Lori, the Democrats are all about "nuance". We used to call it hypocrisy.

Obama's own site has some real, honest-to-goodness grassroots heartfelt non-organized opportunities:

"So we've cooked up an easy, powerful way for you to make a big impression: Office Visits for Health Reform.

All this week, OFA members like you will be stopping by local congressional offices to show our support for insurance reform. You can have a quick conversation with the local staff, tell your personal story, or even just drop off a customized flyer and say that reform matters to you.

We'll provide everything you need: the address, phone number, and open hours for the office, information about how the health care crisis affects your state for you to drop off (with the option of adding your personal story), and a step-by-step guide for your visit...

Earlier this week, the President wrote that "this is the moment our movement was built for" and asked us all to commit to join at least one event this month. This is the way to answer that call...

Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America"

Can I just ask what the point of having the option of using html tags is when they don't actually show up in the posts?

Astroturf or grass-roots....

Guess it all depends on how much money's being spent for fertilizer, doesn't it?

And doesn't it also make you kind of wonder where the money's coming from so organizations like the Chapel Hill folks, and Organizing for America can employ their Astroturf specialists?

"On the other side you have the people who support the White House and Democrats who often pay people to show up for their cause (sometimes referred to as "rent a mobs") and no one in the MSM seems to notice or care."

That's because most of the MSM is as liberal as most Democrats...They semdom try to hide that fact now days...

Now I find out that my hard earned tax dollars are going to pay off Obama's supporters in the form of GUESS WHAT??? STIMULUS!!. Of course he is trying to disguise this as jobs. He found a way to pay back all the benefits he received to get him elected. He robs from us to pay his cronies. Now I know why the Stimulus package was so huge. He has a lot of backers to pay off. Go figure!

So . . . do they provide the billy clubs, or would we have to buy those on our own?

For you Mr President:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsLylyEoLDo

This is yet another demonstration of the axiom that if you want to know what the Democrats are up to, just listen to what they're accusing the GOP of doing.

I sugest you apply for the job. Then if/when you are not hired, sue for ideological discrimination.

Also, get as many of your conservative friends in the area to apply for the job also.

Paranoia and Projection, OregonMuse.

Dr. Sanity had a very good post on that...

Dr. Sanity: SHEER PROJECTION AND PARANOID FANTASY

It's a long read - but it really explains the actions of the left and the apparent need to destroy the opposition.

Mystery solved (all it took was a visit to the North Carolina PIRG website)

Summer Campaign Staff:

Now is the time to work for change. This summer we have the opportunity to win big change on issues that are critical to America, from affordable, dependable health care to more and better public transportation. But there's one thing that we know we need to win--citizen support and grassroots action. That's why we've partnered with the Fund for the Public Interest to hire college students, graduates, and activists across the state to go out into communities to talk with citizens about the issues, raise money, and build membership for NCPIRG. Staff also have the opportunity to work with the media, build coalitions and mobilize activists. Similar positions are available in more than 50 offices across the country. For more information or to apply, visit www.jobsthatmatter.org.

There's nothing I've found that indicates these people are showing up at town hall meetings.

But then, the writer of the this article didn't find any proof of that either. They just quoted the ad - and as the jobs board at the website shows these people are involved in grassroots organizing on a lot of different issues.

Hopefully the writer will call the North Carolina PIRG office and ask if these people are being sent to town hall meetings to "astro turf" but I doubt they'll do that.

Vic

Lorie Byrd wrote: "Do you need a job? Astroturfers for Obama are hiring."

In my research I didn't find any proof that this organization is hiring people to "astro turf".

Neither did Lorie Byrd.

Vic

Vic,

"There are none so blind as those that will not see."

Remember when Hillary Clinton famously screeched: "'WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DEBATE AND DISAGREE WITH ANY ADMINISTRATION!"? How times change.

Lorie Byrd wrote: "Do you need a job? Astroturfers for Obama are hiring."

In my research I didn't find any proof that this organization is hiring people to "astro turf".

Neither did Lorie Byrd.

Sorry Vic, I didn't realize I needed to dumb it down. For the record, the name of the group is not "Astroturfers for Obama," it is Fund for the Public Interest. Their website is here:

http://www.fundforthepublicinterest.org/about-us

From the description listed in the ad it sounds like what Axelrod referred to as astroturfing and it is to support Obama's programs. I don't know who pays them. I just hope it is not with taxpayer dollars as has been the case with ACORN. Is that more clear now? Maybe someone can explain it to you if not.

For the record, in my local paper, the News & Observer, last year there were ads asking for people to help elect Obama president. I can't remember what the job descriptions were exactly, but I think they were for people to go door to door singing Obama's praises and collecting addresses, phone numbers, etc. I can't remember who the organization hiring in that case was, but it was not the Obama campaign.

Thank you Ms Byrd, and it isn't necessary to 'dumb it down' on my account, thank you -- but I've already visited the Fund for the Public Interest website in my research. I understand what they do and how they do it.

And I didn't find any proof that the jobs you wrote about are "Astroturfing for Obama" as you stated in your article.

Neither did you.

Vic

Victory is Ours-Nice screen name.Here's something to shout out at your next Obama rally:
Hail Victory!
Hail Victory!
Hail Victory!

Yes I'm afraid one must dumb down, way down, the discussion when referring to Victory is Ours.

According to obama's own adviser David Axelrod, who happens to have started the practice of astroturfing in the mid-eighties, astroturfing is defined as a way to gain support for a cause by manufacturing grassroots support.

If it takes a cash outlay of 8-10 bucks an hour so be it.