Over the line

The line has to be clear to everyone, now.

This is from the White House website:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/

There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it toflag@whitehouse.gov.

To the ministry of propaganda.

Then, there is

White House attack Town Hall Turn out with “Viral Whisper Campaign”

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Politisite

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The White House launched a coordinated effort Tuesday to combat what it calls a “viral whisper campaign” to torpedo health care reform.

Its playbook: the same one Barack Obama’s campaign used in 2008 to shoot down rumors and questions about his citizenship, faith and patriotism.

The new offensive started early Tuesday morning when the White House posted a video response to a hodgepodge of clips on the Drudge Report that portrayed President Obama as favoring the elimination of private insurance. On the White House blog, Obama’s director of new media, Macon Phillips, asked supporters to send in leads for debunking chain e-mails or anything else that “seems fishy.”

This is what Mob Action actually looks like - DNC Convention

It continued through the day with press secretary Robert Gibbs and Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse both saying a series ofconfrontational town hall meetings were manufactured by Republicans, conservative groups and lobbyists who are paid to drum up opposition.

Woodhouse described them as “angry mobs of rabid right-wing extremists” that populated McCain-Palin rallies last year.

By the way, Mr. Obama does favor extinguishing private insurance. He said so, saying it may take years. But, I guess the people can't be told that.

Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) advocates more patient choice and flexibility, but ABC’s medical editor, Dr. Tim Johnson, scoffed at that notion in a September 5 story.

“The idea that individuals are going to have enough knowledge and enough savvy and enough insight and, frankly, enough guts to make choices all by themselves is pretty much a pipe dream,” Johnson said.

Then there is Andrea Mitchell who thinks you don't know what is good for you. VIDEO

Arrogance will out cleverness.

In the meantime, don't have any casual conversations - they are listening. I am off to buy a brown shirt. Loose lips and all that.

Notice the Whitehouse uses the word "disinformation" not "misinformation." Curious word to pop into the mind of the Czar of Propaganda.

Language reveals the soul, if watch.