Open Thread: Obama's Widely-mocked Attack Watch
By NB Staff | September 15, 2011 | 09:51
Only hours after launching a smear-fighting campaign website, President Obama's latest campaign tactic has already become a widely-mocked target of conservatives. As explained at Hot Air,
Not only are major papers running headlines about the site becoming a laughingstock, even respected liberals are admitting that they would have flipped out had Bush tried something similar.
Do you think Attack Watch will weather the PR beating? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
The website was launched with an email from Obama for America campaign manager Jim Messina, who wrote that he is looking for people to report "phony attacks" on the president.
Here's the deal: We all remember the birth certificate smear, the GOP's barrage of lies about the Affordable Care Act and the string of other phony attacks on President Obama that we've seen over the past few years...
There are a lot of folks on the other side who are chomping [sic] at the bit to distort the president's record. It's not a question of if the next big lie will come, just when -- and what we're prepared to do about it.
Attack Watch has already criticized GOP frontrunners Gov. Rick Perry and former Gov. Mitt Romney, with Messina explaining the site can "nip [their] attacks in the bud before they show up on the airwaves and in emails." Many feel the site feels too much like Big Brother to be taken seriously. Twitter users especially have taken to mocking the site, taking over the #attackwatch hashtag to hurl humorous insults to the campaign.
At just over a year out from the 2012 presidential election, it is already clear that negative attacks are going to be a central part of campaigns. Do you think Attack Watch will weather it out to 2012?
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→ If you love me
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 9:55am.
May as well add, "If you love me, you will rat out your friends and family for me"
If not, the Obama Youth will.
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 2:30pm.
If not, the Obama Youth will.
a.k.a. -- the Obama
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 2:47pm.
a.k.a. -- the Obama Brown-Nose Brigade
Obama Love Parody...
Submitted by crimsonspark on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 4:29pm.
Cool, I'm sure someone could make a great parody using this song.
Kind of
Submitted by grammajane on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:03am.
reminds me of "slam books" back in Jr. High.
Slam books?
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:06pm.
I am must be behind times. Don't know what slam books means. Then again we didn't have jr. high. 1-8 elementrary 9-12 high school
For fun
Submitted by jay_1975 on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:06am.
I have been submitting every article about Dems opposed to Obama's job plan and articles about Dem's unhappy with the NY-9 election. I hope attackwatch.com goes after those darn far right Dem's. I also threw in Carville's latest CNN rant about needing to fire his advisers. Gotta stir up the hornet's nest.
Red and Black
Submitted by texasborngranny on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:09am.
gee, I can't imagine why The Big 0's Attack site chose a Red and Black color scheme...
What other colors would a Kenyan commie pick?
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:33am.
I doubt our Dear Ruler's snitch site will make it through to the election.
In fact, if it is still up past the weekend I will be surprised given the pounding it is taking.
Imagine my distress. :-)
-Dave
Maybe he got it from here
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:09pm.
http://www.newbernsj.com/articles/hurricane-100395-cargo-half.html
Red and Black?
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:33pm.
Does that mean they purposely left the green off? I'm sure they got the idea for the colors from the NBPP.
Liars are threatening the
Submitted by Kenny Bunkport on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:13am.
Liars are threatening the State!!!
Young Citizens! Please report any anti-party activity or speech by your parents or family to your teachers or local party official.*
Always be a good citizen and report the refuseniks!
*by making a report, this activity will result in the immediate arrest and detention and/or break up of your family unit. You will be shipped to an orphanage, and you will not see your family for months, years, or even forever.
Separated at birth?
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:15am.
http://moonbattery.com/?p=2280
ATTACK WATCH REPORT
Submitted by Llewsilverhand on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:16am.
I did my civic duty and went on Attack Watch to report that I overheard a guy in line at the grocery store saying he was going to vote Republican come next election.
Come on America! Big Brother needs defending against "unpatriotic" people like that! ;-)
SOTUS
Submitted by cats1cowboy on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:16am.
The sissy of the United States has to be impeached.
And so it begins.....
Submitted by DefCon3 on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:20am.
