September 14, 2011

AttackWaaaatch Gets Results? Washington Post Edits Headline Knocking Creepy Website
— Ace

AttackWaaaatch, the website whose font is Waffen Sans Serif, was covered by the Washington Post today.

As I noted earlier, the headline was:

Attack Watch, new Obama campaign site to ‘fight smears,’ becomes laughing stock of the Internet

Emphasis added. Laughingstock of the Internet.

And their headline now?

Attack Watch, new Obama campaign site to ‘fight smears,’ becomes laughing stock of Conservatives

Ah, so now it's not the laughingstock of the Internet, but merely of "conservatives."

What happened? Did AttackWaaatch's rapid-response Blitzkreig go into effect, sturming over the Washington Post's Maginot line of editorial independence?

I argued with Allah about when, or if, AttackWatch would be relaunched using some website template besides the current FuturoGoebbels.

I predicted "changed by 6pm." It looks like I'm going to lose that bet (luckily, Allah did not take the $5 action, or at least we couldn't resolve terms).

One thing I didn't think of -- right now they're telling themselves, "Oh sure, they're laughing, but they're actually talking about it, driving millions of eyes to the site via free (viral) media, where they can read our absurd claims about Perry's and Romney's 'lies' about Obama."

And actually I think that's right.

So maybe they'll change it this weekend. Or they'll see if it's still getting mocked on the internet -- ooops, I mean by conservatives -- before they actually change it.

Posted by: Ace at 01:33 PM | Comments (188)
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1 Dear Attackwatch,

I accidentally told the truth about Obama.  Please advise.

Posted by: Anxious Liberal at September 14, 2011 01:35 PM (gjsMD)

2 getting eyes to it is good though, only the paranoid would believe anything they read on a site in those colors.

Posted by: dudeformerlyinsantacruz at September 14, 2011 01:35 PM (85sdT)

3 Red letter day at AceOSpades

Posted by: Oldcat at September 14, 2011 01:36 PM (z1N6a)

4 "Listen pal, if you had to put up with Jay Carney constantly calling you and whining like a little bitch, you'd just go ahead and change the f*cking headline too."

Posted by: Washington Post Editor at September 14, 2011 01:36 PM (Xm1aB)

5 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure. #attackwatch.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 14, 2011 01:37 PM (8y9MW)

6 twitter is totally unresponsive for me right now... wonder what could have caused that

Posted by: phreshone at September 14, 2011 01:37 PM (T3vCe)

7 I thought conservatives were genetically incapable of laughter. Well unless small animals were being tortured. WAPO fucks up again. What are the odds? Don't they have a minder to keep all the free thinkers within the confines of the statist approved memes?

Posted by: Sub-Tard at September 14, 2011 01:37 PM (0M3AQ)

8 One thing I didn't think of -- right now they're telling themselves, "Oh sure, they're laughing, but they're actually talking about it, driving millions of eyes to the site via free (viral) media, where they can read our absurd claims about Perry's and Romney's 'lies' about Obama."

Yeah, at the cost of the (far more) people on Twitter who will never actually go to the site, but will see all the ridicule.

The thing about making lemonade when life hands you lemons?  It assumes you already had sugar on hand.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 14, 2011 01:38 PM (8y9MW)

9 I heard Obama used to rub one out to the Teletubbies instead of going upstairs and sleeping with his wife. Fight the smear!!!!

Posted by: Mr. Pink at September 14, 2011 01:38 PM (B0ebt)

10 Don't the children in this administration have anything better to do with their time. On second thought this is harmless, unlike their efforts at saving jobs or investing in green industries.

Posted by: USA at September 14, 2011 01:38 PM (6Cjut)

11 Dear attak watch, I read a headline which could be confused as stating that criticism of the regime could extend across the political spectrum, instead of being isolated to a kook fringe. Please advise as to whether slash waspost editor's tires or social exile. n/m, they changed headline but did not publically self-denounce. what next?

Posted by: joeindc44 at September 14, 2011 01:39 PM (QxSug)

12 Waffen SS? Good. Waffles Sans Serif works, too.

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2011 01:39 PM (FcR7P)

13 It's almost impossible to keep up with the tweets there.  You read 5 or 10 and there are 40 new tweets....all making fun of the site.

Posted by: Tami at September 14, 2011 01:39 PM (X6akg)

14 Same difference.  Conservatives are "the internet."  Except for the smelly fever swamps that we allow the libtards to play in.

Bwa ha ha ha ha

Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at September 14, 2011 01:40 PM (QKKT0)

15
Dear AttackWatch,

Lots of jobs have been killed recently; please look into it.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 01:40 PM (QMtmy)

16 And when I checked it earlier, it just said "becomes laughingstock", period. So that's at least two edits. They're obviously poll testing the least destructive headline for their savior. Meanwhile, is Twitter down?

