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  Whisper campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A whisper campaign is a method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are spread about the target, while the source of the rumors seeks to avoid being detected while spreading them (for example, a political campaign might distribute anonymous flyers attacking the other candidate).
Whisper campaigns are defended in some circles as an efficient mechanism for underdogs to attack the powerful while lacking resources.
Whisper campaigns are frequently used in electoral politics as a method of shaping the discussion without being seen to do so.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Whisper_campaign   (568 words)

  
 Whisper campaigning could destroy Kerry - Opinions
The media, along with the political pundits and John Kerry's campaign managers, have finally (and perhaps posthumously) said that the Kerry campaign was slow to react to the allegations by a 527 group called "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" that cast John Kerry's military record in doubt.
A whisper campaign is a word-of-mouth phenomenon that uses false or misleading information to defame a political opponent during an election.
Generally, a whisper campaign need not be directly influenced or even created by a politician's opponent for it to be effective: The NRA, Christian groups, pro- and anti-gay lobbies, civil right's movements and any other type of group you can think of have probably run some sort of whisper campaign in the past.
www.dailytrojan.com /news/2004/09/20/Opinions/Whisper.Campaigning.Could.Destroy.Kerry-723428.shtml   (348 words)

  
 O'Farrell a target of whisper campaign - National - smh.com.au
However, an investigation of the origins and nature of the claim, and the way it was fanned, circulated and re-circulated internally within the Liberal Party, shines a light on the brutal - and tawdry - nature of conservative factional warfare in NSW.
whisper re-emerged on the very day he was considering a bid for the NSW Liberal leadership.
But like O'Farrell, he, too, was the quarry of a vicious right-wing whisper campaign that began when he was a frontbencher making a mark for his moderate views on social policy, including the Sydney injecting room and the age of homosexual consent.
www.smh.com.au /news/national/ofarrell-a-target-of-whisper-campaign/2005/09/02/1125302746405.html   (1465 words)

  
 Rove and Bush's New Whisper Campaign
A push poll is a smear campaign disguised in the form of a public opinion poll.
Nonetheless, the intent and effect of the push poll campaign would be the same as slander.
In political science circles, Bush and Rove have become infamous for their use of push polls and whisper campaign techniques in the year 2000 to spread false rumors of a deeply insulting nature about Senator John McCain, their opponent for the Republican presidential nomination.
irregulartimes.com /whisperrove.html   (748 words)

  
 How to Save the World
We expect they are often sycophantic, and meant for the consumption of others in the room more than for the recipient.
Sometime in the next 30 days, identify someone you genuinely admire, and when the opportunity presents itself, whisper, or say in a low voice, when no one else is paying attention: You're amazing.
Since they never asked about it again, I couldn't formally start the Campaign with them, but I kinda think it has worked anyway.
blogs.salon.com /0002007/2005/05/05.html   (892 words)

  
 Karl Rove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the fall of 1970, Rove used a false identity to enter the campaign office of Democrat Alan J. Dixon, who was running for Illinois State Treasurer, and stole 1000 sheets of paper with campaign letterhead.
The See campaign significantly outspent the opposition, but See was badly beaten by Roy Moore, the "Ten Commandments" judge, who succeeded in making the race about religion.
During the campaign, critics alleged that Rove had professional ties to the producers of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth television ads that criticized Kerry's Vietnam-era military service and public testimony against American soldiers, although no evidence of Rove's direct involvement was ever produced.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karl_Rove   (7550 words)

  
 The Whisper Campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
I assume this means the Bush administration will likely commence a bombing campaign in response to the mullah’s overture.
Barton later sponsored a legislative exemption sought by Westar, but it eventually was dropped.
5) The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy21.org, public interest groups, charged DeLay’s charitable children’s organization is improperly soliciting large donations from special interests to finance lavish parties at this summer’s Republican National Convention.
www.thewhispercampaign.com   (2532 words)

  
 The Whispering Campaign
The Whispering Campaign gives you tools to help educate your friends and neighbors, without drawing too much attention to yourself.
very kind words about The Whispering Campaign from Chris Floyd of The Moscow Times and Empire Burlesque, and Steve Bagley of The Raw Story.
To the best of our knowledge, the phrase "The Whispering Campaign" was first used in the context of underground publishing here.
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