Because "Night Watch" was already taken? Idiots....
Should we submit this?
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:22am.
Cornell West ranting about the nigardzation of America.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/n-word-ization-of-america-cornel-west-sa...
Is this reporting just
Submitted by michael lofrano on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:34am.
Is this just for reporting partisan attacks against the president, or should I also report the ever increasing numbers who are recognizing him to be the incompetent political hack and droning bore that he is?
These are hilarious
Submitted by generalbroccoli on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:28am.
Twitter responses to #AttachWatch:
http://quirkopatra.blogspot.com/2011/09/so-obamanazis-set-up-this-sitere...
Some good ones from your link
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:43am.
#attackwatch I just saw several people refuse to eat their peas. Do you have a SWAT team?
Obama I'm confused. If I see someone suspicious should I use #AttackWatch or this illegal class III AK-47 an ATF agent gave me?
What's black, white, and RED all over? #AttackWatch
#attackwatch Just parked my private jet in a handicap space, left it running and bought some lemonade from little girls in yard w/o a permit
#AttackWatch: Because #ResistWeMuch was already taken."
#attackwatch I think the rapture has taken place because I can no longer find anyone who says they voted for Obama
#attackwatch somebody I know keeps calling POTUS dumb! Please release his college transcripts so I can prove him wrong!
Hey #attackwatch, I saw 6 ATM’s in an alley, killing a Job. It looked like a hate crime!
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 138 (and Counting)
This one was classic
Submitted by Denny Crane on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 11:08pm.
MEEchelleO
#AttackWatch No names, but someone in WH keeps leavin the toilet seat up! OK-Pretty sure it's Napolitano.
We Are The 53%
Those tweats are well worth
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:48am.
Those tweats are well worth reading. I was laughing so hard at work, I had to step outside.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Thanks, I adopted one as my
Submitted by Ruths husband Ben on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 11:18am.
Thanks, I adopted one as my tag line. Great site.
That is too funny.
Submitted by michael lofrano on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:39pm.
That is too funny.
OMG, those are great
Submitted by falcon on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:16pm.
My personal contribution: "Keeping up with #attackwatch is like being George Jetson on the treadmill walking Astro. "Jane, stop this crazy thing!" #LOL
“I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership, that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose.” – Ronald Reagan, July 17, 1980.
"Michelle, stop this crazy
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 2:48pm.
"Michelle, stop this crazy thing!!!"
A few more good ones.
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:31pm.
"Many people are quoting Obama's campaign promises. That's just mean. Make them stop!".
"Timepieces being flung at OFA HQ. It's an #AttackWatch watch attack!".
"Should I only report people who *say* false things, or can I report people who look like they're *thinking* false things? #AttackWatch".
"Dear #AttackWatch What's hairy, smelly, lives in the woods, & reports you to the government? A liberal chick? Yes. Also #attackSQUATCH".
"#attackwatch People are calling our President the Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, that’s not allowed is it?".
"Dear @AttackWatch : Weather maps on TV only show 50 states. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER SEVEN?".
"#attackwatch I'd like to report my neighbour - Bob, for surreptitiously scraping the Obama sticker off the bumper of his Prius.".
"#attackwatch - Doing the Job that the SS could not".
Todd Palin is pissed
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:29am.
Maybe he wil punch this fool's lights out over his lies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14928464
Why do we have to get this from a foreign media?
I am surprised that our Dear Comrade Leader hasn't used
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:57am.
our federal agents as his own personal Red Army to silence the opposition, oh wait... he has, i.e. anyone try to purchase a Gibson guitar lately. You may able to here:
http://www.justice.gov/
Okay, color me illiterate,
Submitted by Ruths husband Ben on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 11:04am.
Okay, color me illiterate, but why is there a [sic] in the phrase, "are chomping [sic] at the bit". How else would one spell chomping? Help, please.
~Because
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 11:12am.
The original expression was to "champ at the bit". "Chomp" is a modern, incorrect twist on it.
Okay, thanks. I have owned
Submitted by Ruths husband Ben on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 11:16am.
Okay, thanks. I have owned horses in the past, never even considered "champ."