Posted by: The Mega Independent at September 14, 2011 01:40 PM (5I0Yr)

17 Connnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnssssssssssssssssss!

Posted by: No Whining at September 14, 2011 01:40 PM (HmCnI)

18 This afternoon, Rush was pimping the attack watch site. Not a good sign for the SCOAMF.

Posted by: fluffy at September 14, 2011 01:40 PM (O6q63)

19

5:40 PM can not get to twitter fom my house, all other sites ok

Posted by: Tom_Ohio at September 14, 2011 01:41 PM (7U2lm)

20 If only the Obizzle Administration was half as good at creating jobs as it is shooting off its own foot.

Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at September 14, 2011 01:41 PM (QKKT0)

21 I heard Obama used to pleasure himself to Mens Fitness while his wife went out "shopping" with an old college boyfriend. Fight the smear!

Posted by: Mr. Pink at September 14, 2011 01:41 PM (B0ebt)

22 I denounce myself.

Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at September 14, 2011 01:41 PM (QKKT0)

23

I like this one in particular.

Attacks: Get the facts

President Obama is a friend to Israel, despite unfounded claims to the contrary

Posted by: ErikW at September 14, 2011 01:41 PM (liKsE)

24 Jonah Goldberg's 'controversial' cover illustration hardest hit - they don't even bother with the happy face anymore.

Posted by: Adrian at September 14, 2011 01:41 PM (PY4xx)

25 FuturoGoebbels

Is that a breakfast cereal?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 01:41 PM (QMtmy)

26 I can see East Germany from my house.

Posted by: Barky O'Genius at September 14, 2011 01:43 PM (QKKT0)

27 Dear Attackwatch,
My neighbor claims the chocolate ration is smaller and we have not always been at war with Eurasia.  Please debunk.

Posted by: Winston Smith at September 14, 2011 01:43 PM (gjsMD)

28 Laughingstock.com

Posted by: lu at September 14, 2011 01:43 PM (pLTLS)

29
David Wu becomes laughing stock of the nation fringe conservatives.

Posted by: WaPo at September 14, 2011 01:43 PM (G/zuv)

30

If any of you are in the Greater Boston radio market, you know about the new 'Rush Radio'. Old station, new format, really.

 

Anyway, a local guy gave a a 45 second commentary at 12:30. Can't remember exactly what the topic was (busy driving), but I was struck by his use of the phrase "Obama's miserable failure"

Posted by: fluffy at September 14, 2011 01:44 PM (O6q63)

31

*Conservatives are "the internet."*

The internet is what it is today because of pr0n and it will be what it is tommorrow because of pr0n too.  Sex, it's the number one primary objective.

Posted by: Speller at September 14, 2011 01:44 PM (J74Py)

32
Just for nostalgia I went back to FightTheSmears.com.

Headline:
Contrary to Misleading Text Messages, Election Day is November 4th

Sadly, this was probably a problem for the base.

So remember Obama supporters, get out and VOTE! on Wednesday November 4th.

Posted by: Malignant Dwarf at September 14, 2011 01:45 PM (p+mzQ)

33
meanwhile...

Obama's pulls us from the brink of depression and...

poverty increases dramatically.

Your average president could not pull off something so tricky.

Posted by: soothie at September 14, 2011 01:45 PM (G/zuv)

34 Dear AttackWatch, I found another guitar company to prosecute for crimes against Madagascan trees. Please advise...

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2011 01:46 PM (FcR7P)

35

*Conservatives are "the internet."*

The internet is what it is today because of pr0n and it will be what it is tommorrow because of pr0n too.  Sex, it's the number one primary objective.


Well, yeah.  That was my point.

Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at September 14, 2011 01:46 PM (QKKT0)

36 AttackWatch we much!!!111!11

Posted by: The Left at September 14, 2011 01:46 PM (dja/g)

37 AttackWaaaatch, the website whose font is Waffen Sans Serif That joke is totally justified. A pun in an ugly thing.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 01:46 PM (AZGON)

38 "I would give anything to be a poor person....in America!"

Posted by: 2/3rds of the world's population at September 14, 2011 01:46 PM (Xm1aB)

39 At least they are competent in shutting down independent media. That's something isn't it?

Posted by: Spiker at September 14, 2011 01:47 PM (4t9J5)

40 26 FuturoGoebbels

Is that a breakfast cereal?

I think it's a font.
Kinda like StalinGothic.

Posted by: Malignant Dwarf at September 14, 2011 01:47 PM (p+mzQ)

41 I heard an evil Repug rumor that Obama's policies have killed 11 million jobs since he was elected. Fight the smears!!!!

Posted by: Mr. Pink at September 14, 2011 01:47 PM (B0ebt)

42 poverty increases dramatically. Bet you anything the definition of poverty gets downgraded soon.

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2011 01:47 PM (FcR7P)

43 Looks like the main report site is down right now, too. How, oh how, can the libs erase this one from history...

Posted by: The Mega Independent at September 14, 2011 01:48 PM (5I0Yr)

44 Every good German must do his part! Every good Democrat must do his part! I know, I know, it could never happen again. Silly me.

Posted by: USA at September 14, 2011 01:48 PM (6Cjut)

45
Obama's Through the Looking Glass

where everything is redefined

Posted by: soothie at September 14, 2011 01:48 PM (G/zuv)

46 StalinGothic massacred the peace-loving Helveticas in the '30s and nobody on the Left will even talk about it.

Posted by: History According to Bede at September 14, 2011 01:49 PM (QKKT0)

47
The site says "Get the Facts."

I'll take a Planck's Constant, please.

