OFA is source of astroturfed letters

Organizing For America (barackobama.com) ^

[JimWayne]

http://my.barackobama.com/page/speakout has various calls for writing letters on several topics. Many letters on this site appear verbatim in various publications. Examples:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/speakout/YouthLTE?js=false&zip=12345

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22In+most+states%2C+companies+are+permitted+to+charge+a+22-year-old+woman+1.5+times+the+premium+of+a+22-year-old+man.%22&filter=0
The google result gives several links with sentences in them that are identical to the astroturf website of Teleprompter Jesus. e.g.: "In most states, companies are permitted to charge a 22-year-old woman 1.5 times the premium of a 22-year-old man."

Also click on the link to support Sotomayor

http://my.barackobama.com/page/speakout/SotomayorLetter?js=false&zip=12345

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22She’s+also+credited+with+saving+baseball.+In+1995,+Sotomayor+effectively+ended+the+baseball+strike+by+issuing+an+injunction+against+major+league+baseball+owners.%22&filter=0
Here the letters are verbatim as on OFA website.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Un-FREAKING-believable!

Why can’t OUR side ever be THIS pro-active? Oh, that’s right. We’re busy PULLING the wagon, while these deadbeats RIDING in the wagon have all day to ‘compose’ letters to the editors. Grrrrrrrr!

[Palladin]

Most excellent!

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[ExpatGator]

I have seen some of your posts and just extrapolated.

[BelleAl]

“Why can’t OUR side ever be THIS pro-active? “

Because this is dishonest....and we’re better than that. So far we’ve have three REAL grassroots wins — VA, NJ and now Massachusetts. I never want to lower to their standards. We can fight hard and win cleanly.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I know. It just annoys me to no end that we don’t have the killer instinct those dirtbags have.

[AliVeritas]

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2010/01/going_light.html

[BelleAl]

I feel like I’m in the midst of a Friday night football game between fierce high school rivals. And all the while, the players and their fans have lost sight of the American people. The Dems are so set on crushing the Republicans, and the Republicans are so busy trying to “be” popular, that the moms and pops and other honest folks are left cleaning up the mess left behind and paying for it all.

To me, that’s what the tea parties are all about. Folks standing up and saying, not anymore. We’re done with you all.

[AliVeritas]

Add on:

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/13475/Who_is_Mark_Spivey_Another_Obama_Astroturfer;_UPDATED_With_Still_More_Astroturfing.html

http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/who-is-mark-spivey-another-obama-astroturfer-updated/

[Diana in Wisconsin]

You betcha. I work VERY hard at my local level trying to bring back common sense and MORALS to our government. No easy task!

We’ve managed to get TWO conservative judges seated on our WI Supreme Court in the past three years. It’s been driving the LibTards insane.

BUT...Wisconsin has a l-o-n-g way to go, as do many other ‘purple’ states.

[Matchett-PI]

Busted! bttt

[CaribouCrossing]

” Oh, and I signed it “Reverend Wright” - was that a bad thing?”

Not a bad thing at all. Matter of fact, my hat’s off to you.

[bronxville]

This blogger was on the trail since last October and thinks Ellie is an individual called Russo...
http://muffledoar.blogspot.com/2009/10/critics-tame-as-puppies-with-blog-squad.html

There’s an interesting picture of her with a certain MSNBC slobberer.

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[tubebender]

I have Ellie Light fatigue having danced with her since yesterday. There must be 40 threads on this now but 7 of the papers that ran her letter are owned by the Media News Group that controls nearly 100 dailies and weeklies including 33 in Calif. I am too numb to find the thread where a FReeper cross linked several papers and the owners that ran the letters. MY initial thought the common link to the letters getting posted came on orders from the parent company but I now think that it went as high as the DOJ and the community organizer himself...

[tubebender]

Here is the post linking the papers to their owners... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2436185/posts?page=53#53

[smokingfrog]

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That's some really nice astroturf!

[tallyhoe]

that’s good!

[smokingfrog]

Tracy keeps some very bad company.

[Rocky]

Great find!