BREAKING: Dept. of Justice hired anonymous, partisan Democrat bloggers to bolster image [& troll FR]

Muffled Oar ^ | 10/2/09 | Isaac Muzzey

[mudblood]

The Department of Justice has hired a team of partisan Democrat campaign bloggers to work at the Department.....Tracy Russo is one such blogger from the campaign of John Edwards. The unit is housed in the Office of Public Affairs....They are also tasked with posting anonymous comments, or comments under pseudonyms, at newspaper websites with stories critical of the Department of Justice, Holder and President Obama....“There is clearly a designed effort to rebut stories that are exposing the Holder Justice Department as more political than the last. We’ve seen a change in the pattern of anonymous emails we receive and comments posted at our paper’s webpage.”

[meyer]

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Download and save all that information in a safe place. Or two.

[MozarkDawg]

The Department of Justice has hired a team of partisan Democrat campaign bloggers to work at the Department ...

Wait ... there aren't enough people in this country who post on sites, whether you call them bloggers or general posters or whatever, but seriously, there aren't enough ideological/Dem hack-types who do this all the time, they need to HIRE, ie. PAY people to do it??

This cannot be legal, I don't see how it can pass muster.

[mudblood]

Well, if you go to the website linked, you can read all the other posts. It doesn’t seem like crap. A simple google search of “Tracy Russo” and “justice department” yielded tons of results, including this:

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/torture/department-of-justice-hires-blog-outreach-person/

I mean really. How much more proof do we need to ASK for journalists to investigate? What ELSE is a “blog outreach” person at the justice department going to do? Write about nifty new outfits they are all wearing? :)

[reagandemocrat]

File for injunctive relief and damages, and request attorney’s fees under the private attorney general statute.

Civil rights violations....

the works

[Shethink13]

In a report requested by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D- Mass.) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D- N.J.), the GAO found that the payments to syndicated columnist and TV personality Williams violated a statutory ban on covert propaganda. The senators requested the investigation after it was revealed late last year that the department hired Williams to promote Bush's "No Child Left Behind" legislation.

And where do you think they got the idea to investigate this? Remember, Dems always accuse the other side of things they themselves are guilty of.

[greyfoxx39]

Posted on my Facebook page.

[Rebelbase]

Oh, crap. My cover is blown. Y’all caught me red handed.

[mojitojoe]

Yea, it’s pretty obvious who some of the are on FR.

[devolve]

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Thanks potlatch

I am still working on variations and a clearer animation version

[Non-Sequitur]

Yea, it’s pretty obvious who some of the are on FR.

When seen through a haze of alcohol anything looks possible.

[mojitojoe]

I KNEW it seemed the tone of some of the postings on Free Republic had changed very recently!
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They aren’t that good, we still know who they are. :)

[mojitojoe]

Should we ping the trolls?
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I did. :P

[mojitojoe]

You betcha!!!

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

I agree.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

This doesn’t surprise me in the least. Youtube is full of them, too. This administration is corrupt to the core!!!!! Rot and stench.

[ravingnutter]

Of course, that is one reason I posted that. Their hypocrisy is astounding.

[darkwing104]

Thanks for the ping. I've been wondering about a few posts.

[Jim Robinson]

ROFLOL!! A KOS kiddie/John Edwards groupie now runs the newly formed DOJ bloggers propaganda arm for Obama? Corrupt Marxist pigs all!

[sickoflibs]

RE:”Yeah, I just love it when its pointed out that the Dems OWN Capitol Hill -—so why can’t the dumbos pass anything? :

Watching house republicans respond to Alan Graysonl begging for his apology looks lame. They should point out Democrats won two elections, run everything, and are still trying to pass the buck. They should make up their own signs that say “Democrats want washington to play God and pick who lives and dies. You or an illegal, who will they pick??”

Grayson is rallying the demoralized progressives and playing good politics getting donations. Republicans need to quit whining and play too.

[mudblood]

A little proof of this story, from a non-journalist (me). Google is your friend...
http://personaldemocracy.com/blog-entry/pdf-chat-time-tracy-russo

She admits to the following in this interview:
“Finally, I usually troll the corporate/PR/Marketing blogosphere – it’s always a great place to hone communications skills and pick up marketing-inspired ideas.”

I’m sure she knows what “troll” means, considering she’s a blogger, so she isn’t talking about just “looking”.