Democrats announce major astroturf push!

Politico today announced that Democrats would be making a big healthcare push. The article begins with a laudable goal:

Faced with a souring public mood on health care reform, Democrats and their supporters are launching a national grassroots push Wednesday to show lawmakers that the majority of Americans still support overhauling the system.

Grassroots. I get that. And if they are the majority, it should be easy to get people out just like the town halls...right? Note the way they are going to do it:


Reform supporters are planning to hold more than 500 events between Wednesday and when lawmakers return to Washington Sept. 8, ranging from neighborhood organized phone banks to professionally staffed rallies with hundreds of people.

Paid volunteers. Paid protestors. Paid outrage. I wonder if these people even consider what they say versus what they do?

Read the entire article here.

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