President Obama's reelection campaign will need a lot of volunteers.
Some will be involved in get-out-the-vote efforts, others will dedicate their time to fundraising. But tens of thousands will be use their talents to support the Truth Team.
The campaign wants to recruit as many as two million people to pursue a single goal: combatting the misinformation pushed out consistently by the opposition.
"People don't just want tl hear from campaign statements ans ads-- they want to hear from family and friends they trust," said Stephanie Cutler, deputy campaign manager for Obama for America.
This sounds like the kind of volunteer work I might enjoy. You sign up online and then start joining the effort to stamp out bull _hit.
The team will be divided into three parts. Each unit will have its own Web portal:
Attackwatch.com will combat basic and over the top nastiness:
KeepGOPHonest.com will challenge Republicans who lie about their records;
And KeepHisWord.com will promote the president's record.
All of this is necessary because the opposition is willing to say and do anything to win the Whitehouse, retake the Senate and keep control of the House.
One thing I've learned, over the years, is that you do not edit the president. Once an individual is elected leader of the free world, what he says, everything he says, is a matter of public record.
Honest communicators to not paraphrase, distort or mislead their readers or their audiences with words presidents have not or do not say. When the quotes are available, they simply provide the quotes and let the readers or their audiences form their own conclusions.
Since all sorts of positions, policies and statements are routinely attached to the president and repeated as though they were facts, the need for a Truth Team is obvious. I think it's a very good idea. I wish them well.
Some will be involved in get-out-the-vote efforts, others will dedicate their time to fundraising. But tens of thousands will be use their talents to support the Truth Team.
The campaign wants to recruit as many as two million people to pursue a single goal: combatting the misinformation pushed out consistently by the opposition."People don't just want tl hear from campaign statements ans ads-- they want to hear from family and friends they trust," said Stephanie Cutler, deputy campaign manager for Obama for America.
This sounds like the kind of volunteer work I might enjoy. You sign up online and then start joining the effort to stamp out bull _hit.
The team will be divided into three parts. Each unit will have its own Web portal:
Attackwatch.com will combat basic and over the top nastiness:
KeepGOPHonest.com will challenge Republicans who lie about their records;
And KeepHisWord.com will promote the president's record.
All of this is necessary because the opposition is willing to say and do anything to win the Whitehouse, retake the Senate and keep control of the House.
One thing I've learned, over the years, is that you do not edit the president. Once an individual is elected leader of the free world, what he says, everything he says, is a matter of public record.
Honest communicators to not paraphrase, distort or mislead their readers or their audiences with words presidents have not or do not say. When the quotes are available, they simply provide the quotes and let the readers or their audiences form their own conclusions.
Since all sorts of positions, policies and statements are routinely attached to the president and repeated as though they were facts, the need for a Truth Team is obvious. I think it's a very good idea. I wish them well.
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