Posted on 09/14/2011 8:10:50 AM PDT by tcrlaf
A new Twitter hashtag designed to help fight misinformation against President Obama appears to have backfired in early use on Wednesday.
President Obama's Twitter feed, which is run by his campaign staff, on Tuesday evening started promoting the new website AttackWatch.com and hashtag #AttackWatch, designed to fight misinformation against the president.
The hashtag was already in heavy rotation by Twitter users by Wednesday morning, but many users are conservatives such as columnist Michelle Malkin, who offered up her own daily column as an example of an Obama "attack."
The website is meant to be "the first line of defense against a barrage of misinformation," according to an email from Obama's campaign manager announcing the launch on Tuesday.
Businessman Herman Cain, a Republican presidential hopeful, also responded to the announcement of the website on Wednesday.
"Seriously?" he tweeted.
love t his one:
I trust #AttackWatch has taken Maxine Waters to task for the horrible things she’s said about Obama vs black people.
“I’m reporting marshmallows. They think they’re so superior with their white sugary goodness. Clearly racists.”
Now THAT’S funny.....
last tweet from attack watch
AttackWatch Attack Watch
Who do you believe when it comes to the President’s record on Israel: his opponents, or world leaders? OFA.BO/iFtohV #AttackWatch
15 hours ago
they dont have much to say today as they are being relentlessly ridiculed.
Funny, this is
EXACTLY
what a "community organizer" does:
Teach people how to game the system.
I like this one:
“I’m Gumby dammit!”
DGambrinus Sambo
Hey @BarackObama, someone has obviously hacked your Twitter account. Surely you’re not dumb enough to OK #AttackWatch. Oh wait... #Clueless
Yes, please! We should keep the #attackwatch hashtag trending worldwide until the election. The texting generation thinks twitter is a news source, so it might make them think twice, too. This is fun!
RUSH is finally on this!!
Does anyone know a cure for uncontrollable laughter?
I Haz It.
You do not even need to enter a valid email address. I tried info@attackwatch.com. Worked fine!
The site is very, very amateurishly done, and is heavy on requests for donations.
If you want to know who is behind “Obama for America”, which owns the site, there is a list at http://www.nndb.com/org/684/000167183/. I guess it is a list of supporters. It doesn’t specifically say what their association is with Obama for America.
It is an interesting list. A few names that jumped out at me were the CEO of Levi Strauss, Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead), Deepak Chopra, previous CEO of Time, Phil Zimmermann (creator of PGP), and many dozens of Hollywood actors, producers, etc.
Dear #AttackWatch, at least 50% of the American people don't pay their fair share in taxes. Please look into this.
Dear #attackwatch, with all that Stimulus money, you would think you could afford a web developer who was older than 3.
My neighbor hasn't switched to e-statements on all his bills!
Got police state?
Dear #AttackWatch - someone has been using my twitter account to say that @BarackObama 's policies are a dismal failure! Oh wait.
Dear #AttackWatch - I'm eating a high carb, high sodium meal right now.
Dear #AttackWatch, I wish to report an attack on @BarackObama. Michelle Obama won't let him smoke, and God knows he needs one...
I just saw a "Coexist" bumper sticker. I think they are trying to conspire with TEA Party terrorists and make friends with them
If unions OWN you - isn't that a form of illegal slavery? Please investigate
Hey #attackwatch, I think Ted Nugent is using a Gibson guitar - you should go take it away from him.
I just saw a puffy man with a huge carbon footprint muttering about "digital brownshirts." Surveillance requested!
Does Obamacare cover Stitches for Snitches?
I'm changing the oil in the Chiggermobile, and I'm going to pour the old oil out on the ground! Hurry! You might catch me!
This old Rino looking dude called me a Hobbit
Dear #AttackWatch How many neighbors do I need to report to get my free t-shirt?
If I join do I get my own nifty brown shirt?
Mine is my real life name so I'd rather do this via FReepmail with long time FReepers.
By the way, the $1.2 Billion loan gurantee from the Energy Dept went to a solar company based in Spain http:// t.co/8iC4e3O #AttackWatch
motrbotr brent mohrman
RT @PoliGrrl: Dear #AttackWatch : I’m confused...do we report lies told ABOUT Obama or lies told BY Obama? (h/t Beth Z)
heh heh... my first tweet ever!
LOL! It was a great debut!
if I tweet bad things about obama while looking in a mirror should I report myself
I'd like 2 rport BHO's teleprompter 4 lying abt state of economy.
My 9 year old brother believes Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama are the worst presidents in recent history
Can you teach us how to goose step too?
Dear #attackwatch What is the secret handshake? Will I receive food stamps based on the number of citizens I turn in?
Hi #attackwatch rachel maddow is a man. Where do I report this ?
I`m fairly certain that I just saw a corporate jet fly overhead. Should I be worried?
Did Bush use his orbital mind control lasers to make Weiner lose the NY-9 seat out of spite?
Hey #attackwatch...Michael Moore said he isn't happy with Obama...you better detain him!
Billy was sitting next to me on the playground when he said Solyndra was Obama's Enron. You going to send him to detention?
Want to report a kid in my neighborhood is selling lemonade. Plz send FDA to stop him before somebody gets fat!
I just heard someone say Obama's handicap isn't really 17! The white house is actually Egg shell
when is the #attackwatch mobile app being released? I want to turn in people I hear at the mall.
I let my Mexican drug lord license expire. Can I still get a gun from the ATF?
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