Posted by: arhooley at September 14, 2011 01:49 PM (PKMlR)

48 First credit downgrade in the history of this country on Obama's watch. More "poverty" in American than ever before on Obama's watch. More people on foodstamps than ever before on Obama's watch. Are these facts or smears? Maybe I should report.

Posted by: Dave at September 14, 2011 01:49 PM (Xm1aB)

49
F*ing sock.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 01:49 PM (p+mzQ)

50 I prefer posting in Caslon Bitter Clinger. The character set includes a teabag and a Bible.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 01:50 PM (AZGON)

51
48 StalinGothic massacred the peace-loving Helveticas in the '30s and nobody on the Left will even talk about it.

Helped out by Parisian no doubt.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 01:51 PM (p+mzQ)

52 Attacks: Get the facts President Obama is a friend to Israel, despite unfounded claims to the contrary ----------------------------------------------------- Hamas to Barry: 'So shall I sign this campaign check "Chaim Rabinowitz?"

Posted by: Spiker at September 14, 2011 01:51 PM (4t9J5)

53

Obama's white half hates his black half.  That's why he likes to hang out with the rich white people at Martha's Vineyard.

I denounce myself and will now assume the 'Ron Jeremy' yoga position.

Posted by: Krawl Bugman at September 14, 2011 01:51 PM (J74Py)

54 I just saw a doctor performing back-alley amputations for large bundles of cash.  Get AttackWatch on the case.

Posted by: DKCZ at September 14, 2011 01:51 PM (gjsMD)

55 Internet Headline:

Washington Post Remains Laughingstock of Internet as Obama's Attack Watch Drops to Mockingstock of Conservatives

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at September 14, 2011 01:51 PM (r4t7/)

56 Well, if it's a font, it'd be FuturaGoebbels.
Actually, Futura is based on Bauhaus design style. A lot of the nazi typography used Fraktur style fonts.

/nitpick

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 01:52 PM (QMtmy)

57
Nobody ever brings up the terrible Berthold Akzidenz anymore either.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 01:52 PM (p+mzQ)

58 StalinGothic massacred the peace-loving Helveticas in the '30s and nobody on the Left will even talk about it. Helped out by Parisian no doubt. The italics sided with German Script.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 01:52 PM (AZGON)

59 How about a trip down memory lane, remember the DA's who said they'd prosecute people for spreading false info about Obama before the election in 2008? http://tinyurl.com/3lbrgr If someone has a twitter acct, maybe tweet that rumor about Obama seeking to block stations from running a negative commercial by warning station managers and asking the Justice Department to intervene.

Posted by: joeindc44 at September 14, 2011 01:53 PM (QxSug)

60

Is twitter down? Could it be #attackwatch?

 

Posted by: JDW at September 14, 2011 01:53 PM (+sjlp)

61 Nobody ever brings up the terrible Berthold Akzidenz anymore either. It was outdone by the dreadful Akidenz Grotesk.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 01:53 PM (AZGON)

62 Nobody ever brings up the terrible Berthold Akzidenz anymore either.

A degenerate Jew font.

Posted by: Josef Goebbels at September 14, 2011 01:54 PM (QKKT0)

63 Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 05:52 PM (QMtmy) Damn. I'm impressed!

Posted by: USA at September 14, 2011 01:54 PM (6Cjut)

64
If any fonts need to be sent to the ovens, it'd be Comic Sans and Papyrus (the "spa" font),

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 01:54 PM (QMtmy)

65 Dear AttackWatch, Why are 400,000 people a week filing initial jobless claims? Because they're racist. Look, you have their names, please do something.

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2011 01:55 PM (FcR7P)

66 These Leftist idiots may have succeeded from scrubbing the word "communism" from public education and even the The History Channel, but they seem to be incapable of hiding communist tendencies and reflexes in their day to day tactics.

Maybe there is a reason for that.

I wonder.........

Posted by: ontherocks at September 14, 2011 01:55 PM (HBqDo)

67
It was outdone by the dreadful Akidenz Grotesk.

That was far worse than the Caslon Openface experiments.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 01:56 PM (p+mzQ)

68

Obama's white half hates his black half.  That's why he likes to hang out with the rich white people at Martha's Vineyard.

Is Frank Gorshin invited?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 01:56 PM (QMtmy)

69 Oh hell. I saw a link that said "Jobs" at AttackWatch, and being funemployed and having a current resume, I clicked. They don't have any openings, they just wanted to tell me a bunch of stuff. I think the label should be changed to "coffee cup" or "pitted prunes" or something so it won't be so misleading.

Posted by: arhooley at September 14, 2011 01:56 PM (PKMlR)

70 Dear AttackWatch,
S&P just upgraded Israel's credit rating after downgrading America's.  Please investigate this Zionist conspiracy.  Call George Soros if you need assistance.

Posted by: DKCZ at September 14, 2011 01:56 PM (gjsMD)

71 Anyone else having problems getting on Twitter? I'm not even getting an over capacity notice. Nothing loads.

Posted by: Chef Mojo at September 14, 2011 01:57 PM (0pvyl)

72 68 If any fonts need to be sent to the ovens, it'd be Comic Sans and Papyrus (the "spa" font),

I was guilty of Papyrus in the early 90's, but I didn't know any better, I swear!
I though - I thought it would help people.

