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Heather MC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 08:34 PM
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Obama is Brillant!!!!
I know duh right
but here's why
He put a complete media contact list on his website
Somebody report crap about Obama, We can get their info off his website

Now I know several list have been posted in the past, but WHEN IN HISTORY OF THIS Has a presidental Candidate done this?

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/flowerchild/gGBqLt
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 08:35 PM
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1. Rec'd!
Brilliant!
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curious one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 08:37 PM
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2. Rec'd. This is great.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 08:38 PM
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3. Barack Obama: Faster than blogspeed.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 08:38 PM
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4. That page is now a favorite in my "MEDIA CONTACT" folder!
I had a lot of them, but not all, and not all in one stop....
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 08:39 PM
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5. The Chicago Tribune has an article about it. Their radio station got hit like crazy.

Obama mobilizes rapid response on Web
Campaign targets media when attacks aired

By John McCormick | Chicago Tribune reporter
12:32 AM CDT, September 17, 2008

Much of Barack Obama's political success can be traced to a database listing contact information for millions of people, a tool that has proved invaluable in raising record sums of money and organizing a national volunteer network.

Now Obama's presidential campaign is increasingly using the list to beat back media messages it does not like, calling on supporters to flood radio and television stations when those opposed to him run anti-Obama ads or appear on talk shows.

It did so as recently as Monday night, when it orchestrated a massive stream of complaints on the phone lines of Tribune Co.-owned WGN-AM in Chicago when the radio station hosted author David Freddoso, who has written a controversial book about the Illinois Democrat.

The latest use of the database, called the Obama Action Wire, is proving yet another new and potentially powerful tactic in the closing weeks of a campaign that has already been dominated by Internet-based messages and media...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama-mediasep17,0,6325137.story
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druidity33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 09:16 PM
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6. excellent! K&R. nt.
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spiritsong13 Donating Member (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 12:34 AM
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7. I love it
I love how barack is getting us all involved in his campaign on calling out the media in their complicity.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 12:37 AM
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8. This is the first time I'll be going to Washington to see my president
The partying should be better then the super-bowl...
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 12:37 AM
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9. Man, they GET it!
Finally ... a candidate who knows how to take the crap and fling it back in their faces!
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quantass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 12:43 AM
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10. Skinner: This should be a STICKY here in GD:P
Specifically, the Contact List link (and/or the contact list themselves)
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 01:05 AM
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11. Thanks!! This is great.
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Cosmic Charlie Donating Member (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 01:12 AM
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12. this is exactly what we need!
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southerncrone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-18-08 09:13 PM
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13. He's more than just brilliant......he's WISE!
That's why he CAN turn this country around.
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