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To: LindyBill who wrote (322226)	9/2/2009 2:04:25 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	4 Recommendations Respond to of 793866

Obama has better be very careful what he says. I see this as somthing that could really bite him. I suspect he will stick to an inoffensive pep talk about personal responsibility and studying hard. The Ed Dept website seems to use 'personal responsibility' as a buzzword. If he veers into even a whiff of political indoctrination, he will live to regret it.

To: LindyBill who wrote (322226)	9/2/2009 4:48:00 AM
From: KLP	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793866

Reynolds: Sept 2, 2009~~USUALLY PRESIDENTS ARE PAST THE 8-MONTH MARK BEFORE THEY HIT THIS STAGE: Obama’s Political Operation Escalates Attack On Media. It’s like W’s whole second term, playing out at double speed. Posted at 2:29 am by Glenn Reynolds Obama’s Political Operation Escalates Attack On Media; Raises Money Off Failure To Debunk “Lies” The Plum LineGreg Sargent's blog theplumline.whorunsgov.com This has to be the Obama camp’s most direct and premeditated shot at the media yet: His outside political operation just blasted an email to supporters directly faulting the press for falling down on the job of debunking health care “lies.” The email from Organizing for America, which was forwarded by a reader, is obviously not addressed to the media and explicitly focuses blames on the press for the traction that reform foes have gained. Hitting the media riles the base, and the email also asks for donations to fund OFA, because “stepping in where the media fails is a daunting challenge.” “Our opponents will create and spread outrageous lies to try to stop President Obama from creating real change,” reads the email from OFA chief Mitch Stewart. “We just can’t count on the media to debunk them.” The email suggests that the media’s failure has helped the “frightening smears” of reform foes seem “pretty convincing,” because “folks don’t know that they’re false.” It also quotes Obama’s recent denunciation of he-said-she-said journalism: If somebody puts out misinformation… then the way the news report comes across is, “Today, such-and-such accused President Obama of putting forward death panels. The White House responded that that wasn’t true.” And then they go on to the next story. And what they don’t say is, “In fact, it isn’t true.” Needless to say, this particular OFA effort has not been announced to…the media. This blog’s homepage is here. RSS feed here. Twitter feed here. Email me here.