Oh GOD!
Why? WHY!?

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 01:57 PM (p+mzQ)

73
These Leftist idiots may have succeeded from scrubbing the word "communism" from public education and even the The History Channel, but they seem to be incapable of hiding communist tendencies and reflexes in their day to day tactics.

Maybe there is a reason for that.

I wonder.........
Posted by: ontherocks at September 14, 2011 05:55 PM

Tell me about it.

Posted by: stimulus at September 14, 2011 01:57 PM (PKMlR)

74 No Fraktur font on my Word. I'll look online.

Posted by: USA at September 14, 2011 01:58 PM (6Cjut)

75

Dear AttackWatch,

I have a white neighbor who I believe is making more than $200,000 a year. Obviously, he must be a Republican stooge and a Corporate Fat Cat. Also, IÂ’ve never seen him with an Obama/Democrat/Union bumper sticker,t-shirt,lawn sign,or other paraphernalia.So obviously, heÂ’s probably your typical racist Tea Party scumbag as well. In my heart, I know he isnÂ’t paying his fair share and bad mouthing our president. How do I notify Mr.Holder of this terrorist threat in our midst, so we can promptly round up his family?


Posted by: befuddled at September 14, 2011 01:58 PM (xJU23)

76 Dear AttackWatch, My flag only has 50 stars. Can you get me a new one?

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2011 01:58 PM (FcR7P)

77 So Obama shut down Twitter, eh? Prove he didn't.

Posted by: lauren at September 14, 2011 01:59 PM (fAt73)

78

Dear AttackWatch,

My grandmother is a republican and she's withholding all her bank accounts from me.  Could you send someone over to rough her up a bit?

Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 14, 2011 01:59 PM (7HZnU)

79 That was far worse than the Caslon Openface experiments. Agency Inline nearly covered up the scandal until Times New Roman printed the story.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 01:59 PM (AZGON)

80 I think Twitter is broken!!  I can't get any  response!  Doe tis happen to everything Obama is part of???

Posted by: chillin the most for Perry at September 14, 2011 02:00 PM (6IV8T)

81
Wow, yer right. Twitter down.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 02:00 PM (p+mzQ)

82 Font Death List: Brush Script Cooper Souvenir and the worst offender Paperclip

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 02:01 PM (AZGON)

83
84 Agency Inline nearly covered up the scandal until Times New Roman printed the story.

And thanks to that, it's now history in every New Century Schoolbook.


Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 02:02 PM (p+mzQ)

84 The Safari browser has a plug-in that prevents Comic Sans from being displayed. Ever.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 02:02 PM (AZGON)

85 I was guilty of Papyrus in the early 90's, but I didn't know any better, I swear!
I though - I thought it would help people.

I design ads and would avoid Papyrus unless it was specified. And it was always some fru-fru spa.

Some fonts are terribly designed. Some are not, but just overused.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 02:03 PM (QMtmy)

86

I reported Dick Cheney for canceling his NY Times subscription.

Posted by: befuddled at September 14, 2011 02:03 PM (xJU23)

87 #attackwatch Do we report to district commissar or directly to Chairman Obama. Is somewhat confused on snitch protocol. Advise please.

Posted by: Chef Mojo at September 14, 2011 02:03 PM (0pvyl)

88 But she hit me first!  And she was on MYYYY side. It just isn't fair.  I'm taking this to the Student Council right after Study Hall.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at September 14, 2011 02:03 PM (ndlFj)

89 I don't know what is more pathetic... AOSHQ being haunted by D&D nerds or typographic jokes.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 02:04 PM (AZGON)

90 87

What about Dom Casual?

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 02:04 PM (p+mzQ)

91 Then, I reported Dick Cheney to the RNC for having a NY Times subscription.

Posted by: befuddled at September 14, 2011 02:04 PM (xJU23)

92
Dear AttackWatch,

I have a stubbed toe and my doctor wants to amputate my foot -- in fact he wants to amputate both feet "just in case."

Should I proceed? Please help me to "Get the Facts"!

sincerely,

Posted by: arhooley at September 14, 2011 02:04 PM (PKMlR)

93 That's pretty funny that someone reported WaPo to AttackWatch!

Posted by: Auntie Doodles at September 14, 2011 02:04 PM (25gwB)

94 You know, Obama truly is such a staunch defender of Israel, and the Nazi color scheme doesn't do enough to emphasize that. They should have gone with their second choice, Fight the Schmears. Or, Show us the Schmucks? Point out the Putzes?  Then they should have taken all the names sent in and put them on a "Never call, Never Write" list. Now let the man eat his bagel!


Posted by: Adrian at September 14, 2011 02:04 PM (PY4xx)

95 Brush Script
Cooper
Souvenir

Brush Script is a classic, but overused.
Cooper (Black?) is okay for retro shit.
Souvenir should've died in the '70's.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 02:05 PM (QMtmy)

96 94

The answer is obvious.
I'm making myself sick.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 02:05 PM (p+mzQ)

97

Dear AttackWatch,

I keep telling all the rethuglicans I know that unicorns are real because Obama said so.  All they do is laugh at me.  Would you please have them whacked. 

Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 14, 2011 02:05 PM (7HZnU)

98

Twitter is down?

When does AlGore's little FantasyFest begin? Wasn't he going to hijack a whole bunch of useless idiots' Twitter accounts to spread his cult's beliefs?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 14, 2011 02:05 PM (d0Tfm)

99
And thanks to that, it's now history in every New Century Schoolbook.


Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 06:02 PM

Which are scribbled all over using Bad Marker.

Posted by: arhooley at September 14, 2011 02:05 PM (PKMlR)

100 I don't know what is more pathetic... AOSHQ being haunted by D&D nerds or typographic jokes.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 06:04 PM (AZGON)

I think we're in danger of crossing the streams.

Posted by: ErikW at September 14, 2011 02:05 PM (liKsE)

101 100

Cooper Black has a soft spot in my heart - cover of Beach Boys Pet Sounds.

And scaring children and small dogs.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 02:06 PM (p+mzQ)

102 Oh, don't forget to report everyone you know who requested an Obamacare waiver!

Posted by: Adrian at September 14, 2011 02:06 PM (PY4xx)

103 Some fonts are terribly designed. Some are not, but just overused. There were some miserable clusterfucks of typographic failures in the eighties and nineties. Some really awful trends, like overused "distressed" fonts typical of the defunct magazine "Raygun."

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 02:07 PM (AZGON)

104 Waffen Sans Serif

Naw, it's been updated to Microsoft Sans Stasi...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 14, 2011 02:08 PM (PMGbu)

105 Looks like they inserted a little sumthin' sumthin' in here somewhere that wasn't in the original too: On Twitter, where the Web site has an account to help Obama supporters submit evidence of “attacks” on the president using the hashtag #attackwatch, nearly every tweet about the site — mostly from conservatives — has ridiculed it.

Posted by: Zeus at September 14, 2011 02:08 PM (qV7Hp)

106

Dear Attack Watch,

I've heard that Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure. Would you please do something about that?

xxxooo,

BB

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 14, 2011 02:08 PM (d0Tfm)

107 104 Which are scribbled all over using Bad Marker.

Obviously the Avant Garde are falling down on the job watching these kids.
Probably drinking too much Charlamagne.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 02:08 PM (p+mzQ)

108 Cooper Black has a soft spot in my heart - cover of Beach Boys Pet Sounds.

I used Cooper Black for a band's CD cover -- Going for that "faux-70's Newport cigarette ad" look:

http://tinyurl.com/6zgxr8w

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 02:09 PM (QMtmy)

109 Ah, Dom Casual is almost retro, used succintly in the right context. You don't see it very often, which helps it stay fresher. But that awful Brush Script that comes with every $250 cheapo PC, that still lingers. It's on every other windshield flyer and piece of local junk mail.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 02:10 PM (AZGON)

110 @AttackWatch Debate over getting peanut butter in others' chocolate or chocolate in others' peanut butter grossly misleading. Chocolate rations raised under Obama so there's clearly more chocolate in others' PB #AttackWatch

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at September 14, 2011 02:10 PM (r4t7/)

111 Dear AttackWatch,

The media keeps insisting we're still bombing Libya, even though it's been half a year since Obama pledged it would be over in "days, not weeks".  Please have them denounced, fired, and shot.

Posted by: DKCZ at September 14, 2011 02:11 PM (gjsMD)

112 113
You in Athens?

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 02:12 PM (p+mzQ)

113 @113 Yeah, that totally works in that context. But it always reminds me of the credits on "All in the Family" and "MASH."

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 02:12 PM (AZGON)

114 We got a visit from the Obama-Stasi.

/it's a good thing I have health insurance... for now.

/please don't hurt me  hit me again Mr. Union Thug, I changed the headline like you told me to!

Posted by: A different WAPO editor at September 14, 2011 02:13 PM (z63Tr)

115 So, is this the longbow thread?

Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 14, 2011 02:14 PM (7HZnU)

116 Dear AttackWatch, I'm unemployed and can't afford a Prius. And since I reported myself I didn't create a job for snitches. Do I get my choice of boxcar?

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2011 02:14 PM (FcR7P)

117 I think #attackwatch managed to break my twitter. Bastards.

Posted by: Zeus at September 14, 2011 02:14 PM (qV7Hp)

118 Dear AttackWatch....... I order a 9-piece chicken McNugget lass night and I'z only got 8 pieces. Normally i woulda call 9-11, but thank God I done found your website. I trust me some Obama way before the PO-lice. Plz look into dis...........dat employee look like a Perry-supportin', in-state-tuition-gettin' Messican.

Posted by: Starquenicia Johnson at September 14, 2011 02:14 PM (4t9J5)

119 Rick Perry? No soup for you!

Posted by: Adrian at September 14, 2011 02:15 PM (PY4xx)

120 So, is this the longbow thread? You need some arrows; any old dingbat will do.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 02:15 PM (AZGON)

121 Posted by: Clutch Cargo

Yes.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 02:16 PM (QMtmy)

122
Yes, the distressed fonts - specifically the bad typewriter fonts make me crazy.

Of course when the macs first came out and people discovered there were more than 3 fonts it was katy bar the door - let's see if we can make this look any more like a ransom note.

