Astroturfers indeed! Lying liars and the lies they tell.

Journalism! Nice job, dude in Wisconsin. Isn't it great how GOP folks use their children as props? Also.

LOL. And how many people did this lady bus in, or was she a private citizen speaking her mind? God forbid she have an opinion of her own.
At least she wasn't a plant in the audience asking prepared questions to the "spontaneous" candidates. I swear, you people are so hypocritical, it's a caution.

So why can't the folks who work for the parent networks do reporting like this guy did? I mean, they have a lot more resources and staff, researchers, etc. Of course, they don't even need their resources to do what this guy did. He got the woman's name, interviewed her, then went back to the office and typed her name into Google and got her LinkedIn page (second result when I did it). Easy.

In December 2004, FreedomWorks employee Sandra Jacques was introduced at a White House economic conference as a "single mom" from Iowa who supported the Bush administration's Social Security privatization plan. According to White House budget director, Jacques was was an example of how Bush promotes his agenda with testimonials from "regular folks." As the New York Times pointed out, however, "Ms. Jaques is not any random single mother. She is the Iowa state director of a conservative advocacy group."

Isn't it about time for the respected senior Republican leaders to make the point that this is not how civic discussions are held in America?

Since I used the term, "respected senior Republican leader" I can actually only think of one who might be able to pull this off:

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, she has the respect, she was GOP officeholder, and she's very much associated with the civics education effort.

Just a thought, but the madness has to stop before there is unrecoverable violence.

Regards.

Isn't this straight out of Hitler's playbook?

Nice Job Wisconsin reporter dude! These asshats will sink themselves. The bullshit looks worse and stinks more when held up to the light.

Heather Blish appears to have a blog entitled "The Right Side of Wisconsin" containing 2 (count 'em, two) entries:

http://heatherblish.rightsideofwisconsin.com/author/heatherblish/

I'm at a loss when I see these people and their performances.

I watched the video of the guy in Pueblo, CO likening the reform efforts to Hitler. Aren't the "protesters" acting like the Nazi's did on the way to Hitler's taking power? As a Jew, and not a very good one, it makes me sick to hear them appropriate such a horrible, historical event to their cause . . .

Fine, disagree. Hell, I'm not sure what we should do. But, they are so thugish, and manipulative. And way Scary, I mean, jezuz, these people are so eager to hate and be angry. And do so happily.
Their faux sense of victimization is comical if it weren't possibly deadly.

I'm just venting, confused and angry myself about this. And Obama and his vaunted political team need to get a handle on it. I know, I know, he has a day job. But this is part of that job. Like a teacher doing lesson plans at home at night.

He needs to bring his A game and not make stupid comments that allow a co opted news media to waste about 45 news cycles to a beer summit. And he drinks Bud Light? That alone gives me pause.

Thanks for listening.

Does she have a right to speak her mind? Yes. But standing up saying she is not affiliated with any party is like last year's president of the union standing up and saying he's not with any union. She was dishonest and disingenuous in her motives. A GOP plant.

wow, good job local news, doing something that a lot of the 24/7 news networks have been refusing to do.

What kind of sewage do these people drink?
Has anyone bothered to ask?
Last year universal health care was almost the most important issue with all u.s. people.
How do some leftover med-industry influenced pro big pharma people and loony party related crack heads or worse get any airtime?
Who believes any of this?
Sad when u.s is the only western country that lets people die.
We now lead in nothing but fraud.
Hope they all don't take the same deception drugs as dickman.

All the liberal blogs need to post this woman's face on their front page through Monday. Make her known as a liar and a GOP plant.
Since she brought up twice that she is a mother, what is she teaching her children about honesty?

This is why I love blogs. I knew it was only a matter of time before boggers and readers of blogs started identifying these "ordinary citizens", or noticed the same faces appearing again and again.

As to the bulk of the mobs, does anybody have an idea how the anti-healthcare bunch is getting real ordinary people so bent out of shape? I read an interpretation of the bill that says it's about killing grandma or government control of all medical care, and laugh it off. These people seem to believe it whole-heartedly and react with rage. How does one deliver a patently false assertion such that it has such impact? Where do you find people who are so gullible? Is it just people who still trust printed material because for most of their lives it was pretty reliable? Are GOPers lieing to seniors, friends, and relatives who trust them? I could see seniors and busy people believing this crap if somebody they know and trust delivers the message and they don't have the time or inclination to check it out..

Family Values: definition: When it comes to making public appearances for your Republican political ambitions, your kids become a real VALUE for parading around.

Astonishing? You mean -- gasp! -- they play dirty??

By the way, I've been in the nerd biz for 20 years, and I've never heard of a "drawerist" before.

From exaggeration to assassination...and everything between. Republicans play to win at any cost. It's time for the middle-class to put the gloves on!