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A lil bonus for the McCain supporters.

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    #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Ah shur they're pretty much doing this for a while no?..There are one or two, well, one in particular, members here, whos motives i have often questioned,,


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    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,401 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Well, if you read the article which the comedy central blog links to, it says that it's not a new concept, such things are routinely done on radio/TV, and that such back-scratching is not exclusive to Republicans.

    Business as usual, I guess.

    NTM


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    Hobbes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    Actually it is a bit different then normal. Astro-turfing is normally done on the QT. The article even says.

    "The first, he says, is the lack of disclosure instructions to participants. To rise above AstroTurf -- a practice considered ethically dubious by many political operatives"

    So McCain has taken it two steps further in not only making it public what they are up to but also awarding prizes for doing so.

    Its like the Republican party don't care any more that people know they are astroturfing, for example Fox News being outed recently.


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    Pocono Joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 795 ✭✭✭Pocono Joe


    Obama has had his own Research and Rapid-Response Team in order to repel perceived attacks, for some time now. I believe David Axelrod, Obama’s chief strategist, controls it.

    Here’s a link if interested:
    http://www.democrats.org/page/group/2008RapidResponse


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    Hobbes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    Pocono Joe wrote: »
    Obama has had his own Research and Rapid-Response Team in order to repel perceived attacks, for some time now. I believe David Axelrod, Obama’s chief strategist, controls it.

    Not the same thing that I can see. It is not telling members to spam sites with pre-defined talking points for rewards.


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    eltentwelve
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭eltentwelve


    Ergh. I mean, marketing's horrible already --- to add, well, you know, just the fate of the political future in blogger's hands? :mad:


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