Brush Script seems to have given way more to the new horrors of the M$ free fonts, like Khaki.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 02:17 PM (p+mzQ)

123
Dear Scarlett Johansson,

We have learned of your recent unfortunate incident in which a hacker got nude pix that you took of yourself in the privacy of your own bedroom. Please send us all relevant photo files, texts, and hell everything on your phone so we may investigate.

Get the Facts!


Posted by: AttackWatch at September 14, 2011 02:17 PM (PKMlR)

124 Ah, Dom Casual is almost retro..

Dom Casual was designed in the '50's. It's a classic.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 02:17 PM (QMtmy)

125 48 StalinGothic massacred the peace-loving Helveticas in the '30s and nobody on the Left will even talk about it. Posted by: History According to Bede at September 14, 2011 05:49 PM (QKKT0) I'm going to be giggling about this for the rest of the day. Thanks, Mr.

Posted by: Infidoll at September 14, 2011 02:17 PM (OGpBD)

126 126

Cool. Hayride is a real blast from the past.
Funny talking "retro" about a 12 year old disc.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 02:19 PM (p+mzQ)

127

Dear AttackWatch,

The Weather Channel is devoting only a half hour this afternoon to green information.  Just wanted to let you know.  I'll keep monitering.

Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 14, 2011 02:19 PM (7HZnU)

128 Oh, there is one thing the computer did to fonts that is like rape-rape... it gave anyone the ability to distort font width to the extremes of legibility. There was a point where you couldn't look at anything printed and not spot where someone stretched the everfucking bugnuttery out of a font because they didn't have other weights or widths.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 02:20 PM (AZGON)

129 #attackwatch has inspired a lot of folks. There's some funny stuff on there. Appears to be just one guy, "New Deal" playing defense.

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2011 02:20 PM (FcR7P)

130 Dear AttackWatch,

People are still trying to get me to pay for my gas and mortgage.  Please tell the President so that he can inform them otherwise.

Posted by: Peggy Joseph at September 14, 2011 02:20 PM (gjsMD)

131 Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 06:19 PM (p+mzQ)

Do you know them?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 02:20 PM (QMtmy)

132 Yes, Dom is nice... I even like Addled in small doses. The retro fonts redone by Andrew Leman are very nice. http://new.myfonts.com/person/Andrew_Leman/

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 14, 2011 02:21 PM (AZGON)

133 Oh, there is one thing the computer did to fonts that is like rape-rape... it gave anyone the ability to distort font width to the extremes of legibility.

Gawd I hate that. It's like stretching out a garment -- integrity ruined.
I would force myself to never scale a font any more than 10% either way.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 14, 2011 02:23 PM (QMtmy)

134 Dear AttachWatch: I heard someone claim Obama wasn't God and chant
Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at September 14, 2011 02:24 PM (0q2P7)

135

Dear AttackWatch,

Will you please send someone over to AoSHQ.  One of the threads is out of control with trashy anti-Obama font talk. 

Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 14, 2011 02:24 PM (7HZnU)

136 I went to attackwatch!!!!!11!!!! and reported my neighbor who is not turning over all the beets in her garden to the People's Agriculture Collective and Redistribution Economic Commissar as required in the new People's Thought Guide.


Posted by: sifty at September 14, 2011 02:25 PM (4CSeG)

137 Like all 'changes' the site change will occur some time after Friday 5 pm EST and 5 am Saturday.

Posted by: CozMark at September 14, 2011 02:26 PM (HK4Kc)

138
Dear AttackWatch,

We believe someone hacked Barack Obama's Microsoft Outlook Calendar function as we are still awaiting our one-on-ones with the president promised to take place within his first year in office.

Posted by: the leaders of syria, north korea, libya, cuba, and venezuela at September 14, 2011 02:27 PM (PKMlR)

139 Barry, thks for free ad space. Smashwords - Miscegenation and Other Acts of Love - http://bit.ly/nr28KD #attackwatch

Posted by: E. R. White at September 14, 2011 02:27 PM (6K81O)

140 Oh, there is one thing the computer did to fonts that is like rape-rape... it gave anyone the ability to distort font width to the extremes of legibility. Which reminds me, #attackwatch, can you do something about the 'marquee' tag?

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2011 02:30 PM (FcR7P)

141 Elizabeth Flock still owes me a correction on her "black Spider-Man" story from a month ago. But THIS gets "corrected" lightning-fast.

Posted by: Jim Treacher at September 14, 2011 02:30 PM (X3KAb)

142 Good Comrades,

In the event that the Secret Police do not round up the Tea Party Sonsofbitches that I rat out to you by this weekend, am I free to take matters into my own hands for the good of the Revolution?

Power to the Workers,

Che Trumpka-Hoffa IV, ballet dancer

Posted by: sifty at September 14, 2011 02:30 PM (4CSeG)

143 136

I have elfin magic - so I guess that's a yes.
I know (knew) about the "new" album but never picked it up.

