Netpolitique

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet a annoncé hier la création d’ateliers d’initiation au web destinés à nos députés et sénateurs. L’objectif : apprendre à mieux utiliser l’outil et notamment les réseaux sociaux.

« Je veux les inciter à avoir une utilisation des réseaux sociaux qui soit conformes à ce que sont les réseaux sociaux (…). Ca n’a aucun intérêt de s’en servir si c’est pour diffuser le titre de ses communiqués de presse ou pour twitter son agenda« 

Less than eight months later, the seed planted in those anti-Obama Google groups has burst into flower on the streets of Washington. Tens – or even perhaps hundreds – of thousands of livid demonstrators filled the capital, brandishing banners saying "Don't tread on me!" and "Obamunism" – a reference to the president's perceived socialist or even communist tendencies. "Liar! Liar!"they shouted, echoing the outburst of a Republican congressman to Obama's face last week.

Matt Kibbe, who heads FreedomWorks, a national conservative group that led the push behind last Saturday's rally, goes further. He says that the movement has stolen from Obama the techniques he used to such effect last year and is now redeploying them as a stick with which to beat the president.

When Obama beat Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries, FreedomWorks studied how he did it and then copied him. They set up a ning site, a Facebook-like platform that allows members to talk to each other without having to go through the parent body. The result was explosive