Blech: Earn points for propaganda
August 7th, 2008 | by David Mastio |Update: OpenLeft takes a swing at McCainiac astroturf
Hat tip to Ohio blogger Jeff Coryell for a tweet linking the latest article from The Washington Post on John McCain’s horrendously stupid practice of encouraging supporters to spread predigested talking points into comment sections all over the Internet. John, baby, this really, really sucks. You’re starting to act like the Family Research Council and MoveOn.org (who try to get their followers to submit plagiarized letters to the editor). Is that what you really want, John? Hellloooooo, Senator … this isn’t working.
2 Responses to “Blech: Earn points for propaganda”
By LisaRenee on Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
Most campaigns do this, the only difference is that McCain’s campaign was too blatant about it. What I find funny is that people pretend that it’s not being done or that it’s so shocking.
By David Mastio on Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
Oh, I am sure everybody else is doing it, but that doesn’t make it right. I think we can demand better and pound on people whenever we’ve found they’ve done it.