Grassroots = Sarah Palin
Astroturfing = B. Hussein
Very funny!
But you know, of course, that the term “astroturfing” was coined (or at any rate, practiced) by none other than David Axelrod, who ran zero’s campaign. It’s a now-accepted term in the field of public relations, and if I understand correctly, has to do with planting phony names of sponsors or phony members of “advisory boards” on public-spirited organizations.
In other words, lying.
Apparently, Axelrod’s PR firm in Chicago was getting great results from this technique.
“The Secret Side of David Axelrod”
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2008/db20080314_121054.htm
Axelrod and his buttboy Ethan Winner are responsible for the video suggesting Palin was a secessionist. Winner admitted it and has fallen into obscurity.
I thought astroturfing was false grassroots or organized grassroots, like paid ACORN activists brought in to stage a “spontaneous” protest.