McCain Campaign: Comment Trolls Wanted

itsmeeeeeee · 05-20-2008, 04:26 PM

Wishing you could be a campaign surrogate, but don't have a national platform? Do you find blogging your own opinions tedious? Wish you could have someone tell you what to think during this political season? Well look no further than John McCain's new blog outreach! John McCain 2008 - John McCain for President

That's right; the McCain camp wants to recruit online supporters and activists to serve as comment trolls. From their website:

Help spread the word about John McCain on news and blog sites. Your efforts to help get the message out about John McCain's policies and plan for the future is one of the most valuable things you can do for this campaign....

Select from the numerous web, blog and news sites listed here, go there, and make your opinions supporting John McCain known. Once you've commented on a post, video or news story, report the details of your comment by clicking the button below.

Now, don't worry if you've never heard of a blog, or never written a comment, or heck, even used a computer. Because not only does the campaign tell you on which blogs to comment -- Redstate for right-wingers, Daily Kos for progressives (sorry HuffPo fans, we didn't make the list) -- it will even tell you what to say! Just click on the Blog Interaction page for "Today's Talking Points."

Just look at today's gem, entitled "Time For Solutions:"

Today's Talking Points

The Issue: Time for Solutions

John McCain will put the national interest ahead of partisanship, he will work with anyone who sincerely wants to get this country moving again. If John McCain is elected President, the era of the permanent campaign will end. The era of problem solving will begin. Read More...

The Issue: Partisanship

There are serious issues at stake in this election, and serious differences between the candidates. And we will argue about them, as we should. But it should remain an argument among friends; each of us struggling to hear our conscience, and heed its demands; each of us, despite our differences, united in our great cause, and respectful of the goodness in each other.

You might be thinking, "What's in it for me?" As a matter of fact, for every comment the McCain verifies, you will awarded points in McCain Action Center. Which is important, because in Fantasy Land 2013, those things will replace the dollar as American currency.

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we should start a daily "spot the talking point!" game!

mudwhistle · 05-21-2008, 07:15 AM

How would that be any different than you going to Huffington Post and copy/pasting all the talking points over here?

aloysious · 05-21-2008, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itsmeeeeeee

Wishing you could be a campaign surrogate, but don't have a national platform? Do you find blogging your own opinions tedious? Wish you could have someone tell you what to think during this political season? Well look no further than John McCain's new blog outreach!.... ]

You're point is...?

ppatt · 05-21-2008, 07:41 AM

I hate to agree with Mud but he's right.

Now, quickly back to disagreeing, with something Mud will not admit. It would be no different for McCain to have commenters but that is where the scant few similarities end. Fact is McCain has about 0..wait, no, 1 (Mud) and that's why he laughingly has to try and recruit them. Maybe he'll be paying them next so Mud could go make a few bucks. You don't have to be good.

Maybe some of your grandparents will go out and buy their first PC then start bloggin' some smack...sure

. ...show them fancy pants young whippersnappers a thing or two.

ibex · 05-21-2008, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ppatt

I hate to agree with Mud but he's right.

Now, quickly back to disagreeing, with something Mud will not admit. It would be no different for McCain to have commenters but that is where the scant few similarities end. Fact is McCain has about 0..wait, no, 1 (Mud) and that's why he laughingly has to try and recruit them. Maybe he'll be paying them next so Mud could go make a few bucks. You don't have to be good.

Maybe some of your grandparents will go out and buy their first PC then start bloggin' some smack...sure

. ...show them fancy pants young whippersnappers a thing or two.

Are you kidding? Mudpie is so far up McLame's ass that he'd go out and have a sex change operation and pose as Cindy's security double if he thought it would help his Lord and Saviour win the race. Look up the word obsequious in the dictionary and you'll see Mudpie literally licking McLame's shoes. Although I'm certain Mudpie thought McLame was the anti-Christ back in 2000 when Bush/Rove was sliming him.

Rollerball · 05-21-2008, 08:10 AM

...where do I apply?

itsmeeeeeee · 05-21-2008, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ppatt

I hate to agree with Mud but he's right.

i guess you could say that, pat, other than the fact that i'm NOT taking talking points directly from obama's campaign website and distributing like a robot!

in case you haven't noticed, about half of what i paste here from huff post are actual articles from other news sources...
and the other half are opinions from bloggers that i agree with.

and that's not REALLY the same thing, now, is it?

Richterscale · 05-21-2008, 04:00 PM

Every morning I get my 'double super secret' liberal-fascist talking points beamed directly into my skull in encrypted form. I decrypt them by drinking a latte while sitting in my Volvo listening to NPR.

But don't tell anybody else. I don't want the secret to get out...

Richterscale · 05-21-2008, 04:03 PM

Quote:

John Hagee, the controversial evangelical leader and endorser of Sen. John McCain, argued in a late 1990s sermon that the Nazis had operated on God's behalf to chase the Jews from Europe and shepherd them to Palestine. According to the Reverend, Adolph Hitler was a "hunter," sent by God, who was tasked with expediting God's will of having the Jews re-establish a state of Israel.

