An assignment for Obama’s new “truth squad”
A reader sends word that the Obama campaign is launching a new “truth squad” in Pennsylvania:
From: Stephanie Gidigbi SGidigbi@PAforChange.com
Date: September 22, 2008 10:07:16 AM EDT
Subject: EMBARGOED UNTIL NOON: Obama-Biden Campaign Rolls Out Pennsylvania Truth Squad***MEDIA ADVISORY***
For Planning Purposes Embargoed until Noon
Monday, September 22, 2008Obama-Biden Campaign Rolls Out Pennsylvania Truth Squad
Collection of leaders from around the state will give the facts in the face of McCain’s liesToday the Obama-Biden campaign is putting the McCain campaign on notice by rolling out the Pennsylvania Truth Squad — a group of 19 elected and community leaders from around the state who will be proactive in letting Pennsylvanians know the truth in the face of the distortions by the McCain campaign.
In Philadelphia, Gov. Ed Rendell, Mayor Michael Nutter and other members of the Truth Squad will kick off their efforts today with a press conference on Independence Mall.
In Harrisburg, AFL-CIO President Bill George, SEIU Executive Director Eileen Connolly and Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection Kate McGinty will hold a press conference on the steps of the Capitol building.
The mission of the Truth Squad will be to respond quickly, forcefully, and aggressively when John McCain or his allies launch inaccurate claims about Barack Obama, or when they distort John McCain’s record or plans.
Judging by how much the McCain campaign has lied and distorted over the past 2 months, the Truth Squad is expecting to be deployed regularly over these final 6 weeks. The full list of “Pennsylvania Truth Squad” members will be released today.
Event Details:
WHAT: Press Conference
WHO: Gov. Rendell and Mayor Nutter
WHEN: 2 p.m., Monday, September 22, 2008
WHERE: Free Speech Zone
5th and Market, Philadelphia, PA 19106WHAT: Press Conference
WHO: AFL-CIO President Bill George, SEIU President and Eileen Connolly, Exec. Director of SEIU
WHEN: 1 p.m., Monday, September 22, 2008
WHERE: In front of the Capitol, Harrisburg###
For Immediate Release
Monday, September 22, 2008
Contact Pennsylvania Press Office, (215) 563-2440
Hey, Truth Squad: How about getting to the bottom of the Palin smear squad desperately trying to cover its tracks on YouTube?
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How about also exposing the 84 deliberate smears or rumors being spread about Gov Palin.
http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors/
More like the geek squad…
Truth squad, from obamadamdingdon. I don’t know where to start with that.
Obama “Truth” Squad= Oxymoron.
Thug squad more like.
Once again, sending out the hornets to ATTACK!
It should be called the storyteller squad. They need to tell the truth about their own people.
Truth? Coming from bho? Now that will be the day. He would probably turn to stone if he did tell the truth.
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I bet the members of this squad have their own uniform…starched brown shirts….
Yeah, that’s for sure. Why doesn’t the Obama Campaign get to the bottom of the smears directed at Gov. Palin?
While they are at it, why don’t they also get to the bottom of Obama’s so-called reformer image. (I say “so-called reformer” because as David Freddoso and others have shown, Obama is anything but a reformer, agent of change, or fighter of corruption.)
Dems like Nutter and Rendell wouldn’t know truth if it hit them in the face. They know more about running cities and states into the ground- the thing that Dems excel at the most- than the importance of truth in a presidential campaign.
This is just another sign of how immature and grasping Obummer and his minions really are.
What is sad is that 50% of the country is BUYING this crap.
Boy, they really are scared aren’t they?
Rendell, Nutter and two union bigwigs. They have a strange definition of “truth.”
Nutter…how fitting a name.
How does Obama plan to “unite” this country based on lies?
Yes indeed, a sad fact.
A number of truths/validations on that list of 84…you might actually want to read what you link to and recalculate that number..unless you just want to start rumors.
Twoof squad, you say?
My collie says:
I am sure your masters said that to you.
Perhaps TOS you may want to list which of the 84 rumors is true.
I immediately thought of The Mod Squad
When is McCain going to grow some stones and ream Obama on the inarguable facts that would destroy Obama’s campaign?!
Take the man to task on his intimate associations with people like Ayers, Rezko, ACORN, his camapign’s sanctioning of the blatant and disgusting smears of Palin (and McCain), his ties to Communist and Marxist organizations in his youth, his plan to rape our military and defense budget and inact welfare redistribution to finance socialist healthcare and welfare systems, and all his thuggish minions that do the dirty work for him.
lol…you still didn’t even bother to read it. I’ll help you out with the obvious ones:
12, 25, 33, 39, 51-55, 61, 63, 67
Obama Truth Squad?
Isn’t that an Oxymoron?