Sorry - there went your cigarette money!

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 02:31 PM (p+mzQ)

144 Just remember, Snitches are bitches and they get shanked. (I can't remember if I learned this in prison or watching West Side Story.)

Posted by: befuddled at September 14, 2011 02:33 PM (xJU23)

145 I was reading the #AttackWatch tag at twitter before I went to a meeting at 3.5 hours ago.  When I came back twitter was telling me there were 5485 new tweets at the hashtag.  Sweet.

Posted by: rockhead at September 14, 2011 02:33 PM (ZMHGo)

146 We would like to announce a new promotion: The eleventh snitch will receive free tickets to a Lady Gaga concert and a bar of soap autographed by Bradley Manning.

Posted by: AttackWatch at September 14, 2011 02:33 PM (gjsMD)

147
Dear AttackWatch,

Someone is trying to make Obama look like a good-for-nothing promise-breaker as I am still here. Anyway, if you can't see to letting me out, please send me some bigger pants as the ones I have are too small in the waist now. Gotta run --

Posted by: gitmo prisoner #158-A at September 14, 2011 02:33 PM (PKMlR)

148 What is this website doing here?

Posted by: Major Hochstetter at September 14, 2011 02:36 PM (F5OMl)

149 @AttackWatch Andrew Breitbart only reads Twitter reactions and not the main site's mission statement. Thought you should know. #AttackWatch

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at September 14, 2011 02:36 PM (r4t7/)

150

Attack Watch, new Obama campaign site to ‘fight smears,’ becomes laughing stock of Conservatives

By tomorrow morning:

Conservatives become laughing stock of Attack Watch, new Obama campaign site to ‘fight smears’

By next morning:

Conservatives become laughing stock of Attack Watch, new Obama campaign site to ‘fight racially-motivated smears’

Posted by: sherlock at September 14, 2011 02:37 PM (7UMow)

151 I design ads and would avoid Papyrus unless it was specified. And it was always some fru-fru spa.

Because Papyrus is one of the "We don't jerk it" fonts.

3+ fonts in one ad: "Yeah, that kind."

In case anyone needs that information.

Posted by: oblig. at September 14, 2011 02:39 PM (xvZW9)

152

Join Attack Wire—and help stop the attacks on the President before they start.

No kidding. That's what it says.

(Man, that "Highest Form of Patriotism" sure is a moving target.)

Posted by: FireHorse at September 14, 2011 02:39 PM (F5OMl)

153 @AttackWatch Someone wrote SCOAMF on our black board today in my Economics class. Please send in the Union Goons to shut down my school. #AttackWatch

Posted by: befuddled at September 14, 2011 02:40 PM (xJU23)

154 Dear AttackWatch, I saw someone laughing today. May I turn them in just to be safe?

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2011 02:41 PM (FcR7P)

155 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at September 14, 2011 02:42 PM (fyOgS)

156 The whole site is hilarious!  I couldn't stop laughing!  Anyone who doesn't go there is missing out on life!

"Attacks claiming the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) was signed into law by President Obama are factually incorrect."

  -- So... does this mean that Obama considers that an attack?  

Posted by: Steve O at September 14, 2011 02:45 PM (ZSXRh)

157

I saw someone laughing today. May I turn them in just to be safe?

I took care of that guy.

Posted by: Charlie Evans at September 14, 2011 02:45 PM (F5OMl)

158 You can change the headline, but the URL stays the same as the original headline:

attack-watch new-obama-campaign-site to-fight-smears-becomes laughing-stock-of-the-internet

Heh.

Posted by: Timothy S. Carlson at September 14, 2011 02:46 PM (HfMQ+)

159 How come redstate.com got an honorable mention (http://tinyurl.com/3l95ej4) on attackwatch but not AoSHQ?  

Posted by: jonsten at September 14, 2011 02:49 PM (arAUB)

160 I like Benguiat but not Bunga Bunga.

Posted by: Fortunata at September 14, 2011 02:49 PM (90H1N)

161

156 I used Papyrus once in the late 80's for a hippie vitamin company.
It was cool then. By the mid 90's it was everywhere. The last nail in the coffin was its use in Avatar. It joins a handful of banned for life type 1 fonts.

So, I'm a bit shocked there are so many designer types here although I've had my suspicions.

Talk about being in the closet!
I mean, what could be harder than being an artist and conservative?

Don't answer that.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 14, 2011 02:49 PM (p+mzQ)

162 I don't know what is more pathetic... AOSHQ being haunted by D&D nerds or typographic jokes.

You make a point there. Make 11 more and you'll have made a pica.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 14, 2011 02:49 PM (F5OMl)

163 Hitler finds out about AttackWatch

Posted by: befuddled at September 14, 2011 02:52 PM (xJU23)

164 Barbara Mikulski made a porn flick in '68 using the stage name Honey Dew.  Look it up.
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at September 14, 2011 05:45 PM

Dammit. This broke my brain.

Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at September 14, 2011 02:59 PM (jqHOY)

165 We all need to download that Waffle Sans Serif font so w can bombard the libbie sites with some of their own medicine!

