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Is This The President’s Fake Letter to the Editor
Publius Forum ^
| 01/24/09
| Warner Todd Huston
Posted on 01/24/2010 9:53:06 AM PST by Mobile Vulgus
The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper happened upon a curious letter to the editor in support of President Obama that seems to have suddenly popped up in nearly 40 newspapers across the country all at once. Every letter claims to be written by an "Elle Light" and all claim to be from a resident local to the newspaper's audience -- different hometowns used in each case. All are identical whether they've been printed in the Washington Times or the Los Banos Enterprise, a small newspaper in California.
The letter jumps to the support of President Obama saying in part that President Obama never promised that "our problems would wash off in the morning."...
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TOPICS: Government; Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: astroturf; ellelight; ellielight; fraud; obama
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Presidential astroturf!
To: Mobile Vulgus
I hope we can tie this to the white house .. especially if it is one a government computer... oh my .. would that be sweet..
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posted on
01/24/2010 9:55:12 AM PST
by
gibtx2
(keep up the good work I am out of work but post 20 a month to this out of WF Check)
To: Mobile Vulgus
If you are on Facebook, post in your status “Who is Ellie Light?”
This is driving up interest in this story as witnessed at Google Trends.
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posted on
01/24/2010 9:56:51 AM PST
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: Erik Latranyi
Already done. There is a FB FR fan page.
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posted on
01/24/2010 9:58:13 AM PST
by
svcw
(The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. GW)
To: Mobile Vulgus
Yes, obviously a phony letter generated by the WH to gin up support for this epic failure of a president!
It says the letters sent all over the country were signed "Elle Light" Guess what you get when you run that through an
anagram generator?
"Legit, hell!"
Nice little joke on the voters, eh?
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posted on
01/24/2010 9:58:39 AM PST
by
pillut48
("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
To: pillut48
Of course, Lucifer was the Angel of Light...!
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:00:19 AM PST
by
Radagast the Fool
("Mexico-Beirut with tacos!"--Dr. Zoidberg)
To: Mobile Vulgus
"Presidential astroturf!"
I am not so sure, I think its proof that all Libs think alike!
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:00:22 AM PST
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: Mobile Vulgus
If these letters are being received via e-mail, the SMTP header will tell you the IP address of the server that sent it. That should be a start in tracking back to the sender.
Wonder if anyone at these newspapers is smart enough to figure that out?
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:00:59 AM PST
by
carolinablonde
("The Constitution protects all of us, not just those on the left." - Gov. Sarah Palin)
To: gibtx2
Easy enough to find out. If anyone can get hold of an original letter, the manufacturer and serial number of the printer used to produce it can be found on the document in microprint. From there you simply find out who purchased the printer.
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:02:24 AM PST
by
PowderMonkey
(Will work for ammo.)
To: carolinablonde
I wonder if any of them want to do their JOB?
To: Mobile Vulgus
4 years ago: Non-existant font was used, and bye-bye..!
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:04:59 AM PST
by
gaijin
To: carolinablonde
Wonder if anyone at these newspapers is smart enough to figure that out?Don't you mean to ask if there is anyone at these newspapers WILLING to figure that out?
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:11:38 AM PST
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: Kartographer; All
" I think its proof that all Libs think alike!" I think that you may have inadvertently pointed something out here. These people really aren't liberals. They, in fact, have no political philosophy at all. They simply want something that others have worked for. I suppose that you could call that "Liberalism," but it really only an artifact of what Liberal philosophy begets.
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:12:52 AM PST
by
davisfh
( Islam is a very serious mental and social illness)
To: pillut48
I was thinking it was something more like “Elite”.
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:15:08 AM PST
by
Beach555
To: carolinablonde
Wonder if anyone at these newspapers is smart enough to figure that out? Of course they are, but that is precisely why we will never know.
All of those newspapers knew about John Edwards' affair but would not print it. They will sweep this under the rug, after all, they put hin into office.
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:20:51 AM PST
by
Bon mots
To: PowderMonkey
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:22:05 AM PST
by
Oceander
(The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
To: Erik Latranyi
"Don't you mean to ask if there is anyone at these newspapers WILLING to figure that out?" You're right. Certainly my hometown paper is a cesspool of mush-brained liberals, from the editor on down.
I'd cancel my subscription except I like the crossword puzzle and I need something to line the cat's litter box.
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:23:42 AM PST
by
carolinablonde
("The Constitution protects all of us, not just those on the left." - Gov. Sarah Palin)
To: gibtx2
I dunno, but someone was running a pic yesterday that (aside from being a two-barf-bagger) seemed to pretty much clinch the Obama tie:
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:24:04 AM PST
by
Oceander
(The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
To: carolinablonde
nder if anyone at these newspapers is smart enough to figure that out?
Odds are that they are complicit. There is no way that 60+ editors just HAPPENED to choose his/her letter.
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posted on
01/24/2010 10:24:23 AM PST
by
Tzfat
To: Mobile Vulgus
Fascinating, and thanks for posting. This thing (the mystery) is going absolutely viral!
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