Comments on: Online Straw Poll Has Interesting Backer

By: walt moffett

walt moffett — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:56:20 +0000

Won’t say its necessarily a matter of failing to declare but more a matter of wanting to appear as having something a candidate wants (mailing list, volunteers etc) or an effort to curry favor from a candidate. Note there is more than one candidate seeking the better-than-thou set’s vote.

Tracing shadow orgs and fronts can be fun, particularly if you do searches based on catch phrases and the movement’s jargon, but can also be a great time sink better spent patching roofs, rotating tires or annoying the children.

Website design, flash block, ad block, turning off automatic image loading and noscript helps in firefox. But some best seen bye using links to dump the page then feeding the result thru the swedish chef bjork! bjork! filter.

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:04:11 +0000

And to echo John’s comment, at least get a better website design…

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:02:53 +0000

You’re right, Walt. I do understand one’s hesitation to come out and support a candidate this early. But it’s one thing to be hesitant and another to put up a sham website with an understated bias.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:36:38 +0000

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By: Kristopher

Kristopher — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:54:36 +0000

You may be right Walt…maybe it’s just frustrating to have to keep up with all these different front groups and poorly designed websites.

By: walt moffett

walt moffett — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:57:21 +0000

Be upfront about who you’re pulling for? At this stage of the campaign season, I believe thats a violation of the unwritten rules.

By: Alex Schriver

Alex Schriver — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:49:42 +0000

Fraudulent & pathetic || RT @TWAY_Kris: NEW TWAY Blog Post: Online Straw Poll Has Interesting Backer http://j.mp/8E2LDw #alpolitics

By: John Gunn

John Gunn — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:03:10 +0000

RT @TWAY_Kris Online Straw Poll Has Interesting Backer http://j.mp/8E2LDw | Jim Ziegler, the 90s called. They'd like their web design back.

By: Alex Schriver

Alex Schriver — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:45:25 +0000

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By: Derek Trotter

Derek Trotter — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:42:28 +0000

If you're promoting a candidate, at least be upfront. RT @TWAY_Kris: Online Poll Has Interesting Backer http://j.mp/8E2LDw #alpolitics