i'm not sure what to make of this post other than it is long and disjointed. but there are some interesting tidbits there. it fits with joseph's piece and with this:

"so the fact that the OFB captured it, and then purged their enemies from it, was a strategic win for the Obama campaign."

the dean plan.

[mentioned at rezkowatch] might be this one.

can't speak for the provenance but here is what shows up after bird-dogging a google citation using the words from the rezkowatch cite:

obama attack on free speech mechanisms

big problem is i can't readily tell who did this.

interesting question.

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