Woman who posed as liberal commenter gets job working for FlipFlop McCain

[Ian David]

Woman who posed as liberal commenter on sites like BlueJersey.com — and then lied about it — has been hired as communications director by John McCain’s presidential campaign.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/21/woman-who-posed-as-liberal-commenter/


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McCain Hires Blog Sockpuppet

by Matt Stoller, Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 10:06:11 AM EST

McCain keeps hiring smart staffers (hat tip Bluejersey).

Jill Hazelbaker, battle tested in New Jersey this year as Tom Kean Jr.'s Communications Director, is headed to John McCain's presidential campaign. She will serve as Communications Director for McCain's campaign in New Hampshire.

Jill Hazelbaker it seems has a little penchant for posting on liberal blogs and lying about it. Bluejersey is the site that caught her, and the New York Times had the story:

The Internet postings came from people calling themselves "cleanupnj," "usedtobeblue" and "AmadeusNJ." They said they were concerned Democrats, "lifelong liberals," and they were troubled by the United States senator from New Jersey, Robert Menendez...

But the liberal Democratic hosts of BlueJersey.com, the Web log where such comments were posted, smelled something fishy about the postings, and said they traced them to a computer inside the campaign headquarters of Mr. Menendez's Republican opponent, Thomas H. Kean Jr.

Read this post documenting how often she lied to the press about what happened. It's actually kind of amazing. There were even blog sockpuppets defending her personally.

More:
http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/12/21/10611/988

[Greyskye]

1. Well, now we know

what kind of tone the McCaine campaign will take. :puke:

[warrens]

2. Wonder what her DU screen name is

Looks like a classic troll.

[Morgana LaFey]

5. a PAID troll -- and what a great lesson for DU

I hope they're paying attention. We've had so many of those kinds of posts. Sometimes they come from people with an agenda. I think DU admin knows that, but I'm not sure what, if anything, they do about it. And I'm definitely not sure how many regular DUers know it.

[jazzjunkysue]

3. These pirahnas (sp?) switch camps all the time. Cold blooded.

A.k.a.: Heartless. It's easy for them. They don't give a shit about anyone.

[globalvillage]

4. Makes you wonder how they sleep at night.

No principles. Perfect choice for McCain, birds of a feather.

[jazzjunkysue]

6. I believe they close one eye at a time, if I'm not mistaken. n/t.