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Perfect.co.uk: Zack Exley and Tim Ireland. If they’d met under different circumstances, I think they might have been friends…

That’s quite possible…

As irritant notes here; It is possible that Zack Exley may be employed to undermine any of the online progressive campaigns against The Prime Minister.

Also quite possible. Zack’s job will be to address online communication and – judging by his apparent skill-set – this will mostly involve negative campaigning. Not just against the Lib-Dems and the Tories, but against the many protest-vote sites that have appeared. That includes Backing Blair.

So, let’s take those two things into account (and the fact that I emailed Zack yesterday) and assume that Mr Zack Exley is reading this and has an interest in knowing what makes me tick.

I’m going to make his job easier and extend the hand of friendship at the same time…

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Dear Zack,

You may wonder why I do what I do. Well, truth be told, I only started doing what I do because – on the first project at least – I was the only man for the job.

Right now I do it because Tony Blair is an authoritarian tosspot who condemns torture with his Fine Words but condones it with his Filthy Actions. I do it because the electorate in the US and Australia (largely unwittingly and/or through fear) have put the stamp of approval on the shameful precedent of pre-emptive military strikes based on politically-influenced intelligence and I want *this* electorate to at least have access to the truth.

But I do wonder why *you’re* doing what you’re doing right now.

Have you been sold the lie that the Conservatives could get into power and this would be far worse (and/or that Blair is an important moderating influence on George W. Bush)?

Or is it all about the money?

If the former, I ask you to take a good look around your office – and this site – and see the truth (you can, after all, claim to be working).

If the latter, I doubt we can ever be friends (but I will pray for you in the most patronising way possible in order to feed my own sense of self-importance).

Kind Regards,

Tim Ireland
www.bloggerheads.com

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You can write your own letter to Zack via:
zackexley AT gmail DOT com

Tom Watson – Vote Liberal Democrat – Get the Tories

Guido has the best response so far; As opposed to Vote Labour get Blair?

This same line of thought has prompted quite a few comments over at Harry’s Place.

We at Backing Blair knew this was coming. We also know that we can expect many people (like Gareth Davies) to switch from this to the “Ho ho ho you are so small, what you are doing is pointless!” argument when it suits them.

So – just to clear the air – I just want to state for the record that we *are* big and dangerous. And small and insignificant. Perhaps someone can paint a more convincing picture by using a metaphor with matches or something. Over to you, Labour HQ…

UPDATE – Yup, I’m a top-secret deep-cover card-carrying Tory. In fact, I’ve been working towards this for 3+ years and have yet to blow my… oh, damn!

Independent – No 10 in new dirty tricks row over role of US ‘garbage man’: Labour has hired an American spin doctor known as the “garbage man” for publishing pictures doctored to show George Bush taking cocaine. The party faces controversy over “dirty tricks” after it said Zack Exley, 35, is working full-time on its campaign. He is notorious in Washington as an expert in the use of the internet to spread black propaganda. President Bush was moved to call him a “garbage man”…. Matthew Taylor, the Liberal Democrat chairman, said: “The irony of Mr Blair hiring someone George Bush has condemned as a garbage man will be lost on nobody.”

What the bloody hell does Zack Exley think he’s playing at?

First he works for against Bush in one election and now he’s over on this side of the pond working full-time for Bush’s poodle in another.

I can see why Labour would need him after pathetic efforts like this, but why – why – would Exley agree to this?

Perhaps he has some top-secret plan to bring down the campaign from within. And perhaps he’s just a whore.

Perhaps you and I should ask.

UPDATE – Guido is also on the case.

UPDATE – Perhaps it’s yet another unfortunate misunderstanding…

UPDATE – Nick Barlow also wishes to have a few words in your shell-like.

UPDATE – Zach… Zack… Hm….. some people (including me) have had trouble with the spelling; perhaps he should choose a less-confusing alternative.

;o)