Attack Watch: Obama on the defensive

[sluggo]

Reeks of desperation, but still kind of a neat idea.


Paid for by Obama for America

http://www.attackwatch.com/

[Revolution9]

Time to spam this sucker with truth. Lots and lots of unmitigated truth. Make the site useless in practice because in theory it already is. Report this post as an attack:)..heh..

Rev9

[trey4sports]

wow - that is a pretty good idea for a website.

[pcosmar]

Wow,
Why does that sound like an SPLC idea?

[Rael]

Any time someone uses the phrase "Get The Facts", I know to expect tons of bullshit.

[libertyjam]

twitter #attackwatch , hilarity ensues.

[libertyjam]

Obama for America national field director Jeremy Bird told ABC News that the site’s goal is to offer “resources to fight back” against attacks. Mostly, that means fact checking statements from the likes of GOP presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Rick Perry and conservative commentator Glenn Beck and offering evidence to the contrary. The site is designed in bold red and black colors, and uses statements like “support the truth” and “fight the smears.”

The response to the site has been less than stellar.

On Twitter, where the Web site has an account to help Obama supporters submit evidence of “attacks” on the president using the hashtag #attackwatch, nearly every tweet about the site has ridiculed it.

“There’s a new Twitter account making President Obama look like a creepy, authoritarian nutjob,” an Arizonan tweeted. “In less than 24 hours, Attack Watch has become the biggest campaign joke in modern history,” a contributor to conservative blog The Right Sphere wrote.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/attack-watch-new-obama-campaign-site-to-fight-smears-becomes-laughing-stock-of-the-internet/2011/09/14/gIQAspHDSK_blog.html