Posted on 09/17/2008 9:30:37 AM PDT by IrishMike
Much of Barack Obama's political success can be traced to a database listing contact information for millions of people, a tool that has proved invaluable in raising record sums of money and organizing a national volunteer network.
Now Obama's presidential campaign is increasingly using the list to beat back media messages it does not like, calling on supporters to flood radio and television stations when those opposed to him run anti-Obama ads or appear on talk shows.
It did so as recently as Monday night, when it orchestrated a massive stream of complaints on the phone lines of Tribune Co.-owned WGN-AM in Chicago when the radio station hosted author David Freddoso, who has written a controversial book about the Illinois Democrat.
The latest use of the database, called the Obama Action Wire, is proving yet another new and potentially powerful tactic in the closing weeks of a campaign that has already been dominated by Internet-based messages and media.
The aggressive rebuttals are very much informed by Obama's determination to avoid being victimized by the sort of attacks leveled against Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee stung by TV ads run by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
"The Action Wire serves as a means of arming our supporters with the facts to take on those who spread lies about Barack Obama and respond forcefully with the truth, whether it's an author passing off fiction as biography, a Web site spreading baseless conspiracy theories or a TV station airing an ad that makes demonstrably false claims," said Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt.
Sen. John McCain's campaign uses the Internet for fundraising and organization but does not have anything like Obama's alert system to bombard a specific media outlet in real time.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
*SUCH* Forgive the typo please!
Count me in too!
Great idea. Count me in too.
Sign me up, too! I am sick of Obama’s lies.
Compiling Action Wire Ping List:
Cinnamontea; IrishMike; lildoc511; God luvs America; piytar; mainestategop; jfc; mmanager; darkwing104; oldsarge; lovesdogs; redrover; danae; greyfoxx39; allegra; markomalley; edzo4; WIconservative01P2; AuntB; maeng; Granny Rudd; BornToBeAmerican; Texas4ever; mamab; patriot08; smokingfrog;
GitmoSailor; jonrick46; Ultimatum; griswold3; LibLieSlayer; polymuser; upchuck; Virginia Ridgerunner; Norman Bates; buccaneer81; Cinnamontea; Purrcival
Setting up a quick Wiki site right now so we can manage the information.
I bet this can be used against Obama.
Imagine a viral going out to the supporters with erroneous Obama talking points or contradictory talking points or misdirecting talking points.
You could even have them calling their own HQ with angry messages for being a fake Obama HQ.
political jui jitsu.
I’ve created a wiki so we can all keep track of information and all of us have access to the ping list.
To edit this page, simply click edit at the bottom of the page. Everyone who wants to be involved can use this. This way no one person is burdened with keeping up and people can take part as they please.
Want to be on the list?
I’d like to help too.
nice!!!
Just visit here:
http://oaw.wikidot.com
Add your name to the ping list. As an Obama Action Wire Response Team Commando- you also will own the list, which means you can ping everyone on the list. All our commandos are also list and action managers.
These Hopeheads also have a tactic of coming off as a ‘Concerned Christian Conservative.”
They infect blog comments always claiming to be republican but they seem to only speak good of Obama and bad of McCain and Palin.
AceOfSpades is on to these cultists.
Add me to the ping.
Done.
WE have a Wiki for our master list of information and ping list so you can add or remove yourself or ping the list if you need.
Thanks for taking the lead on this M.
No prob.. hopefully the way I have this set up, no one person has to manage the ping list, we all work as a team on this.
Will you also add me, please?
What a fantastic idea :-)
Mob mentality, Mob rule.
We are the hostages.
You know your stuff.............Thanks
You are added.
You can add, remove, or modify your listing or ping anyone on the list and even add information here:
All members of the ping list are also owners so one person doesn’t have the responsibility to do it all.
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