Today wasn’t the first time Barack Obama asked his supporters to “get in the face” of people who disagree with Sen. Obama. In fact, yesterday’s Chicago Tribune carried an illuminating story on the “Obama Action Wire”–Obama’s flash-mob tool designed to disrupt media criticism of the candidate in real time. (h/t Steve Sailer) Here’s how the Obama Action Wire Works: The campaign has a large database of supporters. When the campaign gets wind of something in the media it doesn’t like, for instance, a radio interview with an Obama critic or a TV ad being run critical of Obama, the Action Wire directs people in the database to flood the offending media outlet with phone calls and emails. Many times, this is done while the interview is being conducted on air.
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