Thursday, August 27, 2009

Astroturfing Update

It seems now that in addition to union and ACORN thugs being paid to attend Townhall meetings, ads are also being posted on Craigslist to recruit more brownshirts. Offering $500 a week to protest for Obamacare. More From RedState:

"So I received an email/comment this morning about a craigslist ad soliciting health care activism for money. “Activism for money,” I thought!! Was this it at last? The missing link Democrats have been searching for? Obamacare opponents turning up at town halls really are a mob?

We really are nothing but a slew of paid hacks drummed up by the promise of easy cash by cynical Obamacare opponents to create an artificial appearance of opposition?!?

Ummmm, no.

So I started searching around, and posting links on Twitter, and reading links I received by reply. Turns out there are hundreds, if not thousands, of advertisements seeking “activists” who will be paid to support Obamacare. That’s right CNN. That’s right Olbermann. You want astroturf? It’s out there by the dozens. In support of, not in opposition to."

Here's a challenge: Go to Craigslist, search for Obama in All Jobs, pick your city, and see how many results you get.

Our good friend George Soros is back. This from Hot Air:

"In another sign of the urgency gripping the pro-health care reform camp, billionaire George Soros has pledged to sink $5 million into the fight, the group getting the money confirmed.

Soros — whose operation carefully guards the privacy of such donations — made the pledge to Health Care For America Now, the leading coalition of pro-reform groups, unions and providers, HCAN chief Richard Kirsch confirmed in an email that was forwarded to me." …

Soros $5,000,000 pledge is more proof that the real astroturfing is coming from the left, regardless of Harry Reid holding up astroturf for the TV cameras.

Red State: Let’s Talk Astroturf
Hot Air: Guess Who’s Funding ObamaCare Advocates?

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