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How will President Obama deploy his Internet army?
McClatchy Newspapers ^ | November 5, 2008 | Frank Greve

Posted on 11/07/2008 1:08:05 PM PST by OPS4

WASHINGTON — A powerful new lobbying force is coming to town: Barack Obama's triumphant army of 3.1 million Internet-linked donors and volunteers.

In a mass e-mail thanking them, written moments before his Grant Park victory speech, Obama put them on notice. "We have a lot to do to get our country back on track, and I'll be in touch soon about what comes next," he wrote.

Many are eager. "I'm going to be sitting at the phone, asking, 'What do you want me to do next? I'm ready,' " said volunteer Courtney Hood, 37, a mother of three from Owings, Md.

How Obama will use his ardent laptop-armed cadres is unclear. So is the extent to which they'll rally behind his priorities, press him for their own or both.

(Excerpt) Read more at mcclatchydc.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho2008; bloggers; digitalbrownshirts; dncarmy; obama
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Get Prepared and redruit new members for Freerepublic, Suppor Freerepublic, we will need to be vigilant and ready to take them on.
1 posted on 11/07/2008 1:08:05 PM PST by OPS4
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He will force NSA to look for new ‘tags’ in their monitoring of all world communications. The ‘tag’ words will be words commonly used here. Contributors are secondary to him now. He , with the Congress, effectively has control of the Treasury - he doesn’t need the piddly money from the contributors anymore. What he will begin rooting out is dissent.


2 posted on 11/07/2008 1:10:57 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: OPS4

An army of bots.


3 posted on 11/07/2008 1:10:57 PM PST by henkster (Lawyers will lead the Marxist revolution, armed with subpoenas...)
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To: OPS4

I must delay my comment to this - “....sitting by my phone waiting for instructions.”

I will be back later.

God Bless America!


4 posted on 11/07/2008 1:11:41 PM PST by TNoldman
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To: OPS4
Jesse sees his ship leaving port at Obamah's celebration party. (not photoshopped - Rooters/Jason Reed


5 posted on 11/07/2008 1:11:58 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: OPS4

> How will President Obama deploy his Internet army?

If History is any indication it could be something like “Kristallnacht”.


6 posted on 11/07/2008 1:12:16 PM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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He already has. FR is full of them. Look for sign-up dates from May to December 2005. So far they are mostly trolls.
7 posted on 11/07/2008 1:13:25 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Nemo me impune lacessit.)
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To: TexasCajun

Cut his balls off!


8 posted on 11/07/2008 1:14:32 PM PST by Nihil Obstat
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To: OPS4

ping


9 posted on 11/07/2008 1:14:34 PM PST by Glacier Honey (`)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

We’ve seen this played out before. What happens when the ‘True Believers’ lose patience? They’ll need to have a new object to ‘hate’.


10 posted on 11/07/2008 1:14:49 PM PST by griswold3
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To: griswold3

> They’ll need to have a new object to ‘hate’.

I wonder if they have a candidate in mind?


11 posted on 11/07/2008 1:16:42 PM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: OPS4

Community organizers all..


12 posted on 11/07/2008 1:17:32 PM PST by vietvet67
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Here’s how Obama will use them:
Their next e-mail:

Watch your neighbors and co-workers. Watch your friends and their acquaintances. Make note of who comes and goes. Make a journal of times and dates. We need you to help us keep this country safe.......


13 posted on 11/07/2008 1:19:15 PM PST by Red Badger (Hey! Look on the bright side! At least Joe Biden is out of the Senate!..........)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

“Kristallnacht” will look like a tea party................


14 posted on 11/07/2008 1:19:59 PM PST by Red Badger (Hey! Look on the bright side! At least Joe Biden is out of the Senate!..........)
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To: OPS4

There only 1,460 days until election day 2012.


15 posted on 11/07/2008 1:22:01 PM PST by Perdogg (01-20-2013)
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To: griswold3

“I’m going to be sitting at the phone, asking, ‘What do you want me to do next? I’m ready,’ “ said volunteer Courtney Hood, 37

When the Phone Don’t Ring, They Will Know its Obama!


16 posted on 11/07/2008 1:22:35 PM PST by Holicheese (Get up Tom Brady, get up! PLEASE!!)
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Many are eager. “I'm going to be sitting at the phone, asking, ‘What do you want me to do next? I'm ready,’ “ said volunteer Courtney Hood, 37, a mother of three from Owings, Md. ....................

Yes master, what ever you say master, I will do what you tell me to master, just give me somebody else's money so I can pimp my ride and by a big screen TV.

17 posted on 11/07/2008 1:23:35 PM PST by onlylewis (libs want a two class system, one rich one poor)
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To: OPS4

My thoughts exactly. Many liberals will join and attack us relentlessly.


18 posted on 11/07/2008 1:23:39 PM PST by realcleanguy
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To: mad_as_he$$

“He already has. FR is full of them. Look for sign-up dates from May to December 2005. So far they are mostly trolls.”

I’ve been a flaming lefty peak oil, sustainable development, rabid lefty pol since Clinton. ( -;

And no, I don’t use Opus. It works both ways.


19 posted on 11/07/2008 1:26:40 PM PST by OpusatFR (Neither Republican or Democrat. Monarchist with allegience to The Only One.)
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To: Holicheese

A similar group, the now defunct Clown Posse, took exception with a comment I made here and using my profile determined by identity. They joked about calling my local Police Chief to appraise him of my presence in the city and how they should be on the lookout for me. That would have made him laugh. Nice Bushmaster AR-15’s with laser scopes our PD has. It was heavier than I thought it would be.


20 posted on 11/07/2008 1:28:25 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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