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‘Truth Team’ rushes to throw ‘Obama Phone’ woman under bus
Twitchy ^ | September 27, 2012

Posted on 09/28/2012 9:29:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

TruthTeam2012✔ @truthteam2012

FACT: Discounted phone services are provided through telecom companies, “the President has nothing to do with it.” OFA.BO/s2aYR9

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It didn’t take long for the video of a screeching Mitt Romney protester (and 47-percenter poster star) in Ohio to go viral and for #ObamaPhone to trend on Twitter. The Obama campaign noticed it too, and you’d think they’d be quick to thank such a passionate supporter for her boots-on-the-ground help, but instead the campaign’s “Truth Team” has wasted no time disconnecting.

RB@RBPundit

It's interesting that Team Obama felt the need to "correct" the #ObamaPhone stuff. A confident campaign would have brushed it off.

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But why? The woman said she’s voting Obama because the president gave her a free phone. Who’s to say he didn’t?

Obama’s Truth Team quickly tweeted out a link to FactCheck.org, which concludes that “Obama Phone” is a complete misnomer. FactCheck even manages to “blame Bush” for the program, noting that the SafeLink program, which provides free cell phones to qualifying applicants who receive food stamps, Medicaid or other federal benefits, “started under President George Bush.”

So, that free cell phone? Obama didn’t buy that. Mr. President, why don’t you want the poor to have cell phones?

TruthTeam2012✔ @truthteam2012 27 Sep 12

FACT: Discounted phone services are provided through telecom companies, “the President has nothing to do with it.” OFA.BO/s2aYR9

RB@RBPundit

So #ObamaPhone lady is a moron. And an Obama voter. RT @truthteam2012 FACT: Discounted phone services are provided through telecom companies

27 Sep 12 Reply Retweet Favorite

TruthTeam2012✔ @truthteam2012 27 Sep 12

FACT: Discounted phone services are provided through telecom companies, “the President has nothing to do with it.” OFA.BO/s2aYR9

S.M@redsteeze

Why is @truthteam2012 calling their own supporters liars?

27 Sep 12 Reply Retweet Favorite

TruthTeam2012✔ @truthteam2012 27 Sep 12

FACT: Discounted phone services are provided through telecom companies, “the President has nothing to do with it.” OFA.BO/s2aYR9

el SOOPer@SooperMexican

.@truthteam2012 why is Obama taking credit for what telecom companies do out of charity?!??! HE DIDN'T BUILD THAT! twitter.com/truthteam2012/…

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Cuffé@CuffyMeh 27 Sep 12

#ObamaPhone RT @truthteam2012: FACT: Discounted phone services are provided through telecom companies, “President has nothing to do with it”

John Hayward@Doc_0

@CuffyMeh I love that the Obama "Truth Team" has to explain his supporters are morons for thinking he gave them free phones.

27 Sep 12 Reply Retweet Favorite

But … free stuff!

Sunny@sunnyright

The Obama campaign "Truth Team" is now forced to scold Obama supporters for thinking he's giving them free s**t. Awesome. #ObamaPhone

27 Sep 12 Reply Retweet Favorite


TOPICS: Ohio; Campaign News; Issues
KEYWORDS: obama; obamaphone; romney; welfare
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When did "free" and "discounted" become the same thing?
1 posted on 09/28/2012 9:29:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I only saw a picture of a person that was related to the article - colored me surprised that that was a woman!


2 posted on 09/28/2012 9:32:22 PM PDT by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Make no mistake about it 0bama is getting votes from this...

0bama Phone dot net

The pic on that page has been changed since yesterday. It had what looked like an 0bama campaign website with a pic of 0bama, his logo and all the other trappings.


3 posted on 09/28/2012 9:32:26 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have seen the Obama phone web site a while back. Not sure if its still there.

They actually claim on the site that the phones are not paid for by tax payers (the small print justified this false statement by the hand waving argument that the tax is paid by telecommunication companies and so is not a tax on people).


4 posted on 09/28/2012 9:36:00 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: AndyTheBear

Yes, that is the claim that telecom companies pay for it and that they are prohibited by law to pass that cost to customers. Isn’t that a laugh?


5 posted on 09/28/2012 9:39:48 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: TigersEye

This change since this morning! Like you said when I went there just this morning it had Obama’s picture logo and the whole works! Damn can someone find a archive of the original page?


6 posted on 09/28/2012 9:45:43 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

This is what the page looked like just this morning!
7 posted on 09/28/2012 9:47:17 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

It was made up to look like an official campaign site wasn’t it? I hammered those liberal lying @#$%suckers bigtime on the Youtube video until the comments were disabled and they all disappeared.


8 posted on 09/28/2012 9:48:46 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: Kartographer

Beautimus! That’s it.


9 posted on 09/28/2012 9:50:13 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Does it mean that I can no longer get a free Obamafone wif mah foo stams?


10 posted on 09/28/2012 9:51:41 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: TigersEye

Once something hits the web you can scrub all you like but it never goes away completely!


11 posted on 09/28/2012 9:51:51 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

Good find. I was going to go look but you’re too fast for me.


12 posted on 09/28/2012 9:53:48 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: Kartographer

Exactly lol!!!!


13 posted on 09/28/2012 9:56:35 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Obama campaign "Truth Team" is now forced to scold Obama supporters for thinking he's giving them free s**t. Awesome. #ObamaPhone

That's the funniest thing I've read all week. In the midst of these dark times, I'll just appreciate the laugh.

14 posted on 09/28/2012 9:57:01 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: justiceseeker93; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.


15 posted on 09/28/2012 10:02:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: ConservativeMan55; TigersEye

But they are working to scrub it. I’ve already seen some disappear from searches.


16 posted on 09/28/2012 10:04:54 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Today USF is an $8 billion annual program, nearly quadrupling in size since its inception, with the bulk of that increase going to landline and wireless phone companies.

Maybe this massive growth would be no concern if USF were a model program with a sterling reputation for efficiency. But it’s not. One recent study found that 59 cents of every USF dollar raised for rural networks was spent on administrative expenses and general overhead. A 2010 audit of the rural USF program found that one out of every four dollars sent to participating phone companies was an “overpayment,” with nearly a billion dollars unaccounted for.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120911/17543120349/fcc-commissioners-all-claim-other-guy-came-up-with-this-crazy-broadband-tax-idea.shtml


17 posted on 09/28/2012 10:09:07 PM PDT by Fpimentel
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To: Kartographer

Libs just cannot stand the light of day. Cockroaches!


18 posted on 09/28/2012 10:13:52 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: TigersEye
Just went there with the wayback machine. They cleared the cache too.
19 posted on 09/28/2012 10:20:49 PM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: Slump Tester

I don’t quite know how that works but doesn’t it take a few days for a deleted/changed webpage to show up on Wayback?


20 posted on 09/28/2012 10:27:21 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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