Obama Zombies: How the Obama Machine Brainwashed My Generation (29 page)

30
. Lili Haydn, "Why Obama is like a desert lover," Huffington Post
,
February 29, 2008,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lili-haydn/why-obama-is-like-a-deser_b_89285.html
.

31
. Jose Antonio Vargas, "Obama Fervor Is Breaking on the Web,"
Washington Post
, February 23, 2008.

32
. Sam Fulwood III, "For Obama, hipness is what it is," Politico, April 24, 2009,
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21522.html
.

33
. Ibid.

34
. Ibid.

35
. Alex Leo, "CNN Story On Obama's 'Swagga' The Most Embarrassing Ever?" Huffington Post, April 29, 2009,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/29/the-most-embarrassing-cnn_n_193095.html
.

36
. Ibid.

37
. John Kass, "Obama's mystical (national media) disconnect from sleazy Chicago politics,"
Los Angeles Times,
May 11, 2008, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/mediasobamaluv.html.

38
. "Obama's Political 'Godfather' In Illinois," Associated Press, March 31, 2008.

39
. Ibid.

40
. Todd Spivak, "Barack Obama and Me,"
Houston Times
, February 28, 2008.

41
. Katie Couric,
CBS Evening News,
August 24, 2009.

42
. Noel Sheppard, "MSNBC Anchor: 'Socialist' Is Becoming the New N-word," Newsbusters.org, August 10, 2009, http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/08/10/msnbc-anchor-socialist-becoming-new-n-word.

43
. Noel Sheppard, "Obama Official: 'At the White House, We Love MSNBC,' " Newsbusters.org, May 5, 2009, http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/05/05/obama-official-white-house-we -love-msnbc.

44
. Top 20 Contributors to Barack Obama during 2008 presidential campaign, Opensecrets.org,
https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cid=N00009638&cycle=2008
.

45
. "Democratic National Cmte: Top Contributors," Opensecrets.org,
https://www.opensecrets.org/parties/contrib.php?cmte=DNC&cycle=2008
.

46
. Suzy Jagger, "Google unveils 'trillion-dollar' clean energy program," TimesOnline, October 3, 2008, http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article4870334.ece.

47
. Thomas Claburn, "Google CEO Eric Schmidt Calls for Innovation Bailout,"
InformationWeek,
November 18, 2008.

48
. Rob Preston, "In Search Of An Economic Solution: Schmidt's Views,"
InformationWeek
, December 1, 2008.

49
. Ibid.

50
. Owen Thomas, "Google Execs Pay $150,000 for Obama Bash," December 27, 2008, http://valleywag.gawker.com/5119039/google -execs-pay-150000-for-obama-bash.

51
. "Apple, Google face FTC antitrust probe,"
Deal,
May 5, 2009,
http://www.thedeal.com/corporatedealmaker/2009/05/
apple_google_face_ftc_antitrus.php
.

52
. "Apple, Silicon valley line up behind Obama," October 25, 2008,
http://www.9to5mac.com/apple-obama
.

53
.
World News Tonight with Charlie Gibson
, ABC, January, 4, 2008.

Chapter 2: Will You Be My (Facebook) Friend?

1
. will.i.am, "Why I Recorded
Yes We Can
," Huffington Post
,
February 3, 2008,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william/why-i-recorded-yes-we-can_b_84655.html
.

2
. Matthew Fraser and Soumitra Dutta, "Barack Obama and the Facebook Election,"
U.S. News & World Report,
November 19, 2008,
http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2008/11/19/barack-obama-and-the-facebook-election.html
.

3
. will.i.am, "Why I Recorded
Yes We Can
."

4
. Andrew Rasiej and Micah L. Sifry, "The Web: 2008's Winning Ticket," Politico
,
November 12, 2008,
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15520.html
.

5
. Amber Lee Ettinger, "I Got a Crush on Obama," YouTube, June 13, 2007,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoXHYICqU&feature=PlayList&p=vY3x8oj4XFI
.

6
. "Hollywood Declares Themselves," YouTube, October 1, 2008,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olpCyDA4kYA
.

7
. Norman Lear, DiscoverTheNetworks.org,
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1945
.

8
. Brooks Barnes, "Getting Out the Vote, Keeping Up with Youth,"
New York Times
, August 1, 2008.

9
. Rasiej and Sifry, "The Web: 2008's Winning Ticket."

10
. Alexander Burns, "McCain camp lacked in high-tech," Politico
,
November 22, 2008,
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15888.html
.

11
. David Talbot, "White House 2.0. A group of Boston geeks helped Barack Obama turn the Web into the ultimate political machine. Will he use it now to reinvent government,"
Boston Globe
, January 11, 2009.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Ellen McGirt, "How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign," FastCompany.com, March 17, 2009,
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/134/boy-wonder.html
.

14
. Brian Stelter, "The Facebooker Who Friended Obama,"
New York Times
, July 7, 2008.

15
. Brian C. Mooney, "Technology aids Obama's outreach drive,"
Boston Globe
, February 24, 2008.

16
. McGirt, "How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign."

17
. Ibid.

18
. Mooney, "Technology aids Obama's outreach drive."

