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Machi4velli
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 Posted - 07/09/2012 : 10:48:00
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While most serious campaigns on both sides use campaign trackers — staffers whose job is to record on video every public appearance and statement by an opponent — House Democrats are taking it to another level. They’re now recording video of the homes of GOP congressmen and candidates and posting the raw footage on the Internet for all to see.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78217.html#ixzz209GT9jxq |
I don't know that this is particularly safe. Any thoughts?
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HalfMooner
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Posted - 07/09/2012 : 11:28:32 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Machi4velli
While most serious campaigns on both sides use campaign trackers — staffers whose job is to record on video every public appearance and statement by an opponent — House Democrats are taking it to another level. They’re now recording video of the homes of GOP congressmen and candidates and posting the raw footage on the Internet for all to see.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78217.html#ixzz209GT9jxq |
I don't know that this is particularly safe. Any thoughts?
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They should not give away the address in the videos. (Though that is probably legally public knowledge.) But knowing how their representatives live may be a valid political point that voters should know. Like, just how tuned into their constituents are the GOP Congresscritters? |
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the_ignored
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Posted - 07/09/2012 : 11:30:12 [Permalink]
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| Bad move on several levels...it resembles stalking, if it actually is not stalking itself. |
>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 07/09/2012 : 11:42:27 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by the_ignored
Bad move on several levels...it resembles stalking, if it actually is not stalking itself.
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When Mitt's La Jolla, California home was shown in the news, I don't remember stalking being mentioned. But I suspect that will be the rap, as this time it's many politicians being exposed and in an organized way. This is almost certainly legal, and if done right, no real threat to the palatial mansions, the armies of liveried household servants, the menacingly uniformed armed guards, or to the GOP Congress Members, their families, prostitutes, or lovers. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Machi4velli
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 07/10/2012 : 14:00:43 [Permalink]
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Looks like maybe the thinking is that they can shoot the footage and by making it public, disavow any ownership and that way PACs and other groups who can't receive benefits from the campaigns can have it for their ads. It hasn't really been limited to the homes though, they followed one congresswoman while grocery shopping for some reason, found a staffer essentially staking out an opponent's home with a camera, etc.
Politically, the house shots will certainly be used in the ridiculous attack ads we see every cycle. "X has a big house, he obviously doesn't care about you!" It's really nonsense, it's not as if very rich members of Congress don't represent different political positions, but this is to be expected and I don't see a safety problem.
But I think there's a problem with giving out addresses to these homes when people can easily find out when the target isn't home, when there may only be children home, etc. |
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."
-Giordano Bruno
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge."
-Stephen Hawking
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable"
-Albert Camus |
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the_ignored
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Posted - 07/10/2012 : 16:57:15 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Machi4velli
But I think there's a problem with giving out addresses to these homes when people can easily find out when the target isn't home, when there may only be children home, etc.
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Exactly.
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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Dem House Staffers Taking Footage of GOP Homes
