Posted on 08/05/2009 6:22:57 PM PDT by markomalley
The Democratic National Committee released a web video yesterday entitled "Enough of the Mob," which suggests that Republicans and their allies are "organizing angry mobs" to "destroy President Obama and stop the change Americans voted for."
The video concludes by asking supporters to call the Republican Party and "tell them you've had enough of the mob." The phone number of the Republican National Committee then appears onscreen.
Those who call the number are told to press one if they are calling in regard to the DNC video. When they do, they are told to call a different phone number "to give us your feedback on the Democratic National Committee's advertisement." Concludes the recording: "Thanks so much and have a great day."
The phone number that callers are given, however, is the main number of the DNC. Callers are not informed of this fact. At no point does the RNC allow callers to register their complaints. (The situation was first flagged by the satire site Wonkette.)
I asked RNC chairman Michael Steele, who held a conference call this afternoon, why the RNC is redirecting the callers, noting that Republicans believe Americans should have the right to complain to Democrats at town hall meetings and elsewhere.
Steele responded that "we are not inciting anyone to go out and disrupt anything."
"We are encouraging people to visit their congressman or their senator," he said. "As citizens they have a right to express their points of view."
Steele, sounding angry, then said, "don't sit there and think that you're going to direct a bunch of angry liberals to call the RNC when I know full well what that's all about." He added that he gets "the joke."
Steele went on to complain about the "arrogance" of an Obama administration that he said was looking down its nose at his mother, sister, family members and coworkers.
"To sit back and say that this is some Republican cabal is a bunch of baloney," he said. "And you can substitute that B for something else if you want."
Steele added that callers should "talk to your own party because they're the ones that are ginning this nonsense up."
He concluded his comments by saying, "and besides, I thought it was a good idea."
I was getting a little annoyed that he hasnt spoken up, Im glad he finally did.
Great. They are runnin scared. The only White Men who will end up supporting Obama are “Meathed” from all in the family types. All my formerly Democrat pals are too embarrassed to even admit they voted for him. Obama will destroy the Democrats.
Wow. Sounds like Steele grew a spine. Hope it lasts.
DNC or RNC?
Sh*t, I want all the angry liberals within 200 miles to show up any time...let’s get to it...
Well, I guess Steele answered my Vanity Post.
After an inexplicably shaky start, the man of Steele comes thru.
The phone number that callers are given, however, is the main number of the DNC.
DNC or RNC?
Hahahahaha...is there a difference?
We may scream and stand tall...but we have NOTHING compared to the Libs in the way of web based community organzing at the grassroots level for conservatives!
Obama has an awesome website( in technical terms)...we have nothing that tells me in a 15 mile radius where all the events are and is interactive to find out where conservative groups get together!
We still haven’t learned from Obama’s victory of using the web as grassroots organizing and communicating.
They whine that the GOP is calling up mobs, so they want to combat this by... calling up mobs.
The left is absolutely insane. As many of them in therapy as there are, one would thought they would have heard of projection.
“Dissent is Patriotic!” - Hillary Clinton, screaming
The DNC tells angry libs to call the RNC.
The RNC tells you “if you are an angry moonbat lib call this number to complain” and the number they give them is the DNC.
Funny!!!
“We still haven’t learned from Obama’s victory of using the web as grassroots organizing and communicating.”
That’s OK...we’re bitter and we are clinging to our guns...that oughtta make ‘em think...
I heard Krauthammer (sp?) on the Fox News Panel say he was surprised that a community organizer such as himself (Obama) isnt proud of the work that these guys are doing, lol. I have a feeling Bama is falling apart.
They are a bunch of liberal punks. When we engage it will be over quickly. The line in the sand is being drawn. The White guys are getting pissed off. We beat Hitler Hirohito and Krushchev. Obama will be easy. This ain’t Venezuela.
“I hope they don’t drag these goofy liberals to townhall meetings because this will be chaos. People are fed up with this goofball obama and his garbage salesmen in Washington.”
Can’t think of a better way for them to prove how nuts they are. I hope they show up with ANSWER signs and in ACORN shirts and prove our point...
Amen to that. It’s put up or shut up time.
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