Posted on 01/24/2010 11:44:53 AM PST by Shellybenoit
Earlier this week we learned about "Ellie Light" More than 40 different Letters to the Editor have turned up in newspapers across the country all, written by someone named Ellie Light, each one defends Barack Obama. Each Ellie Light letter claims to live within the circulation area of each newspaper. The letters are nearly identical in grammar, tone, and gist. The letters also contain the following closing statement: "...and a president can’t just wave a magic wand and fix everything." That may be true, but the President's political adviser David Axlerod can wave a magic wand and send letters to a few dozen newspapers all under the same name, after all he is the master of Astroturf.
It appears that Ellie Light has a good buddy, Mark Spivey. Mark writes about Obama's delay in deciding a strategy in Afganistan. Like Ellie, has written dozens of letters that appeared in newspapers. His letters are nearly identical in grammar, tone, and substance. Spivey's sign-off is generally Soldiers are human beings, not chess pieces. It’s about time we have a president who understands that.
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If, and when, the WH is tied to this whole scandal, what are the legal ramifications? Are there any legal ramifications?
It says, One Letter thru E-mail was Traced back to Saudi Arabia....
I thought maybe a CHECK was attached with the letter ($$$), and this might lend support to that wild ass guess.
The State run Media is receiving Support, or they would have already been Bankrupt ? ? Publish or Perish ?
Obama and his cronies are desperate.
Astroturf?
No legal rammifications. It is protected freedom of speech.
Bill Ayers???
Fake grassroots.
Credit to freeper Jet Jaguar and the mystery emailer who were first on this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2435890/posts
the name Mark Spivey rings a bell for some reason. Can’t place it.
South Park did an episode featuring LE Light:
Le Light Saber Terrible!
Season 13
Fatbeard
The World Leaders discuss the escalating pirate situation, and Cartman’s pirates get a new hostage.
I wonder if that is the source??
.....Bob
Clearly, this is a blatant, coordinated effort by both the Obama Administration and the print media.
Perhaps. Unless the source is a government computer or tax payer money is involved somehow. And there may be some issues with phony names and addresses. You can say whatever you want, but do people have a blanket right to pass themselves off as something they are not in email correspondence to media outlets?
Probably something that would never be prosecuted. But it will be real funny if IP addresses trace straight back to OFA.
That’s kind of what I was thinking but I figured there would be some ramification for the administration using tax dollars to fund a “propaganda initiative” (assuming they were dumb enough to use tax dollars and not private funds). $100 says Soros has something to do with this.
QB for college football if you watch that.
“Ellie Light (David Axelrod?) ends each of President Obama's brilliant astroturf press releases with”...and a president can’t just wave a magic wand and fix everything.”
“Mark Spivey” (Bill Ayers?) signs off his astroturf pieces with, "Soldiers are human beings, not chess pieces. It’s about time we have a president who understands that.”
These are cheap shots posted by Obama's supporters, perhaps ones that we are paying, and who President Obama has chosen to employ on our dime to attack the previous presidency. I suppose a riposte would be, “absolutely, and they aren't merely “a pretty good photo op,” either. Unfortunately, we may have to wait until 2012 to get that president. Maybe we should point out that soldiers aren't merely terrorist targets, despite what Presdient Barack Hussen Obama’s good buddy Bill Ayers and his terrorist buddies thought when the weather underground members blew themselves up with a bomb intended to kill American soldiers and civilians at a dance.
If the White House was behind this and any laws were broken, I’m sure Eric Holder will investigate it right away. Of course it may take a bit more time than Janet Reno needed to investigate the Clinton campaign finance violations.
staff writer for mycentraljersey.com
I think this might fall under the definition of propaganda, and IIRC, federal law prohibits it. Any legal eagles out there who can verify or debunk my thinking? I’d love to learn more.
It's quite possible these letters are originating within the Obama administration itself. If so, this is an embarrassing scandal waiting to happen. The funny part is that by lowering themselves to this level, the perpetrators of this hoax give dissenting voices in the blogosphere a direct line into the White House. Someone is watching this scandal explode on the Internet very closely, and that means they will be paying very close attention to what conservatives are saying.
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