Posted by: TennDon at September 14, 2011 03:08 PM (o6Yv2)

166 @AttackWatch Rumor is that Whoopi loves Obama but doesn't love-love him. Should we watch The View... or watch-watch it for its elevated dissent? #AttackWatch

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at September 14, 2011 03:14 PM (r4t7/)

167 Barbara Mikulski made a porn flick in '68 using the stage name Honey Dew.  Look it up.
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at September 14, 2011 05:45 PM

Dude.  I just ate.

Posted by: Meekrob at September 14, 2011 03:25 PM (/0HuL)

168 Attack Watch seems like another idea generated while playing shirtless beer pong.  After 15 games.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Tea Partying Sons of Bitches Martyrs Brigade at September 14, 2011 03:31 PM (4q5tP)

169 Like all 'changes' the site change will occur some time after Friday 5 pm EST and 5 am Saturday. Posted by: CozMark

This is the correct answer. Also acceptable: Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, and Thanksgiving evening.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 14, 2011 03:39 PM (s1vtf)

170 It looks like something out of the movie V

Posted by: Heh at September 14, 2011 03:41 PM (P2T20)

171 Colby Hall over at Mediaite writes that 100,000 people have signed up to become part of the Digital Gestapo.

Posted by: Just A Grunt at September 14, 2011 03:50 PM (Zg56g)

172 176 Colby Hall over at Mediaite writes that 100,000 people have signed up to become part of the Digital Gestapo.


Naw.  I signed up just to pester them.  They asked where I saw the attack Perry supposedly made on Obama about Israel.  I said Ed Koch.

Posted by: Occam's floss at September 14, 2011 04:06 PM (u+8qs)

173 I did predict in a previous thread that the administration would bully the Washington Compost back to the double plus good approved narrative.  Where do I go to collect my winnings?

Posted by: Bob Saget at September 14, 2011 04:43 PM (dBvlk)

174 http://tinyurl.com/43cnlmm

Posted by: LaFemmeGordita at September 14, 2011 04:46 PM (PvBec)

175 That is useful information and its quite easy to come a croper if you are not vigilant.

Posted by: Dead or Alive Audiobook at September 14, 2011 05:43 PM (G77Hd)

176 as of two minutes ago, memeorandum still has the WaPo piece posted washingtonpost dot com / blogs / blogpost / post / attack - watch - new - obama - campaign - site - to - fight - smears - becomes - laughing-stock-of-the-internet / 2011 / 09 / 14 / gIQAspHDSK_blog . html string broken so that I can remain in Pixy's good graces

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 14, 2011 05:46 PM (JMmQ9)

177 of course, forgetting the tag isn't going to win me any points

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 14, 2011 05:47 PM (JMmQ9)

178
AttackWatch would be relaunched using some website template besides the current FuturoGoebbels.



to Heilvetica perhaps?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 14, 2011 07:13 PM (EeYDk)

179 Dear AttackWatch,

There's a pretty girl in my class that I like. If I report her father to be a Tea Party sympathizer, can I keep the girl?

Posted by: befuddled at September 14, 2011 07:33 PM (xJU23)

180 How can anyone be against this?!?!  The President is only using his first ammendment rights to say whatever he thinks might help at that moment.  Don't hate the Constitution! Hate flounder the Founders! 

Posted by: Dhinger McGee at September 14, 2011 07:48 PM (svwGR)

181

Actually back in the day when Obamacare was not yet fully hatched and passed (even that old bag Pelosi hadn't had a chance to read the bill) some similar bright lights in the Obama organization came up with the idea for a web site "something fishy.gov".  That promptly got laughed out of existence.

 

Honest to god, you can't make this shit up.  The boys at the White House get all wee wee'd up thinking that some other kid on the playground is talking smack about them.  Grow up 5 year olds!

Posted by: Comanche Voter at September 14, 2011 08:30 PM (3ESDJ)

182 They changed the headline, but not the headline in the web address.

Posted by: Zaggs at September 14, 2011 09:20 PM (LnaTv)

183 Dear AttackWatch,

I just found out that the Tea in Tea party means Taxed Enough Already.  This is clearly untrue.  They haven't even begun to be taxed and I know your revenue plans debunk that completely.  How do I fight the smear?

Posted by: AW Warrior at September 14, 2011 09:31 PM (Gn3KK)

Posted by: christine at September 14, 2011 10:01 PM (UUR7d)

185 Dear AttackWatch,

I went to school because I wanted to be smarter than your bitter clinger opponents.  In school I found out that I am descended from apes.  All this time I thought I knew my real daddy.  Should I file a paternity suit?

Posted by: Now Confused at September 15, 2011 04:15 AM (Gn3KK)

186 Dear AttackWatch,
I set up a lemonade stand without using Union labor or having a permit. How much must I donate to you to make this pain in my heart go away?

Posted by: befuddled at September 15, 2011 05:34 AM (xJU23)

187 Dear AttackWatch,
At the Gulag, do we get separate cells, or do I have to have a roommate. If so, can I request Gary Sinise?

Posted by: befuddled at September 15, 2011 05:43 AM (xJU23)

Posted by: jordans for cheap at September 22, 2011 05:22 PM (MIdqw)

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