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'ASTROTURF': RIDICULE IS NOT AN ARGUMENT

As I indicated in Monday's column we should expect an all out effort by liberals in entertainment and the media to ridicule voices of opposition to what Democrats in Congress are doing; and they have been. This week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined them.

 

Speaking to San Francisco's KTUV News, Pelosi, referring to angry people at Democrat's town-hall meetings, said "This [tea party] initiative is funded by the high end--we call call it Astroturf, it’s not really a grassroots movement. It’s astroturf by some of the wealthiest people in America to keep the focus on tax cuts for the rich instead of for the great middle class." (link)

 

Far-left liberals like Speaker Pelosi refuse to recognize that Americans, Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, are genuinely concerned and angry. The Democratic Congress is mortgaging the country's future for programs (the stimulus package) that haven't worked and reforms in energy and healthcare that won't affect climate change or improve American's quality of life. They feel like they're getting the bums rush.

 

Anti-war protests during the Bush administration and pro-healthcare-reform rallies organized by the Obama administration are described as grassroots expressions. Those the left disagrees with are 'Astroturf.' What's new?

 

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