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Obama’s "We The People" initiative bashed as unethical campaigning with taxpayer resources
The Daily Caller ^ | 09/01/2011 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 09/01/2011 12:53:18 PM PDT by martosko

President Obama’s new “We The People” initiative smells exactly like a political campaign move and is unethical, says one large grassroots conservative group spokesman. FreedomWorks spokesman Adam Brandon said it appears the White House is using taxpayer-funded government resources to play political games.

Brandon told The Daily Caller that FreedomWorks is looking into the legality of the new program. “The White House [should be] about policy, not politics,” Brandon said in a telephone interview. “This is a political move.”

The new Web campaign is a “direct reaction to the success of the tea party, the left and the Obama administration trying to catch up,” Brandon adds. “I don’t think it’s ethical.”

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: campaign; obama; petitions; website

1 posted on 09/01/2011 12:53:21 PM PDT by martosko
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To: martosko

It’s all Obama knows.........Smarmy sounding words to rile up the dumb.


2 posted on 09/01/2011 12:55:49 PM PDT by blackdog (The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
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To: martosko

It seems like an effort to move to that internet “direct democracy” that the progs are all riled up about. It will excite some of them.


3 posted on 09/01/2011 12:58:03 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (when liberals rant, it's called free speech; when conservatives vent, it's called hate speech.)
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To: martosko

Wait until he gets that pre-paid Visa card scam back up and running for his campaign contributions.

There’s no limit to the number of times you can donate the limit when you are always listed as “anonymous.”


4 posted on 09/01/2011 1:09:57 PM PDT by Noamie
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To: martosko

Leftists depend on taxpayers funding. Where would they be without it?


5 posted on 09/01/2011 1:11:53 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: martosko

After we throw out this bum we should charge him with anything we can fine. I would love to see this hard core communists criminal in jail and fined trillions.


6 posted on 09/01/2011 1:13:43 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: martosko

I am so sick of Barack Obama I don’t think I can make it 15 more months til we get rid of him. I cringe at the thought of how much more crapola he is going to do between now and then.


7 posted on 09/01/2011 1:23:50 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: martosko

This Kenyan/Somali bastard Stinks!


8 posted on 09/01/2011 1:26:50 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Carnival commie side show, started November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
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You know, If this "We the People" site on whitehouse.gov is operated as advertised, without political filtering/censoring, I don't necessarily see a problem with it.

I would go so far as to suggest we should put some of the better conservative ideas into a petition, post it there, and then FReep those petitions to get them well over the 5,000 signature threshhold. It could be interesting.

I'd be willing to bet that conservative bloggers, FReepers, and other conservatives are more creative and can come up with better petitions and more signatures than the lefties.

9 posted on 09/01/2011 1:36:37 PM PDT by cc2k ( If having an "R" makes you conservative, does walking into a barn make you a horse's (_*_)?)
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Well,after he used two multi million dollar tax payer finance buses to get him to all points campaign necessary, what else does one expect? This guy plays by his own rules.


10 posted on 09/01/2011 1:39:35 PM PDT by Paperdoll (NO MORE RINOS!)
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No, Mr. Obama, YOU’RE not the peo0ple, WE’RE the people. And you are supposed to be working FOR us, not GAINST us!


11 posted on 09/01/2011 1:45:04 PM PDT by Paperdoll (NO MORE RINOS!)
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