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White House Responds to Major Garrett; Blames "Third-Party" Groups for Unsolicited Emails - Video
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | August 16, 2009 | BrianinMO

Posted on 08/16/2009 8:17:57 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot

Here is video of Fox News Reporter Major Garrett talking about the White House responding to his questions concerning unsolicited emails citizens have been receiving from the White House. Garrett asked Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about it on Thursday, who would not answer Garrett's questions and treated Garrett rudely.

Garrett reports that the White House released a statement saying that the White House does not send emails to people who have not requested that they receive messages. But they did blame "third party" organizations for sending emails to the White House which may have been added to the White House lists. They said they are taking steps to keep this from happening in the future.

Clearly, this response shows that the White House knows this is a problem. They are trying to take steps now to make it all go away, but I'm not sure this will do the job. They are not really taking responsibility, but are trying to blame others. It will interesting to see how this plays out in the days ahead. . . . . (Watch Video)

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: emails; foxnews; gibbs; majorgarrett; ospama; privacylaws; spam; whitehouseemails
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1 posted on 08/16/2009 8:17:58 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot
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To: Federalist Patriot

ACORN? SEIU?


2 posted on 08/16/2009 8:19:06 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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To: Federalist Patriot
The first lie out today was that they acknowledged the problem and were fixing it.

NOW, the second lie fixes the first lie.

Stay tuned for the next several lies...

3 posted on 08/16/2009 8:19:51 PM PDT by bareford101 (Be loud! We have nothing – NOTHING - to apologize for in fighting for our Country!!)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Maybe those who get FLAG’d end up on Axelrod’s reeducation list. Isn’t that what FLAG’ing is intended for?


4 posted on 08/16/2009 8:21:55 PM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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To: Federalist Patriot
So this is the "from" address on mine: "David Axelrod, The White House" so they're trying to say this was really from someone else? They sound like the Gang that couldn't shoot straight.
5 posted on 08/16/2009 8:24:44 PM PDT by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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To: screaminsunshine

I nominate akpd for likely “third party”:

http://akpdmedia.com/


6 posted on 08/16/2009 8:27:09 PM PDT by Bluebird Singing
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“David Axelrod, The White House” info@messages.whitehouse.gov

The rest of the address was cut off in my previous post...this is the entire address on my email.


7 posted on 08/16/2009 8:27:12 PM PDT by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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To: screaminsunshine

My thoughts exactly, did these people use the White House server?


8 posted on 08/16/2009 8:28:45 PM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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Obimi wants your email; wants to see what you're up to.

And if you apply for a job with him (lol) they wanna know where you've posted under what username. This is all basic knowledge. King Obimi wants to know!

9 posted on 08/16/2009 8:29:07 PM PDT by NoRedTape
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To: Aria

More like the gang that tried to piss and miss the ground.


10 posted on 08/16/2009 8:30:36 PM PDT by tired1 (When the Devil eats you there's only one way out.)
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It’s always someone elses fault, not the WH, not Obama, not his staff, not his administration. I’m surprised they haven’t blamed it on the vast right wing conspiracy yet but they probably will get around to it. Typical.


11 posted on 08/16/2009 8:33:03 PM PDT by Ev Reeman
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so doofus.....stop accepting emails other than directly from constituents.....if zero was a Pub, there would be impeachment hearings planned and a special prosecutor named.....


12 posted on 08/16/2009 8:35:06 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Federalist Patriot

My thoughts were that Obamunites sent their email chains to fishy@whitehouse.gov. Axlerod directs minions to pick addresses out of the chains that look favorable from respondents. They are not koolaid drinkers, get an email from the whitehouse and wonder what’s up. It started after the request to turn in friends.


13 posted on 08/16/2009 8:40:58 PM PDT by uncommonsense (Liberals see what they believe; conservatives believe what they see.)
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To: Federalist Patriot

They probably got this idea for a cover from reading their own supporters’ comments on message boards. I read some numbnut’s comment last Friday on some message board about this, and he said “duh, somebody could sign up someone else’s email address.”

So, they figured that’s how they’d get out of it. Yeah, that’s it...someone else signed you up for the emails. Like somebody would sign you up for a subscription to Playboy, just as a joke. Hope it wasn’t too inconvenient for you.


14 posted on 08/16/2009 8:41:11 PM PDT by erkyl (We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office --Aesop (~550 BC))
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But they did blame "third party" organizations for sending emails to the White House which may have been added to the White House lists.

Guess that the Communist Party USA is going to be very disappointed in comrade Obama for inadvertently "outing" their participation in the health care email farce, huh...

15 posted on 08/16/2009 8:41:58 PM PDT by Zeppo (Save the cheerleader, save the world...)
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To: cherry

Nixon redux.


16 posted on 08/16/2009 8:42:45 PM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: uncommonsense

McCarthyism all over again!


17 posted on 08/16/2009 8:43:31 PM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: Ev Reeman

Hey, it’s nothing personal. It’s just business.

Follow the (our) money.


18 posted on 08/16/2009 8:48:40 PM PDT by tired1 (When the Devil eats you there's only one way out.)
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To: phormer phrog phlyer

ACORN seems to be at the center of all this scamming.


19 posted on 08/16/2009 8:50:30 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Major has opened a can of worms...will be fun to see what happens.


20 posted on 08/16/2009 8:51:54 PM PDT by cubreporter
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