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Ethical Spectacle

bhschenker — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:22:27 -0400

I'd have to file this as an online version of an ethical spectacle. A more digital age version of "Billionaires for Bush" and some of the other organizations before them. This along with "Disco Rudy" in Second Life, etc., are taking the subversive nature of past offline protests ("Billionaires" being the best example of the 04 race) and putting them online through the use of new digital mediums.

Not a new tactic but use of a newer medium. The issue is the internet's ability for anonymity. The irony in this instance is the creator of the video says he was a staffer for Dean (I found that in one or two clicks). I can see much greater issues down the road though especially when its a greater effort by an organization. There, ethical and legal issues as far as expenses will absolutely be raised and I'm sure the FEC will have so hard decisions to make down the road when it comes to online efforts on behalf of or against candidates.

A question I still have is has the identity of the person who created the other "pro-Giuliani" videos been identified, http://www.techpresident.com/node/2823?

Brett Schenker

5B Consulting
http://www.5bconsulting.com

Pretty Despicable

notverybright — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:25:26 -0400

Some explanation for what this guy's motivations are can be found in an interview I did with him here.

Funny, I just wrote about this...

Arlen — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:21:25 -0400

I got in touch with the guy who started the Gays for Giuliani thing, and printed an item on my site about it today.

A veteran of the Howard Dean campaign, Davis told The Daily Background that he is filing paperwork with the FEC to create an official Gays for Giuliani PAC and that they “hope to get something up in a month or so.” Davis said he had already received a small number of donations to get a 30 second version of the advertisement on the air in South Carolina, although he had not yet started fundraising in earnest. He says the size of the ad buy will depend on how many people are willing to donate.

You can read the full item here.

Check out my political blog, TheDailyBackground.com

Dems Behind "Gays for Giuliani?" Well, Duh

Colin Delany — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:58:15 -0400

Earlier today, Josh linked to a piece on the excellent website Spot-on that finds a Democratic connection to the "Gays for Giuliani" video that came out (hah!) last week. Specifically, author Scott Olin Schmidt points to the fact that the site mentioned at the end of the video is registered to Mike Rogers, who writes for Huffington Post in addition to his own site and who has been controversial for outing Republicans in the past.