, Bob
CT-04 Shays, Christopher
CT-05 Johnson, Nancy
FL-13 Buchanan, Vernon
FL-16 Negron, Joe
FL-22 Shaw, Clay
ID-01 Sali, Bill
IL-06 Roskam, Peter
IL-10 Kirk, Mark
IL-14 Hastert, Dennis
IN-02 Chocola, Chris
IN-08 Hostettler, John
IN-09 Sodrel, Michael
IA-01 Whalen, Mike
IA-02 Leach, Jim
KS-02 Ryun, Jim
KY-03 Northup, Anne
KY-04 Davis, Geoff
MD-Sen Steele, Michael
MN-01 Gutknecht, Gil
MN-06 Mchmann, Michele
MO-Sen Talent, Jim
MT-Sen Burns, Conrad
NV-02 Heller, Dean
NV-03 Prorter, Jon
NH-02 Bass, Charlie
NJ-Sen Kean, Tom
NJ-07 Ferguson, Mike
NM-01 Wilson, Heather
NY-03 King, Peter
NY-19 Kelly, Sue
NY-20 Sweeney, John
NY-24 Meier, Raymond
NY-25 Walsh, Jim
NY-26 Reynolds, tom
NY-29 Kuhl, Randy
NC-08 Hayes, Robin
NC-11 Taylor, Charles
OH-Sen DeWine, Mike
OH-01 Chabot, Steve
OH-02 Schmidt, Jean
OH-15 Pryce, Deborah
OH-18 Padgett, Joy
PA-Sen Santorum, Rick
PA-04 Hart, Melissa
PA-06 Gerlach, Jim
PA-07 Weldon, Curt
PA-08 Fitzpatrick, Mike
PA-10 Sherwood, Don
RI-Sen Chafee, Lincoln
TN-Sen Corker, Bob
TX-22 Sekula-Gibbs, Shelley
VA-Sen Allen, George
VA-02 Drake, Thelma
VA-10 Wolf, Frank
WA-Sen McGavick, Mike
WA-05 McMorris, Cathy
WA-08 Reichert, Dave
WI-08 Gard, John
WY-AL Cubin, Barbara


They are looking for negative articles on these candidates. Read the article....it's damning.

You should post this again tomorrow....when it'll get more reading.

[oneamericanvoice]

Who says it's non-partisan, especially coming from Google.

[La Enchiladita]

Ping.

[Purrcival]

So what can we do about this? Has the RNC been alerted?

[BigSkyFreeper]

So in other words, they have no issues.

[Purrcival]

Nefarious Plot ping

[rmlew]

We had better start to Hyperling every time we mention a good candidate such as those in the Northeast. Sue Kelly, Pete King, Bill Simmons, Chris Shays, Curt Weldon, John Sweeney and Tom Reynolds need our help!

The George Soros funded Center for Media and Democracy has a rather insidious project called Congressopedia. I it s a hit job on Republicans, masquarading as a fair site.

[kcvl]

Another wormy looking freak.

[SideoutFred]

I tried to put it in breaking news but the admin kicked it out.

How does one get priority around here?

[kcvl]

Chris Bowers

Ain't he cute. /sarcasm

[goodnesswins]

Try again tomorrow? LOL....I don't know....but, I would think this is news...whether it's "breaking" is likely the issue.

[weegee]

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

"...widespread embedded hyperlinks in order to drive as many voters as possible toward the most damning, non-partisan article written on the Republican candidate in seventy key US Senate and House races. The campaign will run from Tuesday, October 24th until Tuesday, November 7th."

Most damning non-partisan article? Isn't that like finding the healthiest deep fried pork "bits" corn dog?

The Socialist Soros Left continues to manipulate the media to smear the opposition. Can't win on the issues so they resort to dirty tricks. Can't they move out of mom's basement and get a real job? Or are these the geeks who work the "help desk" at public colleges and have lots of time to kill?

[nutmeg]

FYI... This could be worrisome for Republican candidates. Here's an excerpt of what's going on:

What
The utilization of Google Adwords and simultaneous, widespread embedded hyperlinks in order to drive as many voters as possible toward the most damning, non-partisan article written on the Republican candidates in seventy key US Senate and House races. The campaign will run from Tuesday, October 24th until Tuesday, November 7th.

Why
According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, the number one way that voters use the Internet for political action is to search for information on candidates. During the final two weeks of the election, it is reasonable to expect that as many as twenty million voters will be searching for information on candidates online. During this key time, this project will help push the most negative article written by a non-partisan media source on all key Republican candidates to the forefront of any search for that candidate. The negative article will appear both high on all Google searches for the candidates, and as an advertisement that appears whenever anyone searches for that candidate. By giving this article two prominent locations on Google searches for the candidate, and because it will come from a non-partisan source, it will increase the likelihood that the article will be seen and trusted by those searching for information on the candidate.

How
The campaign will proceed as follows:

* Step One: With help form readers at Dailykos and MyDD, I will compile a list of seventy articles, one for each targeted race. Every article will focus on a different Republican candidate, and will be written by as generally trusted a news source as possible. It will also present as unflattering a view on the Republican candidate as possible. All of these articles will be placed into a database that I will maintain with the help of willing volunteers...

Read full text here: Call to Action: Google-Bombing the Election

[Elyse]

Exactly, when you know you can't win on the issues you start slinging the mud.

[TBP]

Dimmycraps are shameless.

[NautiNurse]

written by as generally trusted a news source as possible.

The dead giveaway.

[AmeriBrit]

They've been very busy already burying derogatory articles about RATS.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721812/posts

Last week when you 'googled' Dan Sutton, the first page was all about this investigation, now there's only one on page one, the next is on page three. All the other links are about how great he is. No doubt this one and the one on page three will have disappeared by tomorrow.

Argus Leader: Senator identified - Dan Sutton

http://dakotawarcollege.blogspot.com/2006/10/argus-leader-senator-identified-dan.html

[Coleus]

Google Bombing The NJ Election
http://enlightennj.blogspot.com/2006/10/google-bombing-election.html

[BigSkyFreeper]

It also suggests to me that their ground campaign ain't worth a bucket of spit. They're staying home and Google bombing.

I don't use Google, and most people I know don't even use Google.

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.

[ELS]

I don't use Google, and most people I know don't even use Google.

A lot of people that use Google, and there are a LOT even if you and your associates don't, are totally clueless that Google has a leftward bias.

How can one get Google to stop this deliberate attempt to influence the election? Are the algorithm programmers part of this plan or are the search results just being manipulated by the users of Google?

[ELS]

Targets:
AZ-Sen Kyl, Jon
AZ-01 Renzi, Rick
AZ-05 Hayworth, J. D.
AZ-08 Graf, Randy

They are nervous that AZ can vet voters by requiring a photo ID. This prevents the Dems from committing their usual forms of voter fraud. At least the Dems are trying to persuade by use of reason.

[goodnesswins]

Maybe people should notify hosts like Rush, Mark Levin, Medved, Hannity, etc....at least then people might know a little more about what Google allows.....

[Purrcival]

I notified Hannity and Brit Hume last night after I saw this.

[BigSkyFreeper]

How can one get Google to stop this deliberate attempt to influence the election? Are the algorithm programmers part of this plan or are the search results just being manipulated by the users of Google?

It may be a combination of the two.