LOL! my 8 year old was reading over my shoulder and asked “what’s a toot squat?” HAHAHAHA.
Then I had to educate her. Boo. Hiss.
Seems they can’t make up thier minds.
Looks like they are going to Ayers-bomb and American war hero. Oh, that’s okay, he is a Republican so it is just fine.
How do liberals live with themselves?
TOS, These were all items used to try to smear Palin. Clearly YOU didn’t read the list because it clearly shows that the left and the media has been completely dishonest in this campign.
How do liberals live with themselves?
Easy. They have no conscience to begin with.
Obama…all fluff and no substance. What a joke!
TOS how about items 79-83???
What’s dishonest about the numbers I mentioned? The site you linked was a compendium of rumors, not just the false ones as you claimed.
:hands CyberCipher’s collie a dog bisquit and pats his/her head
I love your dog!
And what exactly are your qualifications to announce what is and what is not the truth,and what are and what are not “rumors”?
Is it possible for a name to be more appropriate?
Back on topic: What will these “truth” groups be up to if this kook wins?
On September 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm, sonofdy said:
How does Obama plan to “unite” this country based on lies?
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lgm could tell you.
Truth squad………… my American azz
TRANSLATION: Obama is scared to death he’s going to lose Pennsylvania. So here come the Little Dutch Boys. He’s hoping they have big thumbs.
On September 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:
*shakes fist at BAL* Will you get out of my head already?!
Maybe you should completely read sonofdy’s link and follow the rest of this thread before posting such idiocy.
Should the worst happen and Obama wins, will the Truth Squad start setting up the Ministry of Truth (MinTru)? After all somebody will have to keep an eye on all those embittered conservatives clinging to their quaint notions of liberty and freedom of speech.
The whole point of the list is to validate which rumors are true and which ones are not. So, TheOtherSide is correct in saying that some of them are true, except he didn’t mention that many of the “true” ones aren’t exactly damning and instead had to word his comments in such a way to try and make you feel stupid.
I mean, wow, check out #54. “yes, she was once a sportscaster.” DAMNING. I don’t see how the campaign can survive it!
I still want to know where Mrs. Malkin found that nice picture of Michelle Obama on her post: “Obama releases ‘In your face hounds”. Michelle O. never looks that good.
What about the rumor that Obama actually hates America?
Truth Squad? The name is itself a lie. James Carville’s “war room” was named more honestly than this.
The “truth squad” should investigate the following items:
1) Joe Biden’s claim in 1987 that his ancestors were all coalminers who then came up from the ground and played 16 hours of football.
2) Joe Biden’s claim that he finished in the top half of his class at Syracuse Law School (He actually finished 75 out of 86).
3) Joe Biden’s claim that his late wife was killed by a drunk driver. Biden said the driver who collided with Biden’s late wife “drank his lunch”. Although there was no evidence that the driver in this tragic accident was drunk, the MSM will not investigate Biden’s repeated claim and smear of the other driver.
4) Joe Biden’s claims that he wrote his own writing assignments while at law school. In fact, Biden was disciplined for stealing the work of others.
The NY Times won’t cover this!
redpeach: Yes I know, he was trying to play word games while ignoring the obvious dishonesty/childishness the list exposed. I am not into play word games today.
Thought this was interesting from:
http://www.beltwaysnark.com
you have to scroll down a little
Maybe Obama can slip out of his role as Jesus for a little while and play Pontius Pilate for a day and ask the question “What is truth“? I honestly don’t think he knows.
This is a very clever idea by the O/B campaign. We shouldn’t get too comfy in thinking that it won’t have a major effect.
McCain/Palin would be wise to do something similar, or at a minimum be careful not to inflate any assertions. The MSM is still jawboning about Karl Rove’s having called out McCain for his lipstick/pig and sex ed for kids ad.
These soulless dems are vile. If they tell their lies often enough people believe they are being truthful. It’s ironic that they’re out running a defensive plan because they have no offense. They are incapable of leadership!
And while I’m at it, It’s gotten to be knee-jerk how repetitively (and how often) the Obama campaign attaches the word “lies” to every mention of “McCain”. It’s mindless. I’m being polite.
What could be attached to every mention of “Obama”? “Collectivist”, perhaps. Or “just plain “Commie”. Or for that matter, “Liar”. Seems fair.
Maybe The One’s “truth squad” might be be able to make use of this to help save time in writing “action alerts”:
The Barack Obama Quote Generator
Get your cameras ready! I want video of what happens to the truth-squad when they “get into the faces” of the good people in Williamsport, Montoursville. Loch Haven, Jersey Shore or Muncy, PA!
You can’t HANDLE the truth!
Gov Sarah Palin is scheduled to speak in Media, PA (about 5 miles north of Philadelphia’s airport) at 3:00PM today.