~Like many terms based on an equestrian society
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:15pm.
it's become archaic in the past century. I'm a history/literature/equine buff so I've got all kinds of trivia tucked away. :)
Ben...."to chomp"
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:34pm.
It's something we Gators do.
The Gator Chomp (and there is no way any video/audio can capture this properly, the noise is amazing).
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 138 (and Counting)
I guess I am a chomper too
Submitted by Ruths husband Ben on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:48pm.
I guess I am a chomper too (being a redneck). Champ is a little too refined for me.
Blonde
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 2:51pm.
Will you be rooting for the Ohio State Buckeyes this weekend?
You mean in the Embarassed Loser Bowl?
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 3:06pm.
That's a hard one, strat. I refuse to ever watch scUM play. But I'll watch the scores.
I kind of enjoy playing against Ohi-owned. After all, we beat them, the perennially over-rated school, in consecutive National Championships (Football and then Basketball).
Victory is sweet, and total humiliating annihilation of those two fool schools is even sweeter.
I'll definitely be cheering for Mr. Stoops over the Clowns.
And of course, we're going to CHOMP the hapless Vols (now you know why Jer is the way he is) again, 7th time in a row. This football season is shaping up rather nicely, IMO.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 138 (and Counting)
You Are Pumped
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 3:42pm.
How much caffeine have you had today?
Hey SEC fans*
Submitted by cajun2 on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 7:07pm.
There is a game on tonight in Starksville.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6IonaBM3Ko&feature=related
How does that go?
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 7:18pm.
Oh yea, LSU LSU LSU!!
I'm going w/the Purple/Gold
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 8:41pm.
I should be happy for M.S., (Dan Mullen was a Gator)....but I like LSU.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 138 (and Counting)
Obama has jumped the shark
Submitted by richb313 on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 11:07am.
This will mark the official end of Obama's relevancy, he has jumped the shark. Mocking Attack Watch is truely an American response to this type of despicable un-American practice.
Obama swore to Protect and Defend the Constitution. I suppose Free Speech is one of those restrictive Amendments he was talking about when he complained before that the Constitution is flawed because all it does is tell what Government cannot do.
Speak away all ye merry pranksters
Submitted by Bill The Bold on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 11:46pm.
Attack watch is not about curtailing you right to say any wacky, false or misleading thing you want. The purpose of then sight is simply to become a counterweight to the partisan ideological claims made in then right wing. Claims that are often misinformed, heck, often out right lies, somehow become republican talking points as if they are facts. Many things about the future impacts of actions cannot be predicted with certainty, but many of the points being made to argue about what the future holds are incorrect or misstated to mean one thing while they mean another. if we are going to argue in a meaningful way about the impacts of gov actions on the future then it must begin with the best , most objective and agreed upon parts of the whole and, combined with the historical records of similar actions from the past.
Almost all politicians do this type of lying and blaming. The answer to that and the lies told in the media is to have go-to sources for the straight scoop using the best available data and facts.
You dont go to anything Fox to get the straight scoop on Obama policies nor do you go to parts of MSNBC to get the straight scoop on some things. You cant get too much objective data here either.
If you want to see what the reality is after you hear one of these mouthpieces butcher it then go to sites like politifact or factcheck or mediamatters or propublica. read the data, hold it up against what the blowhard said and see for your self
media matters??
Submitted by sentry_99 on Fri, 09/16/2011 - 12:18am.
GTFO
Bill, the the SnitchWatch
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 09/16/2011 - 10:40am.
Bill, the the SnitchWatch website has already been shown to be nothing more than an Obama propaganda device used to smear conservatives. Already a lot of proven misinformation, half-truths and outright lies have been officially posted there. So either you are grossly misinformed about SnitchWatch or you are brazenly lying about it. Either way, you're wrong. Again. Typical.
Propublica? Surely, you jest.
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 12:03pm.
