President Barack Obama Targeted by Anonymous Hate Text Messages

[Hissyspit]

Source: Huffington Post

Michael McAuliff

President Barack Obama Targeted By Anonymous Hate Text Messages

Posted: 10/30/2012 9:57 pm EDT Updated: 10/30/2012 10:16 pm EDT

WASHINGTON -- A sting of vitriol-laden text messages hit voters' phones Tuesday night, blasting President Barack Obama with anti-gay attacks and false claims.

In what appeared to be a coordinated campaign of cell phone text mail or text messages, one Virginia voter received one from the address [e-mail] that made the inflammatory claim: "Obama supports homosexuality and its radical social agenda. Say No to Obama on Nov 6!"

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New York Times reporter Jonathan Weisman tweeted that his 13-year-old daughter also got a text. "Obama denies protection to babies who survive abortions. Obama is just wrong,"; said the message from [e-mail]. HuffPost's Sam Stein also got a message, declaring"Seniors cant afford to have 4 more years of Obama budget cuts to Medicare."

Some of the messages did not seem well-targeted.

Jennifer Cryer tweeted that she got one from [e-mail] that said: "Stop Obama from forcing gay marriage on the states. Your vote is your voice." Cryer used her voice, and answered back, saying "I'm gay, you fucking douchebags."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/barack-obama-hate-text-messages_n_2047136.html

[Thekaspervote]

1. Don't read it.. Don't talk about!! Let it die!!!

[msanthrope]

10. Nope. Track it back to the GOP, from whence it came. nt

[Scuba]

18. WTF? Are you kidding?

[otohara]

2. They're Good At Hate

never quite seen anything like it in my lifetime!

[Rincewind]

11. I predict that

during the 2016 campaign, or 2020 at the latest, gop rallies will end with the crowd chanting " Death to America ".

[AAO]

20. Yeah, the only ones left standing will be the freaking Phelps Family.

[azurnoir]

3. oh my but they're getting desperate

but this will backfire IMO because most of those who use texting tend to be younger and hopefully more well informed I don't know of many seniors who are into texting,

[Kurovski]

7. i was thinking the same thing. it's a very strange campaign.

I live in a senior neighborhood, you are correct. i know one person who texts, out of about 30 whom I know do not.

[azurnoir]

15. most of the seniors I know don't text and a few won't use a computer either

but my standard for what's senior keeps getting upward, every time I have birthday

[Kurovski]

22. A lot of computer users here, i'll give you that. (nt)

[Glitterati]

13. Does age 60 count?

I use my phone more for texting than for phone calls.

You must when you have a 17 yr. old at home, though.

[azurnoir]

14. ask again me in four years

'cause then I'll be 60 too

[1ProudAtheist]

4. Racist Bigots

Only know one way of acting. Zebras cannot change their stripes. Consider the source, and assign it the proper attention....(none).

[SoapBox]

5. Yup...very desperate scum.

[neversaydie]

8. not just scum... POND SCUM!!

[joesdaughter]

6. Conspiracy

Fox calling it a Democratic Party False Flag operation, 3, 2,....

[These Eyes]

9. I received one of these texts tonight...

From [e-mail] about seniors and cuts to medicare. I don't know what ticked me off more -- the lie or that I couldn't respond.

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. Why couldn't you respond?

Or did you just mean you know no real-life person will ever bother reading the repsonses?

[These Eyes]

21. I checked to see if there was a website associated with the text msg and couldn't find one.

I assume they just purchased a ton of cell phone #s and sent out this junk. I didn't want to respond and give them the opportunity to capture my information.

[spiderpig]

12. That's their style, alright.

Nothing but hate and divisiveness.

I have never seen a nastier Repuke campaign in my 61 years. And that includes Tricky Dick.

[sakabatou]

16. Ach, even some of the comments are ill

[Anthony McCarthy]

19. My guess is college Republicans

Though I would suspect it's with some kind of corporate money behind it. You know, like the Chinese government pays people a few pennies for each pro-government message they post. Republicans sold the country to Red China, one of the greater ironies of the post-war period.

[lindysalsagal]

23. Probably local yokuls, not from the campaign

No rational person thinks this will help a campaign: This something a desperate child would do: Cultist behavior.

[KatyBR]

24. My husband got one of these in VA too! Can AT&T sell cell phone numbers?

I thought our phone numbers were anonymous....my husband got one of these anti-Obama hate text messages last night.
But his phone number is a D.C. number (even though he lives in VA). I don't think these texts are random....And I've heard
AT&T is supporting Romney (his provider).

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

25. they've been traced to a GOP operative

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/83098.html