Hey Pelosi, speaking of astroturf:
Hat Tip to REDSTATE.
http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/08/09/lets-talk-astroturf/
A sample:
Caleb Howe at RedState points out:
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.
And here’s one from a job site:
Behind this faux ObamaCare activism are groups like SEIU, ArapaHope Community Team (A.C.T.), and Organizing for America (OFA), formerly known as Obama for America, his campaign organization.
A few pro-ObamaCare astroturf lackeys showed up at a Tea Party rally in Denver. Some of them were illegal aliens hired by the OFA who had no idea what was meant by the writing on the signs they hoisted.
A report from the rally and a pictoral by El Marco at Looking At The Left:
……Stout Street Clinic in downtown Denver. Nancy Pelosi is to pay a visit to the clinic within the hour. About 200 people opposed to Obama’s healthcare agenda braved the mile high Denver sun and high temperatures to show their opposition. Their signs indicate that they are well aware that they have been vilified and targeted in an Oval Office astroturfing campaign designed to discredit their opposition.
……This clinic is adjacent to Denver’s day laborer pickup street, Park Avenue. Being fluent in Spanish, El Marco asked these guys “¿hablan ingles?” “casi nada” was the reply from our amigo on the left. I asked him if he could tell me what the signs said. “¿Quien sabe?” (who knows?) was all he said to me, with a big grin. I’m kicking myself for not asking them how much they were getting paid to support the grassroots.
http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2009/08/pelosi-astroturf-healthcare/
The Obamabots are getting desperate.
Pelosi accuses anti-ObamaCare protesters of being “plants” and part of “right-wing organizations”, when in reality, it’s government appointed thugs who are stormtrooping through crowds of ObamaCare dissenters.
We demand answers from our elected officials, and have the audacity to show anger and refusal at being railroaded into a defective government health care system.
Get used to it, Nancy.