UR the VP! Oh, never mind.
Last week, the Obama campaign declared that it would text-message supporters to announce the choice of running mate. Alice Marwick, a 31-year-old graduate student in Manhattan, was among those to sign up. And on Wednesday, she got a text message that set her heart aflutter. "Thank you for your support," it said. "Barack wants you to know he has chosen Hillary Clinton as his VP." The "from" number matched the number the campaign had given out. But after sharing an excited phone call, she and her boyfriend started searching online, and couldn't find a news report confirming the pick. Hmm, her boyfriend said. This might be a hoax.
One of many, it turns out. The past two days have seen reports of phony text messages touting Obama's running mate as everyone from Clinton to Indiana Senator Evan Bayh to Virginia governor Tim Kaine. (An Obama campaign spokesman joked to MSNBC that she'd gotten a text message saying the choice was two-year-old Suri Cruise.) The sources appear to be manifold: Marwick found a post on the website Wonkette that gave precise instructions on how to send an authentic-looking phony VP message. One circulating rumor suggested that an Obama intern had pre-programmed an official text message, then erroneously hit "send" instead of "save."
The Obama campaign has used text messages since the primary to tell voters about election results, debate information, and last-minute TV appearances, said campaign spokesman Nick Shapiro. The vice-presidential text also seemed way to reward grass-roots supporters who had worked on the campaign, he said.
It also seemed a way to differentiate Obama from rival John McCain, who has said that he doesn't use the Internet, says Marwick, who studies new media as a PhD candidate at New York University. But the hoaxes have proven how easy it is to hijack new technology, she said. She's sure her own Hillary message came from one of her friends. She just isn't sure which one. "No one I know will admit to it yet," she said. "But I’m sure it will come out sooner or later."
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I cannot believe a candiate for the Highest Office in these United States would resort to such tactics . Shame on you John McCain. You don't recall how many homes you own.
Most Americans are still fortunate just to be able to keep the Wolf away from the door of the one home we own. 5 million is " Rich "....not hardly. Well of course in your case ;if a devestating earthquake or a horrendous occurence like Katrina hit your home...
You wouldn't lose everything you own. You could always just leave the house in
ruin and move into one of the other 6 homes you own.
Oh I mean the Corporation ( wink ..Nod ,..Wink ) OWN. No wonder those other properties weren't listed. They are owned by the " Corporation."
I cannot believe that you understand the plight of today's United States regular folk. Us commoners....If 5 million is rich..My wife and I would be considered poverty level.
Trying to make ends meet with my wife's disabilty check for $1,738.00 ( monthly )and our mortgage payment of $1,225.00 ( monthly) . Don't even go to the Healthcare system, The Economy.
A person like you could never relate to a person like me. I don't live in your economy....and now at 50 years of age and having voted in every election since I was of legal age to do so.
I graduated College degree in Illustration & Graphic Design ( with honors )during the " Reagan Economic Trickle Down Period." .
Unfortunately somebody must've dammed the river before it trickled down to somebody like my wife and I. I voted for Bill Clinton who balanced the Country's Budget Deficit for the 1rst time in 40 years. He had two terms to do it in, and this Administration..Also Republican.
I am old enough to know about when there wasn't a Bush or A Clinton in The Oval Office. Most younger voters do not have the luxury of knowing how messed up the Republican Party has made this Country. Even though my candidate was not the chosen..( Oh except by the popular vote ) I am voting for Obama, ( not disenchanted that Hillary ( lost the electoral votes )
I refuse to vote for a Republican until I trust a Republican. Somehow being toward the left is actually more to the Regular Folk like me. My Grandfather ( a legal immigrant through Ellis Island ) helped build the Panama Canal.
God help this Country when the popular vote as in "the voice of the people and by the people "...I've read that somewhere...hmmm.now where was
that. Of course the Constitution Of the United States.
Funny, I got this txt msg a few minutes ago, and it's alos on the news wires:
"Thank you for your support," it said. "Barack wants you to know he has chosen Al Sharpton as his VP."
Gud choyce.
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