Asshats and Astroturfing
The Obamastream media and its representatives in government have been doing an outstanding job, as of late, discrediting the Tea Party movement with claims of astroturfing, insisting that these events were all orchestrated and funded by well-heeled right-wing organizations and special interest groups.
Cases in point: Nancy Pelosi and some delusional, hateful hack I'd never heard of.
Of course, anyone with seven or more halfway-developed neurons in his head knows full well they're blowing hot smoke and ash out their backdoors.
Liz Mair has a good debunking here.
Even the Boston Globe conceded the point in their coverage of the protests (one short article). But they were quite clever in how they went about doing it, as they give the casual reader the impression that Pelosi and friends are right, and that we're all just obedient pawns in the Republican party's chess game.
Let's play Spot the Wordplay:
"...promoted by..."
Not "organized by", "orchestrated by", "financed by", "underwritten by", or "the brainchild of".
Also, 50 bonus points for working in the reference to big, bad, lobbyist meanies.
So, why do they devote so much of their time and energy into smearing and belittling the efforts of the citizenry in this manner?
Jennifer Rubin offers a clue:
Wait for it.
Leftist kryptonite.
UPDATE: This one's a double-shot of stupid.
It starts with Keith Olbermann still cracking teabagging jokes for his 347 viewers to enjoy as he dutifully continues plugging away at the astroturf talking point, decrying all these "corporate sponsored" protests.
That brilliant bit of comedygold stainless steel tin drywall is followed up by Janeane Garofalo demonstrating for us what the intellectual capacity of damp lichen sounds like.
Let me know if you can make it past the 03:07 mark. I gotta go scrounge up some ear bleach before bed.
Cases in point: Nancy Pelosi and some delusional, hateful hack I'd never heard of.
Of course, anyone with seven or more halfway-developed neurons in his head knows full well they're blowing hot smoke and ash out their backdoors.
Liz Mair has a good debunking here.
Even the Boston Globe conceded the point in their coverage of the protests (one short article). But they were quite clever in how they went about doing it, as they give the casual reader the impression that Pelosi and friends are right, and that we're all just obedient pawns in the Republican party's chess game.
Let's play Spot the Wordplay:
The tea parties were promoted by FreedomWorks, a conservative nonprofit advocacy group based in Washington and led by Dick Armey of Texas, a former Republican House Majority Leader who is now a lobbyist.
"...promoted by..."
Not "organized by", "orchestrated by", "financed by", "underwritten by", or "the brainchild of".
Also, 50 bonus points for working in the reference to big, bad, lobbyist meanies.
So, why do they devote so much of their time and energy into smearing and belittling the efforts of the citizenry in this manner?
Jennifer Rubin offers a clue:
And the crowd, if anything, was libertarian in bent rather than conservative. These people are advocating less government, restraints on federal power, and a return to “constitutional government.” Social conservatives who seek expansion of state power on issues from abortion to support for faith-based programs may find themselves at odds with a newly invigorated movement to shrink government and...
Wait for it.
...enhance individual liberty.
Leftist kryptonite.
UPDATE: This one's a double-shot of stupid.
It starts with Keith Olbermann still cracking teabagging jokes for his 347 viewers to enjoy as he dutifully continues plugging away at the astroturf talking point, decrying all these "corporate sponsored" protests.
That brilliant bit of comedy
Let me know if you can make it past the 03:07 mark. I gotta go scrounge up some ear bleach before bed.
