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.

[Scutter]

I think you figured it out. Excellent work.

[Faith]

I’m no expert, but I think if you use any HTML codes for paragraphing, then your links won’t be live unless you add the HTML for them also.

[Repeal The 17th]

I have just now used this tool to send emails
critical of the president to several local papers
under the name of Elle Light.
This may turn out to be fun.

[Aria]

Just sent this thread to Drudge. Hope he reports it.

[rodguy911]

ROTFLMAO!!

[Faith]

Is Ellie Light actually Samantha Powers?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2435673/posts (See posts 5 and 29)

Also:

http://connect.cleveland.com/user/piperbaye/index.html

[opentalk]

more dishonesty from the White House. I hope Rush gets a hold of this.

[Prince of Space]

I frequent a site for medical transcriptionists to vent or complain about their job. They also have a politics area and certain liberal posters seem to be on there 24/7...yet never on the transcription portion of the site.

They post unflattering articles against conservatives and try to pass it off as gospel. I used to try to debate them but after about a week of toying with them, someone reported me to the mods and I was banned for about 2 weeks.

Unbelievable. But I often think they aren't transcriptionists at all but OFA members posting from their mother's basement.

If there are Zero cheerleaders on that site, who knows how many others there are?

Mrs. Prince of Space

[CyberAnt]

Just like the Clintons .. the never-ending speeches and having his face on TV every darn day.

This is not going to help him .. we already have Obama fatigue .. and Carville’s command - BLAME BUSH is going to make things worse.

And .. the rumor is that the dems are going to push through some kind of healthcare. They believe they lost the election in MA because they didn’t pass healthcare.

I hope we’re strong enough to stomach this attack - because that’s exactly what this is .. this is payback for even daring to win an election.

What the heck is this bunch going to do when they get skunked in November ..?? These people are totally out of control.

[CyberAnt]

ROTFLOL!!

Unfortunately, the left does not have a sense of humor.

But I sure thought it was funny.

[rogator]

“The guy in New Mexico is always the last to know.”

If the guy in New Mexico were in the United States He would know sooner.

(My NM nieces frequently complain of folks not realizing that NM is really part of the US.)

[CyberAnt]

Well .. send him a note - he has a link on his sight for reporting stories.

[AliVeritas]

Bada Ping

OT to kristinn, we need a counter on this, they’re gonna be all over Bachmann... hit me up later:

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/24/schultz-gibbs-exchange/

[spodefly]

The Liar in Chief is in charge of the astroturf liars, and the editors of each of the papers that print these fabricated letters is complicit in the lies.

We have become a nation of liars, with Obama the Liar in Chief at the top of the pile.

[CyberAnt]

Soooo .. are you saying the other newspapers may be in on the scam by agreeing to print all the letters from the WH without questioning where the letters came from ..??

If so .. that makes it a CONSPIRACY to deceive the American people.

This was not a good move on the part of the WH.

[ExpatGator]

Jose Cuervo?

[RonDog]

EXCELLENT, Jim Wayne!

You can get a single page version of each topic without having to fill in your personal details by either clicking on the link that says the form does not work for you or changing js=true to js=false in the URL. e.g.:

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

gives you a single page version.

Now, to get ALL the "talking points" for each topic -- which will be listed in the bottom right corner...

...we just need to switch out that ONE PIECE (i.e., ClimateChange) of the url...

...WITHOUT having to enter all of your personal information.

It works as follows:

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

...switching, for example, from ClimateChange to bushindenial becomes:

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

And, you can find the RIGHT TEXT (i.e., ClimateChange, bushindenial) to switch out for each topic here:

site-specific Google search for site:my.barackobama.com/page/speakout

[CyberAnt]

OMG Ron .. these people are so deceitful!

They really believe we are so stupid we will never figure this out. I’m outraged!!

[Palladin]

How did you guess?

[tiredoflaundry]

Well I’ll be dipped!