nytimes.com - 8/19/2009
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WITH the “public option” part of President Obama’s health care reform plan looking dead in the water, many of its supporters are taking issue with the legitimacy of its opposition. “We call it ‘Astroturf,’ ” Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said of the protesters at town-hall meetings. “It’s ...
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Axelrod's paid minions have been ordered to resuscitate
the Democrats' dying dreams of nationalizing the health care...
system....According to a poll by the Washington Post, support for the president's healthcare reform initiative reached a new low down to 45 percent from 57 percent just three ...
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RYAN SAGER IN THE NEW YORK TIMES: Don’t Call It Astroturf. “Here’s a rule: Organizing isn’t ch…
Instapundit —
... RYAN SAGER IN THE NEW YORK TIMES: Don’t Call It Astroturf. “Here’s a rule: Organizing isn’t cheating. Doing everything in your power to get your people to show up is basic politics. If they believe what they’re saying, no matter who helped organize them, they’re citizens and activists. The language at the town halls may get ugly and rough. But it’s not Astroturf.” ...
Reason Morning Links: Blasts in Baghdad, in Defense of Astroturf, Crawdad Smuggling
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• Bomb, mortar blasts in Baghdad kill at least 75. • AARP loses 60,000 members for its position on health care. • Reason contributor and former intern Ryan Sager defends astroturf in the New York Times. • Tests begin on fascinating new anti-aging drugs. • On the rise: crayfish poaching.
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Dissed by the Times and Instapundit. Again.
The Sundries Shack —
Hey New York Times , you’re four-days late on that editorial . I covered the same subject , and did a better job of it, frankly, on Sunday. Ryan Sager, who for all I know is a fine upstanding person, never makes it clear in his editorial that the distinctive characteristic of Astroturfing is dishonesty. Without that central point, his editorial doesn’t really carry a lot of punch. What really stung is that Professor Reynolds decided to give the link-love to the frakking Times instead of a fellow blogger. I’m sure he had no idea I even wrote the blog ...
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