Who created "manchurian" Huntsman ad - not us, obviously - see inside

[Naraku]

Since my thread got closed, I presume because we already have threads for this.

We all know about the NH Liberty 4 Paul garbage by now I'm sure. Some of you may know about the Twitter account. Well I decided to check it out and noticed a few odd things. For one the first tweet has an @ symbol only for Huntsman with hashtags for Paul, obviously demonstrating a familiarity with Twitter while at the same time making sure Paul's Twitter people would not find out before Huntsman people did. A tweet right at the Huntsman page suggests it was Huntsman people as opposed to a Paul supporter.

Of course, that doesn't tell us who but I noticed some odd things. All the major establishment "conservative" news media were being sent the video in tweets. Notable mentions in the second tweet of the account: Michelle Malkin and Dan Gainor at Fox News. Notable mention in the third tweet: Erick Erickson the head of Red State. The others included in those tweets and the fourth tweet are all major media people save for a few accounts obviously chosen for their conspiracist orientation. No Paul supporter would perform such a ridiculous habit of tweeting. One of the Twitter responses was to Daniel Strauss who apparently covers the Huntsman campaign for the Hill, though apparently he no longer has a Twitter account.

So where is the connection to the Hunstman girls? Well, when reading the tweets the second-most recent one caught my eye because it included the unusual hashtag #FITN, that I didn't understand. The Twitter search brings up a slew of inside-the-beltway-type politicos and journalists with not a Paul supporter in sight. I had no idea what it stood for so I did a Google search. Top result BOOM!:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huntsm...b_1018113.html

Looking over the Twitter search brings this FITN hashtag up several times with the Huntsman daughters account, people affiliated with the Huntsman campaign, and various inside-the-beltway twitter accounts. I think that's a lock people.

I should note, given the OP, that they also send out a tweet to Newt's campaign site that also uses this hashtag.

 

[sailingaway]

It suggests someone wanted Huntsman to SEE it before Paul did, again suggesting it was intended to blow up in Ron's face. We know that. But hypothetically, Gingrich, who invested a ton in internet service and bought twitter followers, even, could have had it done sending it to Huntsman and not to Paul, to blow up on Paul. He might take two out that way.

Which isn't to say it is Gingrich, it is to say we shouldn't go off half cocked without proof.

 

[Nihilist23]

These dirty tactics will escalate if Ron does well in NH. The newsletters thing didn't work like they wanted, so they have to resort to stuff like this in the absence of any dirt to dig up. Be ready.

 

[anaconda]

I still say if Paul is denied the nomination - stick it the man and run as an anti-status quo candidate, yes Independent.

Why the hell not. Paul would poll sufficiently high to get in the debates with Mittens and Soetoro. Paul could easily send the election to the House of Representatives and solidify the liberty movement.

 

[thoughtomator]

Paul has a constitutency that is larger than the GOP and spans both parties and independents alike.

Paul is a game changer, at a time the game desperately needs to be changed and everybody knows it.

Paul needs to be on the general election ballot no matter what.

 

[AgentOrange]

Why the hell not. Paul would poll sufficiently high to get in the debates with Mittens and Soetoro. Paul could easily send the election to the House of Representatives and solidify the liberty movement.

Paul could poll higher than both Obama & Romney put together, and he would still be shut out of the debates.
The media will never give him a fair shake.

 

[happyphilter]

This needs to be exposed.

 

[William R]

bump

 

[ZanZibar]

 

[Naraku]

It suggests someone wanted Huntsman to SEE it before Paul did, again suggesting it was intended to blow up in Ron's face. We know that. But hypothetically, Gingrich, who invested a ton in internet service and bought twitter followers, even, could have had it done sending it to Huntsman and not to Paul, to blow up on Paul. He might take two out that way.

Which isn't to say it is Gingrich, it is to say we shouldn't go off half cocked without proof.

Is it even likely that we will ever have definitive proof? We at least have pretty strong evidence that the twitter account for the creator of the video, whoever it is, uses inside-the-beltway hashtags and sent the video to all the major media and the Huntsman campaign as part of a deliberate strategy. This was no "prank" but a deceitful and intentional tactic to tarnish Paul's campaign. For something so blatant and organized to be seized on by the Huntsman campaign honestly does not suggest a mere "overreaction" or "mistake" to me. Rather, it says there is some knowledge that this was a false-flag action. Does anyone think Huntsman does not get ugly tweets from a few angry Paul supporters every now and then? Only this obvious fail of a video got this kind of campaign reaction and media play.

Here is a screencap of all the tweets so far if someone is interested in looking into it further:

 

[economics102]

EDIT: Deleted, becauseI realized you guys have already discussed what I wrote.