TPM: 'Grassroots Protester' Actually GOP Official

deminks

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Fri Aug-07-09 09:05 AM
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TPM: 'Grassroots Protester' Actually GOP Official

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/08/grassroots-protester-actually-gop-official.php

Here's a fun example of astroturfing in its purest form: A woman attending a town hall event for Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI), and--while loudly raising objections to the Democrats' health care reform proposal--insisting she's just a regular concerned citizen. Except, she's actually a GOP official.

video at the link

http://www.nbc26.com/global/category.asp?C=171398&clipId=4021715&topVideoCatNo=146343&autoStart=true

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Fri Aug-07-09 09:10 AM
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1. I've been wondering about the creds of the guy in Tampa with

the torn shirt. How ordinary is he?

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deminks

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Fri Aug-07-09 09:27 AM
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2. She actually ran against Kagan

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/07/woman-mom-gop/

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Her LinkedIn page shows something different. She was the vice chair of the Republican Party of Kewaunee County until last year. She worked on the John Gard campaign, who ran unsuccessfully against Kagen last year. And it says she�s a part of the Republican Party for Kagen�s district, as well as the Republican Party of Wisconsin, and the Republican National Committee.

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