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Democrats film GOP candidates, put it online
November 30, 2007
The Democratic Party has posted hours of raw Republican campaign video footage on its Web site for anyone to download view, and they hope, create effective campaign commercials.
The site,
FlipperTV has raw footage of Rudy
Giuliani, John
McCain, Mitt
Romney and Fred
Thompson. The video was filmed by "trackers," those paid by the party to follow and film the candidates on the trail.
Included are many stops in South Carolina, including Thompson's campaign kick-off stop in Columbia from September, Giuliani's speech to the Greater Columbia Homebuilder's Association in October and Mitt Romney at Edventure earlier this month. While the Democrats hope eagle eyes will note inconsistencies, the videos also allow those working or unable to attend to see candidate stump speeches.
Trackers gained notoriety in 2006 when George Allen's U.S. Senate campaign in Virginia was derailed because of a comment he made to a tracker, calling him "macaca," a term used as a slur against African immigrants in Europe. The video has been viewed more than 264,000 time on YouTube.
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