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Noting that BO is a common acronym for "body odor," and references to My.Barackobama.com as "MyBO," (If you want to use this, please COPY and don't LINK; linking uses my bandwidth)

Loss Of MyBO Points Stirs Up Obama Social Networking Site By JONATHAN TILOVE Patty has been one in a million for Barack Obama. Since early this year, she's made more than 76,000 phone calls on behalf of his presidential bid and posted more than 1,300 blog entries on my.barackobama.com. Along the way, she amassed more "points" than anyone else among the million folks registered on MyBO, as the campaign Web site is known.Then, without warning, MyBO this month eliminated its system of ranking supporters by accumulated points. In its place was a new "activity tracker" rating each member's activism on...

Obama site moderator also calls pro-Clinton group “virulent” We are no longer talking about the Obama campaign’s tolerance of user-generated hate speech at My.BarackObama.com, which is reprehensible enough. We are now talking about official statements from the official campaign staffers who moderate and administer the site.We reported previously (http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=1714) that Emily, an Obama campaign staffer who moderates My.BarackObama.com, counseled a user to use “Israel Lobby” instead of “Jewish Lobby.” The Obama campaign apparently felt that it had to delete a verbatim quote from one of its own staffers after it appeared here and elsewhere. A screen shot of the posting...

The Obama campaign exercises editorial control over this site. The staff admittedly threw Al Jefferson's blog under the bus, but probably only because Aaron Klein quoted this in World Net Daily (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71574). the only way to free america By Al from Tucson, AZ - Aug 4th, 2008 at 1:53 pm EDT Comments | Mail to a Friend | Report Objectionable Content is to shed ourselves from the racist zionists in america. they control everything. but they won't keep us down any longer. throw the jews in the oven this november. its the only way we can free america and make...

An official blog website set up by US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign team has become a clearinghouse for some of the most virulent anti-Semitic rhetoric found anywhere on the Internet. WorldNetDaily reported that the website, titled MyObama, allows registered users to set up conversation groups and community blogs where they can post their own content. That has opened the flood gates for the anti-Semitic and anti-Israel conspiracy theories and incitement that characterize so many of Obama's supporters. Many of the posts are of typical fare, including accusations that Israel was behind the 9-11 terrorist attacks, that Israel and...

BREAKING SCANDAL: Obama Campaign Approved “Israel Lobby” Terminology …possibly as code for “Jewish Lobby” A My.BarackObama.com user re-posted the following E-mail (http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/emk/gG5VZB) he received from a site administrator or moderator, who is therefore an official representative of Barack Obama’s campaign. Emily is obviously counseling EMK to use “Israel Lobby” (the title of Walt and Mearsheimer’s infamous book) as code for “Jewish Lobby.” Hi [EMK], Thank you so much for your involvement in the My.BarackObama online community. Your voice is valued here; however, we were forced to remove your recent blog post that referred to the “Jewish lobby.” Please use the...

Our Government’s policies in the Middle East are not only failing, but they are making matters worse for both the Israelis and Palestinians. It is one thing to support the Country of Israel because of its democratic institutions, even though it is a sectarian state, but another thing to allow Israeli elements in our Country who enjoy both American and Israeli citizenships to dominate our political process so we cannot act as an honest broker in the Middle East. Currently our Government labels Hamas as terrorists while supplying Israel with planes, rockets, cluster and phosphorus bombs for Israel to use...

My.Barackobama.com is, contrary to the disclaimer at the bottom of each page, under the editorial control of Obama’s campaign staff. The moderators and administrators are quite capable of deleting entries they find “disrespectful” or “objectionable” within two days. The following has been present for at least two weeks. http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/juancarloscruz/gGxfKq Obama: The zionist ultra-right wing is dangerous. Obama should stay out of planes for his safety Obama: The zionist ultra-right wing is dangerous. Obama should stay out of planes for his safety By Juan Carlos from Knoxville, TN - Jul 7th, 2008 at 11:58 pm EDT Also listed in: Tennessee Action...

Obama Campaign Sanctions Racist Hate Speech Contrary to the disclaimer "Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign," the Obama campaign exercises editorial control over the site by routinely deleting entries and comments it finds "objectionable" or "disrespectful." The racist pejorative "honky" is apparently not objectionable or disrespectful, like Michael Pfleger's "There were a whole lot of white people crying." The wisdom of a mainstream Oklahoma Democrat By Paul Tay - Feb 13th, 2007 at 12:22 pm EST Also listed in: 16 groups...

“The above mentioned Jews continue to fan the flame of hateful passions against the Illinois Senator” The following is currently (July 14) at the HQ Blog (http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGCSNz/commentary). ... The above mentioned Jews continue to fan the flame of hateful passions against the Illinois Senator using demagoguery and pushing the Reverend Wright issue so that it remains in the foreground. Contrary to the disclaimer, “Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign,” it has been proven (as shown below) that the Obama campaign exercises...

Obama’s Biggest Asset is Also His Biggest Liability My.BarackObama.com, the user community site at Barack Obama’s official Web site, is vital to Barack Obama’s campaign and fundraising strategy. Supporter participation in the form of blogging and social interaction builds commitment and encourages donations. The Internet is in fact Obama’s key asset for fundraising and organizing, and it is what General Karl von Clausewitz would call his “center of gravity”–the asset that, if captured or overthrown, results in total defeat. Barack Obama’s campaign therefore cannot live without my.barackobama.com, so we must arrange matters so it cannot live with it either. This...

Democrats also falsely accused of crimes at Obama’s official Web site We are not attorneys, and we are not qualified to give legal advice. We know, however, that a false accusation of a crime is automatically libel under U.S. law. ...Furthermore, while it is harder to libel a public figure than a private citizen or corporation, it is not impossible. A member of Congress could probably, for example, sue someone who falsely and maliciously accused him of taking a bribe or committing some other crime. We are not going to re-post the specific libelous material that pervades Barack Obama’s official...

We previously reported that Barack Obama’s user site, my.barackobama.com (aka MyBO) is under the editorial control of Obama’s staff. Moderators and administrators can and do decide what content is acceptable. They can and do delete content and terminate accounts for “objectionable” and “disrespectful” content. They have, however, failed to act on at least one report of libelous content–a false accusation of criminal activity that is directed at an individual or corporate “person.” As of today (July 9), the libelous material is still present despite being reported to the administrators yesterday morning (July 8).(Screen shot of objectionable material report) In other...