19
. Joe Garofoli, "Appetite for change finally draws young voters to the polls,"
San Francisco Chronicle
, January 6, 2008.

20
. Ibid.

21
. Mark Hennessy, "Obama to continue exploiting potential of web as president,"
Irish Times
, November 11, 2008.

22
. Catherine Holahan, "Can Obama Turn Friends into Votes?"
BusinessWeek
Online
,
August 27, 2008,
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2008/tc20080825_808232.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech
.

23
. Ibid.

24
. McGirt, "How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign."

25
. Ibid.

26
. Ibid.

27
. Ibid.

28
. Jose Antonio Vargas, "Obama's Wide Web,"
Washington Post,
August 20, 2008.

29
. McGirt, "How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign."

30
. Jose Antonio Vargas, "Politics Is No Longer Local. It's Viral,"
Washington Post
, December 28, 2008,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/26/AR2008122601131.html
.

31
. Colin Delaney, "Obama Campaign's New Media Staff was NOT a Part of the Tech Team," Epolitics.com, January 28, 2009,
http://www.epolitics.com/2009/01/28/obama-campaigns-new-media-staff-was-not-a-part-of-the-tech-team/
.

32
. McGirt, "How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign."

33
. Michael Cornfield, "New Technology and the 2008 Election," in Larry J. Sabato, ed.,
The Year of Obama
(New York: Longman, 2008), p. 213.

34
. Ibid., p. 214.

35
. "David Plouffe's Strategy Update: October 14, 2008," YouTube, October 13, 2008,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R92Fg5sznLQ&feature=channel
.

36
. David Saltonstall, "Obama Push for 'Text Generation' To Get the Message,"
Daily News
(New York), October 29, 2008.

37
. Vargas, "Obama's Wide Web."

38
. "Bronx students discuss Obama's race speech," YouTube, March 28, 2008,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9IldaegAB0
.

39
. Vargas, "Obama's Wide Web."

40
. Ben Smith, "Largest phone bank ever,"
Politico,
December 9, 2007,
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1207/Largest_phone_bank_ever.html
.

41
. Ibid.

42
. Vargas, "Obama's Wide Web."

43
. Jim Kuhnhenn, "Obama uses speech for hightech outreach,"
Boston Globe,
August 28, 2008,
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/08/28/
obama_uses_speech_for_high_tech_outreach/?page=1
.

44
. Ibid.

45
. Saltonstall, "Obama Push for 'Text Generation' To Get the Message."

46
. Obama '08: The Official iPhone Application, http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/iphone.

47
. Cornfield, "New Technology and the 2008 Election," p. 224.

48
. David Carr, "How Obama Tapped Into Social Networks' Power,"
New York Times
, November 9, 2008,
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/business/media/10carr.html?_r=1
.

49
. Jose Antonio Vargas, "Obama Raised Half a Billion Online,"
Washington Post,
November 20, 2008, http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/11/20/obama_raised_half_a_billion_on.html.

50
. "Young Voters in the 2008 Election," Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, November 12, 2008, http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1031/young-voters-in-the-2008-election.

Chapter 3: The Dave Matthews Electoral Magnet-- And Other Ways to Manufacture a Crowd

1
. "Celebrity-packed pledge for Obama," Huffington Post, January 19, 2009,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/19/celebrity-packed-pledge-f_n_159046.html
.

2
. Tina Daunt, "On the stump for Barack Obama until the final curtain,"
Los Angeles Times
, October 31, 2008, http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/31/entertainment/et-cause31.

3
. Jay Newton-Small, "Obama's Celebrity Army,"
Time
, February 4, 2008.

4
. "Celebrities React to Obama Win: Oprah, Pitt, Lohan, Alba, Clooney, Madonna, More," Huffington Post, November 5, 2008,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/celebrities-react-to-obam_n_141305.html
.

5
. Ibid.

6
. "Sherri Shepherd Sobs Over Obama Win," Huffington Post, November 5, 2008,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/sherri-shepherd-sobs-over_n_141398.html
.

7
. "Madonna, Oprah, others react to Obama win," MSNBC, Novem- ber 5, 2008,
http://www.msnbc.msp.com/id/27557276/ns/entertainment-celebrities/
.

8
. Ibid.

9
. Eric Bates, "Dave Matthews speaks out for Barack Obama,"
Rolling Stone
, April 17, 2008,
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/20093048/dave_matthews
_speaks_out_for_barack_obama
.

10
. Ibid.

11
. Ibid.

12
. http://gawker.com/5005030/obamas-dirty-trick-involved-dave-matthews.

13
. Martha Irvine, "Tough Political Realities Have Quieted Youth 'Obamamania,' " Huffington Post
,
September 22, 2009,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090922/us-obama-youth-hangover
.

14
.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS152365+03-Mar-2009+PRN20090303
.

15
. Lindsay Lohan, "Uh Oh," MySpace, September 14, 2008, http://blogs.
myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=29730276&blogID=432883808.

16
. Ibid.

17
. Ibid.

18
. "Matt Damon On Palin: 'Like A Really Bad Disney Movie . . . Totally Absurd,' Palin Responds (VIDEO)," Huffington Post, September 10, 2008,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/matt-damon-on-palin-like_n_125334.html
.