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Send Us Sleaze And Smears
We want to see all the sleaze that's now showing up in your mailbox. You know, those fliers, leaflets or emails that slime one or the other presidential candidates as a baby killer, a sex fiend, a serial tax raiser, or as a pantywaist coddler of terrorists or commies.
Simply put on some gloves, hold your nose, scan the sleaze and then email or fax us the copies of these specimens of American political mailings. After we get it, we'll put it online at OffTheBus, HuffPost's citizen-produced presidential campaign news site, for everyone to see and pick apart. We are not just looking for emails! We're looking for pieces sent as supplements in newspapers or direct mail (in the guise of organizational letters, personal notes, etc.). Make sure to include a couple of lines telling us when you got it and who sent it to you.
Start sending us your sleaze right away. Here's how:
* EMAILS: Forward emails to specialops AT huffingtonpost.com.
* PAPER MAIL: You can photograph (use digital camera) or scan the offending materials. MAKE SURE to write a quick paragraph telling us when you got it, who sent it, and any other information you about the mailing. Send everything to specialops AT huffingtonpost.com
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This is a good idea. Unfortunately, most of the things i have received have been emails. But you have probably seen those. There has been some of the most vile things imaginable sent out against Barack and Hillary this last year or so.
I am very concerned about false voter registration material and the push polls that are going on in the swing states. Is there any agency that deals with these things. In Virginia, apparently, the false voter cards that were sent out were just ignored as "too bad" by the state voter agencies.
How about some Rush Limaugh and other invective properly framed for UTube.
Beware the John McCain Absentee Ballot Application.
I received one of these in the mail and tossed it wondering why the McCain campaign is sending this to a registered Democrat. Recently, I started hearing local newscasts that these ballots are being sent to non-Republicans in swing states. They are not to be forwarded and if they are returned to sender because the recipient is out of town or has moved, that person could be removed from the voter rolls. Other issues I've heard about are the addresses of the local application offices being incorrect and the forms including extra boxes to confuse the applicant, thus rendering the ballot void if they are not filled out correctly.
What about postings in letters to the editors in local newspapers? Seems alot of surrogates operate around here at times. And I've seen influential people like doctors and lawyers, make op-eds pushing candidates before while also spreading campaign lies. To me that's another method to sway people's opinions even more so than by direct mailings. Just wondering if that would count.
They have nothing to run on.
So we should vote for McCain to replace a liar (Bush) with another liar.
I received this after the Dem Convention. Disgusting/
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:19 PM
Subject: Fw: Prayer Request/ J Foshee
Please pass on to your christian friends
Dear Friends,
As I was listening to a news program last night, I watched in horror as Barack Obama made the statement with pride. . ."we are no longer a Christian nation; we are now a nation of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, etc., . . . As with so many other statements I've heard him (and his wife) make, I never thought I'd see the day that I'd hear something like that from a presidential candidate in this nation. To think our forefathers fought and died for the right for our nation to be a Christian nation--and to have this man say with pride that we are no longer that. How far this nation has come from what our founding fathers intended it to be.
I hope that each of you will do what I'm doing now--send your concerns, written simply and sincerely, to the Christians on your email list. With God's help, and He is still in control of this nation and all else, we can show this man and the world in November that we are, indeed, still a Christian nation!
Please pray for our nation!
Yikes! This is so scary.
What are you some kind of nut case? That is the most ignorant thing I have read in some time. Our nation is made up of many different religions, take a look around you and what do you see? There are many different religions and freedom of religion doesn't mean just the Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, ect, it mean ALL religions and that includes Muslim, Jews and Buddists among others.
The blogger received this e-mail from someone else after the Democrat convention.
It's pretty insulting to God to claim he/she is in control of this nation and all else!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is it that Democrats don't have sleaze and smear groups working on their behalf using the same techniques of Judicial Watch or Family Research Council? The points Democrats make seem to be heavy on the internet blogs but not sent to the voters in their mailboxes at home.
What about the DVD of the movie, "Obsession" that came to my university as an insert in the The Chronical of Higher Education? This movie is served up as a documentary about Islam, but turns out to be a propoganda hate film. I emailed the Editor of the Chronicle and he advised me that they don't make editorial decisions about the political content of their inserts and encourage the free expression of ideas. I asked him if he would have allowed it to be sent out if it were an educational DVD from the KKK. No reply.
DarkandStormy, please email media outlets that this kind of propaganda is being sent to university campuses inside "The Chronicle of Higher Education". This particular unsolicited propaganda takes on a different meaning under that scenario.
Well, here's my contribution --
Did anyone hear Lee Rayburn --subbing for Thom Hartmann--on Air America, this afternoon? He exposed shocking shenanigans going on right now with "caging" (suppressing the vote) by the McCain campaign sending absentee ballot solicitations to Barack Obama supporters that would expose them to having their vote nullified. It was hair-raising stuff, and I hope Greg Palast and Bradblog and Mark Crispin Miller and FreePress and Blackboxvoting are on the case, again. We need them now more than ever.
Ha! Ha! What a Great idea! But you know it would save me alot of time if I could just, instead of copying and pasting from your site and then emailing it in, reference the comments, columns and headlines posted on this site. I think this is where I first heard about banned books (false), task from God (taken out of context - listen to the whole, unedited audio!), Trig is the daughter's baby, Palin believes in teaching only creationism in schools, that global warming is “scientifically proven!” (when, in fact, it is disputed by roughly half of the scientific community), that Palin was part of the AIP and Palin cut funding for Special Ed programs (uh, factcheck.org? anybody?)
It's probably not a good idea to rail against your candidates own strategery. If everyone starts to focus on wall street, healthcare, banking, the wars, torture and ect. - you've guy would have to think of something new quick.
moose dung for your dinner.
Also if the RNC is dumb enough to send you a prepaid return envelope like they did me, send it back to them, empty.
I send them back full of trash. The heavier the envelope, the more they have to pay.
But remember to mark that you want to give them at least $100. That guarantees that they send you another envelope. Then Repeat as needed.
Lou
Great idea I will have to remember that and will do that when I get their mail. I never thought of that.
Very smart thinking, I will definitely do that.
or with a bit of some's mind.
Get the meme going. The Republicans are the party that wrecked America.
McCain-Palin have nowhere to go now but down, and I will tell you exactly how this will happen. They can run away from President Bush, but they can't run away from the Republican Party. The Republicans will be regarded from now on as "the party that wrecked America." Over the weeks ahead, as carnage in the economy and the financial markets ramps up, it will become increasingly clear. It is important that this meme be spread through the internet. I urge all commentators to adopt and spread the idea that the Republicans are "the party that wrecked America." It will work because it is the truth. Use it freely. Get the meme going.
Great Idea !!
Like anyone is interested in more sleaze and smears.
Oh, wait, let me amend that.
As if anyone but you is interested in more sleaze and smears.
The point is to make it clear as to the types of smears and sleaze that people are getting. Because it is obvious who's doing the smearing and the sleazing: operatives for the McCain Campaign.
Obvious? Not that I can tell.
I'm not willing to say it is 'obvious' that Obama smears come from the McCain campain anymore than McCain/Palin smears come from the Obama campaign.
I see enough lies from McCain/Palin coming out of their own mouth and directly from the campaign.
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Posted September 11, 2008 | 03:01 PM (EST)