Some more quotes, they want a megahorn to drown out all other messages... This is not a tactic used by people seeking dialogue --- but a tactic used by true-believers who will sooner than later demand ideological purity (again the slippery slope of McCarthyism...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19846.html >>> “[CAP President John] Podesta’s and my experience was in the White House >>> during the Clinton years, and we didn’t have a coordinated echo chamber on >>> the outside backing us up,” she said. “There’s a real interest on the >>> progressive side for groups to want to coordinate with each other and >>> leverage each other’s work in a way I haven’t ever seen before.” On Mar 10, 5:49 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > than to co-ordinate trash-talking messages among Left-Wing Groups... > Lefties should be ashamed... This is a slippery slope of McCarthyism > here... If Bush had done this, would would they have said??? But > the moral upright Left can never become the moralistic-know-it-all-who- > knows-nothing, right??? > > http://hotair.com/archives/2009/03/10/politico-20-lefty-groups-holdin... > > >>> How many faintly ominous pieces has Politico run this year about people > >>> close to Obama colluding to target their political enemies? There was the > >>> story about Rahm Emanuel’s friendly daily chats with Begala, Carville, > >>> and Stephanopoulos, then there was the expose on the group effort > >>> (“explicitly authorized” by David Axelrod) to make Rush Limbaugh the face > >>> of the GOP, and now this. No wonder Ben Smith’s using the word > >>> “conspiracy.” > > Question to our resident Politico-haters: Has any other publication > written extensively about this sort of thing? If so, I missed it. > > The vast new left-wing conspiracy sets its tone every morning at > 8:45 a.m., when officials from more than 20 labor, environmental and > other Democratic-leaning groups dial into a private conference call > hosted by two left-leaning Washington organizations… > > The call has proved particularly effective at coordinating attacks > on critics, said Jackie Schechner, the national communications > director for Health Care for America Now, a labor-backed alliance of > groups that support Democratic efforts to expand health care. > > “There’s a coordination in terms of exposing the people who are > trying to come out against reform —they’ve all got backgrounds and > histories and pasts, and it’s not taking long to unearth that and to > unleash that, because we’re all working together,” Schechner said. > > When a new group called Conservative for Patients Rights, for > instance, launched an ad campaign featuring former health care > executive Rick Scott, “There was a discussion about what do we know > about this guy and in a very quick period of time we were able to come > up with his background,” she said… > > Though White House officials do not participate in the calls, > Palmieri said, the new infrastructure is closely tied to the White > House. Podesta directed Obama’s transition, and Americans United for > Change exists largely to run ads promoting the White House agenda. > Some on the left, however, remain skeptical of the White House’s > embrace. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
