Tech | November 16, 2008 | 14 comments

Obama set to be 1st “wired” president

source: http://www.whiterabbitcult.com/obama-set-to-be-1st-wired-president/

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Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before it, Barack Obama will enter the White House with the opportunity to create the first truly “wired” presidency.

Obama aides and allies are preparing a major expansion of the White House communications operation, enabling them to reach out directly to the supporters they have collected over 21 months without having to go through the mainstream media.

Just as John F. Kennedy mastered television as a medium for taking his message to the public, Obama is poised to transform the art of political communication once again, said Joe Trippi, a Democratic strategist who first helped integrate the Internet into campaigning four years ago.

“He’s going to be the first president to be connected in this way, directly, with millions of Americans,” Trippi said.

The nucleus of that effort is an e-mail database of more than 10 million supporters. The list is considered so valuable that the Obama camp briefly offered it as collateral during a cash-flow crunch late in the campaign, though it wound up never needing the loan, senior aides said. At least 3.1 million people on the list donated money to Obama.
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14 comments // Obama set to be 1st “wired” president

  • rhubarb64
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      rhubarb64  

    • I am so impressed with this man and the people he has chosen to work with him. His knowledge of how to use the internet and integrate it into the mainstream of politics is impressive. His idea of "Google Government" I think will be an excellent way for John Q Public to keep a closer eye on what is going on in government. Folks keep saying that with all of his cabinet picks that he is not showing the change that he promised. Being able to connect to the government much more easily will enable each of us to push for the change we were promised. We as a body cannot just sit back and wait for someone else to make it happen. We must stay as involved in the actual running of his (Obama's) government as we were in his election. His use of the internet and the ease of connection to it will give each of us a chance to be the change that we have asked for. Let us not sit back and wait for change, let us go out and pursue it.

    • 3 years ago
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  • classic124
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      classic124  

    • the picture looks really cool...must be a 3D render. The lips were just made too black and overly shiny.

      Overall though, really good image.

    • 3 years ago
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  

    • I want an email to contact Obama. Where, oh where do I find such.

      Perverted hackers ruining the fun. Evil. Maybe that's just the bad ones. Not all hackers are priers like that.

    • 3 years ago
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