Manufactured Dissent

Now that you have listened to the CSPAN caller, it may be time to look at who are the real astroturfers. From a Craig's List ad:

Now is the time to work for change

We need people like you--lots of people like you--to go out in communities around the country this summer and help make change happen. And you can earn money doing it. Earn $4,000-$6,000 this summer.

Get skills. Learn vital campaign skills including how to fundraise, run a news conference and mobilize activists.

Know the issues. Learn about the issues from some of the nation's top advocates, organizers and experts.

Be part of a winning team. Work alongside other motivated staff who share your passion for change. Make lasting friendships.

I'm surprised they didn't guarantee hook-ups.

Looking At the Left has lots of pictures and comments about Citizens vs the Obama Astroturfers.

Michelle Malkin asks, "Who is funding the astroturfers?"

If you believe the White House, there are 30 million Americans who support a government health care takeover. But if you look at the funding behind the Obamacare Astroturf campaign, it's the same few Leftist billionaires, union bosses, and partisan community organizers pushing the socialized medicine agenda. Let's connect the dots.

On Thursday, a national "grass-roots" coalition called "Health Care for America Now (HCAN)" will march on Capitol Hill to demand universal health care. The ground troops won't have to march very far. HCAN, you see, is no heartland network. It is headquartered at 1825 K Street in Washington, D.C. - smack dab in the middle of Beltway lobby land.

In fact, 1825 K Street is Ground Zero for a plethora of "progressive" groups subsidized by anti-war, anti-Republican, Big Nanny special interests. Around Washington, the office complex is known as "The Other K Street." The Washington Post noted in 2007 that "[i]ts most prominent tenants form an abbreviated who's who of well-funded allies of the Democratic Party... Big money from unions such as the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, as well as the Internet-fueled MoveOn, has provided groups like those at 1825 K Street the wherewithal to mount huge campaigns."

It is not just Craig's List. Red State has lots of screen shots of the astroturf recruiters and links to other blogs discussing the topic. It looks to me like the astroturf campaign and the denigration of the Tea Party people is only serving to bring out more concerned citizens.

Here are the astroturfers you really have to watch out for:

SEIU in attendance
Image courtesy of Gateway Pundit

IMO all this is going to backfire on Obama and bring out even more dissenters from his program. You would think a politician from Chicago would understand politics better. But maybe not. Chicago is a one party town.

H/T Hot Air

Cross Posted at Power and Control

posted by Simon on 08.10.09 at 01:01 PM





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In 2002, an astroturf campaign was successful in pulling off one of the worst examples of stifling dissent ever perpetrated in the US. Of course I am speaking of the McCain-Feingold Incumbant Protection Act. Back in 2002, a young(er) Barack Obama was inspired that such a false campaign could result in a breathless and overwhelming loss of freedom.
Thus, Obama is expecting the same outcome here, the same socialistic power grab.
But the MSM has been mortally wounded, and the true grassroots have been awakened. This revolution will go far beyond skuttling ObamaCare. This will usher in a new respect for all things classical, including Capitalism, Individualism, and Freedom.
Years from now Obama will rightfully regarded as a revolutionary president, a president who presided over a period of great change, a change that he indeed resisted with every ounce of his meager being. Yes, there will be Kos Kool-aid crowd, but once they cease being hip and cool but rather petulant and angry, their numbers and influence will wander back into the swamp from which they came.
The Tea Party might just supplant the Republicans to become the dominant party. The Democrats will change their symboal to a RINO to try to grab the sputtering Olympia Snowe's, but this will be indeed the last gasp of the big government crowd.
The future will look bright indeed, and we can thank Barack Obama for taking the mask off of the Left and exposing the cruelty and lies that are the basis of their strength.

Pablo Panadero   ·  August 10, 2009 09:40 PM

Heh, I love that pic.

TallDave   ·  August 12, 2009 12:31 AM

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