You know how the lefties have been trying to make hay with the deluded notion that all those protesters showing up at town halls and protesting ObamaCare are some sort of “organised, well-funded right-wing conspiracy”? Well, it looks like that charge may be a bit of projection, since Newsbusters has verified evidence that the Left is doing some “astroturfing” of its own by actively recruiting paid “activists” to agitate for ObamaCare,
While the media pointed their hypocritical fingers at town hall meeting protesters for supposedly being organized by conservative backers, they’ve conveniently ignored an aggressive recruiting campaign by liberal organizations looking to help President Obama get his agenda through Congress.
Take for example the following advertisement placed at the online website Craiglist for New York City Monday (h/t Patrick Ruffini):
**TALENTED LEADERS needed to work for health care reform $11-16/hour**
Or how about some of these identified by Dr. Melissa Clouthier Sunday for Sacramento, California (h/t Walt Gilbert)….
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Now, they’re recruiting for folks to help pass ObamaCare.
Is there anything wrong with it? No.
But if the media are going to accuse town hall protesters of being organized by outside forces, maybe they should take a close look at what the Left is doing to get Obama’s agenda passed.
Or would that be too much like journalism?
Read the whole thing. Sheppard also notes that these same ads are up in the Washington DC Craiglist as well. As of the time of this posting (~11:00 PM, EST), the Craigslist ads are still up.
Craigslist. Sheesh, how trailer park.
Tags: Politics, Progressives