Propublica, funded by Herbert and Marion Sandler, who've given " hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democratic Party campaigns. In 2004, Herbert Sandler gave the MoveOn.org Voter Fund $2.5 million, again according to the FEC database. The Center for Responsive Politics Web site reports donations of $8.5 million from Herbert and Marion to the 527 group Citizens for a Strong Senate, in the 2004 cycle. CSS was formed by "a group of strategists with close ties to former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards,". See the whole article here. Even Slate sees that Propublica is not a serious, non-partisan place for info.
As was said, GTFO.
Gotta love the buffoons on the left trying to
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 10:00pm.
constantly spread their lies to people with at least half a brain... Um Mr. Bold where are you to defend these allegations you speak of? It seems you are a liberal coward and have run off to your basement to troll on more conservative blogs. Another joke of a partisan hack I see.
Yes gmaniac*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 10:08pm.
Thankfully, someone with the key doesnt like liars.
http://newsbusters.org/users/bill-bold
Oh wow, someone got their arse banned with a
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 12:05am.
quickness! Nice and I would still like this fool to come to take their medicine... doubt they would regardless. Probably too busy eating peas;)
It seems to me that NB admin
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 11:15am.
It seems to me that NB admin are taking a more proactive approach with liberal trolls. Which is a mighty good thing!
And Bill the Bold has been
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 11:14am.
And Bill the Bold has been banished from NewsBusters.
Damn it this really pisses me off
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 11:39am.
Please excuse the language but I am about as pissed as I have ever been. This bitch murdered her handicapped stepdaughter, cuts up her body and gets off with hardly any time. What is wrong with the justice system? I hope the good folks of Catawba County will remember this DA come next election. I know my parents will. I think my mom wanted to insert the needle in the sorry bitch. The judge should never have allowed a plea in a case as vile as is.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/09/15/2610016/zahra-baker-case-cou...
Nancy Grace needs to haul her ass to Newton, NC and get this story all over the country.
Comrade #Attack
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:08pm.
Comrade #Attack Watch...
I'm on a traitorous anti-Obama website called Newsbusters and they are mocking Obama 24/7. They need to be investigated by the Humorless Czar. keep up the great work expanding tolerance.
Comrade #Attack Watch... How many neighbors do I have to "rat out" for displaying anti-Obama tendencies to qualify for an invite to the White House? Yours comradely, Rosa Kleb.
Dear Rosa Kleb... #Attack Watch operates a three level scheme:
BRONZE LEVEL: Ratting out a minimum of 30 un-Americans qualifies you to a one-on-one with Homeland Security Czarina Janet Napolitano at a White Castle of your choosing.
SILVER LEVEL: Ratting out 100 un-Americans who fail to show respect for the great leader qualifies you for an all-expensives paid visit to Martha's Vineyard, where you will get the chance to act as personal MAID to the First Lady.
GOLD LEVEL: Rat out 1000 un-Americans and you can write the next JOBS BILL.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
So, the first person to rat out Newsbusters . . .
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:00pm.
. . . gets Platinum Level?
What would the reward be for turning in Andrew Brietbart? A job as SecState ? ;-)
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Director of the ATF, Free
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:05pm.
A ringside seat to a million exploding heads.
Oh wait, those would be liberal heads exploding over Bad Man Breitbart.
Never mind.
(When we R-words take over, I think we need to fire all the czars, and appoint Breitbart and Palin as "King and Queen of Truth in the Media").
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 138 (and Counting)
Blonde...
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:10pm.
It's so bad over there that the libtards won't even post against us about that site. It's actually been pretty funny.
We are turning
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:09pm.
ourselves in... LOL!! We are trying to make as much of a mess and overload the whole site as we can.
How many times has the Obama
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:09pm.
How many times has the Obama regime (or those who fawn over him) created sites like this only to remove them after public ridicule, scorn, and outrage? How long until this one suddenly disappears without comment?
With the problems this site has had
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 7:30pm.
Cant say it hasnt crossed my mind. All of my Football watching sites are debunked thanks to the these clowns
I think I'll report that
Submitted by irishguy on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:13pm.
I think I'll report that maureen dowd said Obama has big ears...
The poor President is a failure...
Submitted by Order270 on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:24pm.