Going in and out of biblical verse, Hagee preached: "'And they the hunters should hunt them,' that will be the Jews. 'From every mountain and from every hill and from out of the holes of the rocks.' If that doesn't describe what Hitler did in the holocaust you can't see that."

I wonder which cut-and-paste talking point McCain has posted for this?

ppatt · 05-21-2008, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ibex

Are you kidding? Mudpie is so far up McLame's ass that he'd go out and have a sex change operation and pose as Cindy's security double if he thought it would help his Lord and Saviour win the race. Look up the word obsequious in the dictionary and you'll see Mudpie literally licking McLame's shoes. Although I'm certain Mudpie thought McLame was the anti-Christ back in 2000 when Bush/Rove was sliming him.

The part I agree with him on is that it would be no different for their to be a McCain commenter than one for Obama. It is a free country and everyone has a right to comment even those who have no intelligent comments.

Did you not detect the irony? Here's a hint:

There are no significant numbers of McCain commenters taking the initiative to comment on their own (he's having to beg the general public to muster what would only be a drop in the bucket).

Which part of this had you not picked up on?

05-20-2008, 04:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
itsmeeeeeee punk nun Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: 53 miles west of venus Posts: 3,824 My Mood: Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 215 Thanked 715 Times in 428 Posts	McCain Campaign: Comment Trolls Wanted Wishing you could be a campaign surrogate, but don't have a national platform? Do you find blogging your own opinions tedious? Wish you could have someone tell you what to think during this political season? Well look no further than John McCain's new blog outreach! John McCain 2008 - John McCain for President That's right; the McCain camp wants to recruit online supporters and activists to serve as comment trolls. From their website: Help spread the word about John McCain on news and blog sites. Your efforts to help get the message out about John McCain's policies and plan for the future is one of the most valuable things you can do for this campaign.... Select from the numerous web, blog and news sites listed here, go there, and make your opinions supporting John McCain known. Once you've commented on a post, video or news story, report the details of your comment by clicking the button below. Now, don't worry if you've never heard of a blog, or never written a comment, or heck, even used a computer. Because not only does the campaign tell you on which blogs to comment -- Redstate for right-wingers, Daily Kos for progressives (sorry HuffPo fans, we didn't make the list) -- it will even tell you what to say! Just click on the Blog Interaction page for "Today's Talking Points." Just look at today's gem, entitled "Time For Solutions:" Today's Talking Points The Issue: Time for Solutions John McCain will put the national interest ahead of partisanship, he will work with anyone who sincerely wants to get this country moving again. If John McCain is elected President, the era of the permanent campaign will end. The era of problem solving will begin. Read More... The Issue: Partisanship There are serious issues at stake in this election, and serious differences between the candidates. And we will argue about them, as we should. But it should remain an argument among friends; each of us struggling to hear our conscience, and heed its demands; each of us, despite our differences, united in our great cause, and respectful of the goodness in each other. You might be thinking, "What's in it for me?" As a matter of fact, for every comment the McCain verifies, you will awarded points in McCain Action Center. Which is important, because in Fantasy Land 2013, those things will replace the dollar as American currency. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- we should start a daily "spot the talking point!" game! __________________ "NEVER underestimate the Democrat's ability to snatch DEFEAT from the jaws of victory."
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05-21-2008, 07:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
mudwhistle Banned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 949 Thanks: 178 Thanked 34 Times in 20 Posts	How would that be any different than you going to Huffington Post and copy/pasting all the talking points over here?
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05-21-2008, 07:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
ppatt Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Redondo Beach, CA Posts: 362 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 11 Posts	I hate to agree with Mud but he's right. Now, quickly back to disagreeing, with something Mud will not admit. It would be no different for McCain to have commenters but that is where the scant few similarities end. Fact is McCain has about 0..wait, no, 1 (Mud) and that's why he laughingly has to try and recruit them. Maybe he'll be paying them next so Mud could go make a few bucks. You don't have to be good. Maybe some of your grandparents will go out and buy their first PC then start bloggin' some smack...sure . ...show them fancy pants young whippersnappers a thing or two.
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05-21-2008, 08:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
Rollerball Sarcasm Is Blue Asteroids Champion! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,375 Thanks: 48 Thanked 72 Times in 49 Posts	...where do I apply?
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05-21-2008, 04:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
Richterscale My Brain Hurts Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spreading harmony thruout the Internetz Posts: 947 My Mood: Thanks: 19 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	Every morning I get my 'double super secret' liberal-fascist talking points beamed directly into my skull in encrypted form. I decrypt them by drinking a latte while sitting in my Volvo listening to NPR. But don't tell anybody else. I don't want the secret to get out... __________________ Google Sibel Edmonds "How many people died from the Kama Sutra as opposed to the Bible? Who wins?" - Frank Zappa
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