Pennsylvania Gov Rendell and Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter are staging this stunt to overwhelm local coverage of Palin’s speech.
Democrat Truth Squad… not that’s the Oxymoron of the year!
Why not?
I haven’t used the inaccurate term “Democrat” for these _____ (your term for them here) for some time now.
I refer to them as socialists, which is just what they are.
That’s an insult to geeks.
I can only laugh at Obama and his minions as they accuse Republicans of lying. What a joke.
Had alot of fun with that. None of it could be posted here. Thanks!!!
BO thought that this election was going to be a slam dunk. He put away Hillary by concentrating on the caucus states and pandering to large city liberals. He seems to have had no strategy for the general election. The Palin pick blindsided him. Hopefully BO’s strategy to discover dirt on Palin will blow-up in his face.
Given everything Obama stands for, this is like “outing” a list of 19
elected and community leadersCommunists.He couldn’t even figure out a strategy to keep from bowling gutter balls…
This guy (formerly known as The Candidate) is desperate, indeed.
He’s got his own Theme Song (Yes We Can, by Will.I.Am), Salute and Powder-Blue Seal.
Missing is only his new American flag:
A white circle in a blue field, containing 4 of his “rainbow logo O’s” in a pinwheel pattern…y’know, sorta like one-a those swastika things….
Was ist los? Wo ist der Kommandant von der Wahrheits-Gruppe?
Wo ist der Obersturmfuhrer?
Gov. Ed Rendell I think.
Hoffentlich hat er sich verloren.
I can get by in german, but I am not great at it. kline bitte.
This may not end up being an good idea on THE ONE’S part. Fast Eddy Rendell was, if I remember correctly, not in favor of THE ONE and I thought has said some not so favorable things about THE ONE, and suggested PA may not go Dem. Since Fast Eddy was for Her Majesty, one wonders if a gaffe on his part is not going to jump out during these Trouffer Squad raids?
Another thought, if this type of action is going to constantly be raining down on the heads of those in swing states, perhaps the voters might just be turned off and not on by the Chicago style politics in the gutter, knife fighting.
Ich auch!
Uhbama is a classic narcissist with NPD so this does not surprise me. Here is an article by a guy I learned a lot about Narcissistic Personality Disorder from and his take on THE ONE.
After the press conference, The Messiah’s Truth Squad poses for a group picture.
There, fixed it. Will the band in attendance be playing the Horst Wessel Song?
Yeah, it a nice amusement, SonODY.
I had fun just entering “clean” terms like “Bush, Republicsns, tolerance, diversity”, etc. I was going to post an example here, but I’d already closed the generated “quote” pages.
Heh!
You mean, like this?
‘Sup! Who da man? Who da main man?
Hey; “Truth Squad”
Come to the mountains in Idaho and moose hunt with me.
I’ll show you what truth is.
John McCain Truth Squad From JohnMcCain.Com.
Same thing.
Here’s a bizarre one. McCain is in favor of the Northern Ireland peace process and urges Obama not to scale it back. The problem is that Obama never asked to scale it back, and McCain was against it when it was happening.
I wonder if the “Truth Squad” is to Truth as Real (c) Cheese is to Cheese.
The processed cheese that that was given the trademarked name “Real”.
Das gebietet die Höflichkeit Englisch sprechen !!
It’s funny how that the “Truth” squad is composed of nothing but known LIARS.
This ranks right up there with how much I care about the next election for the mayor of schwienfurt, germany.
Northern Ireland? Really?
Ich erkenne an, die Größe der Sie Ihr Deutsch
(found an online translator!!!)
I speak the language of freedom.
Michelle
From now on please refrain from using the words Obama and truth in the same line. Every time I see that I am forced to swallow back bile that rises up …
BluegrassHindu
(sadistic streak rising)
obama – truth
obama – truth
obama – truth
obama – truth
obama – truth
obama – truth
Insert manacial laughter here
Tell that to the east prussians.
FREE EAST PRUSSIA!!! DEMAND RIGHT OF RETURN!!!!
sonofdy
I speak the language of freedom. The U.S. constitution.
Verstehen Sie, was ich meine?
Ja, ich bin gerade in einer guten Stimmung heute Nachmittag. Dieser Übersetzer kicks ass!! Auch ich frage mich, wie viele Menschen auch wissen, was Ostpreußen ist.
великий лидер, Обама. Russian. I like this translator. You can add it to your google page.
sonofdy : Watch it sonofdy. Michelle will kick you off her blog. According to Obama we’re stupid Americans and can’t speak other languages. Heck! I can say “I love you I want you to have my babies” in ten different languages. That would bring more peace to the world than Obama truth squads.
Michelle
I just now caught you on ” Cavuto”
“I love you
I want you to have my babies”Michelle for president.