...because of all the lies and distortions told about his administration. Between the "birth certificate smear", "lies about Affordable Care Act" and other "phony attacks" on President Obama, utopia and paradise have been cruelly demolished.
Isn't that one of Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals?"
Submitted by falcon on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:31pm.
Ridicule the opposition? Seems to be working just fine so far...
“I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership, that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose.” – Ronald Reagan, July 17, 1980.
I love it...
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:04pm.
Quite a few of us at Breitbart.com have made the charge to post stuff. Now the question is how long will it take for the "men in black" to come visit us??
Teleprompter Traitor
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:27pm.
#ATTACK WATCH... The President's Teleprompter is making Obama say silly things again and is constantly making Barack repeat himself all the time, such as PASS THIS BILL -- fifty times in one speech alone.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Only one word for it.
Submitted by telecaster on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:35pm.
DESPERATION. AttackWatch is pure and utter desperation from the president and the addicted who still believe in him. They have only a negative strategy to employ as their record in office is one of hype, prevarication, slurs, abject failure for the economy and a confused, nearly hands off foreign policy. In other words a failed presidency any way you slice it. No one has to mount phony attacks when the facts are more effective at showing Mr. Obama for what he genuinely is....a phony president.
~OMO, I'm dyin' here
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:35pm.
Hitler discovers AttackWatch is a joke! Download it before it gets wiped, and let's make this baby viral!
The really funny thing...
Submitted by Karma on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:56pm.
...is that this hilarious video will actually be reported to the gestapo, er...administration. That's what I meant...administration.
~Karma!
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 2:37pm.
Welcome back, long time no see!
I had no idea
Submitted by kata on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 3:12pm.
David Axelerod was fluent in German.
Where is George Orwell when you need him?
Submitted by drsamherman on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:53pm.
Very definitely Orwellian in literary sense.
Very paranoid in psychiatric sense.
Very stupid in PR sense.
Since I can't stand the SOB,
Submitted by jessieH on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 2:14pm.
Since I can't stand the SOB, they can put me on the moronic site, any time they want.
Obama is opening a HUGE can
Submitted by jkwtrading on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 3:07pm.
Obama is opening a HUGE can of worms with this site.
I hope he reads many of the responses.. they might enlighten him to how we truly feel about him. no doubt scare his pants off in the process.
Can we all say "The Emperor's
Submitted by BTW Biological female on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 3:14pm.
Can we all say "The Emperor's new clothes"
PG13 French Fries
Submitted by kata on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 3:34pm.
I wonder what sort of arm twisting or deal making had to happen to make these restaurants change their menus. We've seen choice in options moved to the default choice in options. How much longer until the choice is removed entirely?
LOL. Reminds me of the similar MichelleWatch stupidity
Submitted by krendler on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 8:07pm.
...which supposedly kept a watch out for viscous, racist attacks against Michelle Obama during the 2008 campaign, the site being launched after Michelle told the nation she'd never been proud of the United States until her husband ran for president.
I guess they think by posting moronic websites like these they're "proving" that their heroes are being unfairly attacked by the big, bad conservatives. "Look what we've had to do in order to fight the smears against Michelle!!! - It's MICHELLEWATCH."
These people have the emotional maturity of 10 year-olds.
EX PAT, Anyone?
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 8:42pm.
Just wondering.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 138 (and Counting)
Sorry
Submitted by Denny Crane on Fri, 09/16/2011 - 6:06am.
Saw this a little late, maybe next week.
We Are The 53%
An "attack" can be the truth
Submitted by Andrew H. on Fri, 09/16/2011 - 4:07am.
An "attack" can be the truth too, dummy dnc puppeteers.
The so-called mainstream media is the propaganda arm of the criminal DNC.
Maybe there needs
Submitted by texasborngranny on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 1:14pm.
to be a "DitchtheSnitch " site to report people who report people on AttackWatch.
i'm just sayin
tbg, Ok here is one.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 1:34pm.
AttackWatchWatch
.
O'bama 0% capital gains @4:58 and so much more.
What about this one?
Submitted by Denny Crane on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 11:04pm.
AttackSwatch.com
We Are The 53%