Obama Campaign: AttackWatch Gains Over 100,000 Sign-Ups In Less Than 24 Hours

Medialite ^ | September 14th, 2011 | Colby Hall

[tlb]

A source within the Obama campaign has told Mediaite, that in just the first day, the user-generated research tool has been nothing short of an enormous success. “In less than 24 hours we’ve had over 100,000 people sign up at the website, which indicates significant interest from supporters.”

While the volume of conservative critiques speaks to the intensity of the opposition’s feelings towards the Obama administration, at the very least this digital effort did it’s job bit perhaps instilling a little fear in the GOP campaign efforts. It’s not difficult to imagine social media staffers at the RNC scratching their heads and saying “why didn’t we think of that?”

The essence of AttackWatch is the Obama campaign outsourcing of opposition media research to its army of loyal supporters. Among the critiques leveled at this interactive effort is the notion that this is some vestige of “Big Brother” keeping an eye on citizens opposed to the White House politics. This would be a fairer analysis if it were made before the advent of social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. In the brave new world that is oppo research and political smear campaigns, leveraging the passion of one’s political base is not something that we should fear, but rather a smart and savvy political move.

[KosmicKitty]

Shoot. Not on twitter (or facebook for that matter)

Will have to use hubby’s account

Thanks

[SamAdams76]

I couldn't bring myself to do it, but many other conservatives signed up just to make sport of it. There is hopefully so much garbage getting uploaded to that site that the concept of using citizens to spy on each other is rendered useless.

The real purpose of this site is probably just to collect email addresses so that fund-raising can be done and propaganda spread.

[Georgia Girl 2]

So many snitches so little time.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/

[CharacterCounts]

“In less than 24 hours we’ve had over 100,000 people sign up at the website, which indicates significant interest from supporters.”

I cannot recall an administration, or a political party, so out of touch with mainstream America.

[Fantasywriter]

‘100,000 signups,’

“99,990 of them are conservatives signing up to ridicule the concept.”

I had to check twice, to be sure this wasn’t satire.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Anyone actually access the site and then have weird trouble on their own computer/phone/iPad, etc.?

[GSWarrior]

There’s an hilarious parody of Attackwatch available on the NRO website.

Do you have a link? Thanks.

[Ladysmith]

LOL!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

That site has been the FUNNIEST thing I’ve seen in MONTHS. Makes me hopeful for America because 99% of the posts are snarky smart-@ss tweets, LOL!

It’s looking like the proletariat are ready, willing and able to REVOLT! Bring it! I’m soooo ready!! :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

My vote:

“I saw a Republican walking around today unencumbered and free! THIS MUST STOP!”

LOL! Love it. :)

[MrB]

How about this one:

“It puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets reported to #attackwatch again.”

[TEXOKIE]

LOL! I didnt see that one! *giggle*

[driftless2]

I am useless doing computer linking, but if you go to the “web briefing” section and scroll down to the article by Elizabeth Flock from WashPo concerning conservatives laughing at AW, the link will be in her article.

[BelleAl]

More laughs from Twitter-

New Timex #attackwatch...takes a lickin but keeps on snitchin!!!

I’m heartened by the push back and ridicule. Go USA. Keep up the fight!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Wisconsin Politics Ping List Ping!

"Hey AttackWatch! I saw Tea Partiers vandalize & destroy millions of $$$ of property at the Capitol Building in Madison, Wisconsin this past spring! No, wait! Those were Union Thugs...!"

[LMAO]

My favorite was the guy who is turning in his neighbor, Bob, for scraping the Obama ‘08 sticker off his Prius.

I told some co-workers about this site and they were shocked at first but then we read some of the tweets and they got a good laugh.

[ozaukeemom]

I just go this in an email...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZPwDRZ6pTM

lol Go ahead, report me!

[Lazamataz]

A source within the Obama campaign has told Mediaite, that in just the first day, the user-generated research tool has been nothing short of an enormous success. “In less than 24 hours we’ve had over 100,000 people sign up at the website, which indicates significant interest from supporters."

[Lazamataz]

A source within the Obama campaign has told Mediaite, that in just the first day, the user-generated research tool has been nothing short of an enormous success. “In less than 24 hours we’ve had over 100,000 people sign up at the website, which indicates significant interest from supporters."