Grassroots vs. Astroturf

The American Spectator ^ | August 8, 2009 | Philip Klein

[TC Rider]

And FWIW, when Obambi came to Raleigh a week or so ago, tea party members spotted out of state buses unloading passengers at the capital, where they were put on city buses to take them to the town hall meeting. Yeah, that’s grassroots.

[Nathan Zachary]

"The question is, which slavish mainstream reporter has the honesty, and strength of will to report the truth? "

Not a one. Even if there was, the chief Obama worshiping co-conspirator editors would not allow it.

[RoadTest]

Those Demonrats are accusing us of being like them. When they hold a “demonstration” the signs are professionally printed and ALL ALIKE, as they are in UAW strikes. That takes days, weeks to accomplish with a printer.

They are the Astroturfers, not us. They lie. A lot.

[MarkL]

Silly question...

Don’t you know that grass-roots organizations, like Move-On.org, Jon Podesta’s “Center for American Progress,” ANSWER, ACORN, AFL-CIO, SEIU, etc all, with their huge levels of funding by leftist America haters like George Soros and Peter Lewis are clearly grass-roots organizations. They just want to make sure that everyone can read the signs, hence the professionally printed signs, handed out to the individuals. Never mind that the crowds are probably bussed in and paid to be there.

No, if someone actually decides that they want to see their congress-critter and let it know what they think, that congress-critter KNOWS right off the bat that they’re under the mind control machine that Karl Rove used to use. How they managed to smuggle it out of the White House, I have no idea! But anyone who tries to express their individual thoughts and feelings to their representative is clearly being “anti-government” and racist!

Seriously though, it really is amazing how unabashedly the left is projecting their own actions upon what they see the public actually doing. So far, the MSM has been their willing accomplices. Hopefully, this will end before too much longer.

Mark

[Aevery_Freeman]

We need to stop it at the source, money. As long as the government has first dibs on our paychecks, we cannot be free.

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[OCCASparky]

Thou shalt not question Teh Wun. Now turn yourself in on his snitch line. His “civilian defense forces” will be visiting you shortly.

[algernonpj]

Thanks for posting. Those are some great signs.

[Girlene]

Love those signs! The things I see in Rep. grassroots protest signs are creativty, they are always changing to fit the issue of the day, and common sense slogans that focus on freedom and independance from govt. Democrat signs tend to be more uniform and focus on “dependance”.

[cake_crumb]

Check out the woman on the right. What a class group.

[usmcobra]

I guess she couldn’t wait.

[lonestar]

How come the unorganized Obamacare supporters wear matching T-shirts ...and the "organized Astroturfers" are "too well dressed?"

Dems really are dimwits...Barbara Boxer one of the dumbest! Their supporters are dumber than dirt!!!

[cake_crumb]

Or crabs?

[stevie_d_64]

Better bring a lot of them...

The more the merrier..

[MIchaelTArchangel]

So should we refer to those who support Obummer-(alleged)Care as the Afroturf crowd?

[SunkenCiv]

If opponents of Obamacare are Astroturf, then how come all of their signs are homemade, with all sorts of different shapes and sizes and colors and stuff... And how come all of the pro-Obamacare demonstrators have official-looking and uniform, pre-printed, signs?

[equaviator]

“So should we refer to those who support Obummer-(alleged)Care as the Afroturf crowd?”

I was thinking it could be “Afroturf, -surf and -pie-in-the-sky...” (re: land, sea and air)