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TheTruth 
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Posted on: Jan. 25 2010,6:56 pm |
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I don't know how many people have had the chance to read the letter to editor written by Ellie Light, but I suggest everyone take the time to read her letter.
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Duck Hunter
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Posted on: Jan. 25 2010,9:17 pm |
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LOL, which one? which city
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Botto 82
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Posted on: Jan. 25 2010,9:34 pm |
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A great many, it seems...
QUOTE Ellie Light: Obama Astroturfer?
POSTED AT 6:01 PM ON JANUARY 23, 2010 BY PATTERICO
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Someone appears to be doing a little Astroturfing for Obama.
In recent days, a letter defending Obama has appeared in dozens of newspapers throughout the country — all signed by an “Ellie Light.” In the letters, which all use identical language, Ms. Light explains that Obama never promised to fix all our problems quickly or painlessly. She declares:
Today, the president is being attacked as if he’d promised that our problems would wash off in the morning. He never did. It’s time for Americans to realize that governing is hard work, and that a president can’t just wave a magic wand and fix everything.
Editors all over the country found Light’s message strangely compelling. It was reprinted at The Politico; the Philadelphia Daily News; the San Francisco Examiner; the Washington Times; and a USA Today blog. In addition, the letter has appeared at literally dozens of small-town papers across the country, with names like the Los Banos Enterprise, the North Adams Transcript, and the Danbury News-Times.
Ms. Light always claims to be a local in these letters. Her real estate holdings are apparently prodigious, as she has claimed residences in Philadelphia, PA; Daly City, California; Mansfield, Ohio; Waynesboro, Virginia; Algoma, Wisconsin; Bangor, Maine; and dozens of other places. Who said Obama supporters were all downtrodden?
The story was originally broken by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which published a thread of e-mail correspondence between the reporter and “Ellie Light.” But the original Plain Dealer story identified only the tip of the iceberg.
With the help of my commenters, I have been keeping a running total at my blog of the places where Light’s letter has appeared. At last count, her letter has appeared in at least 47 newspapers in at least 23 different states.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/23/ellie-light-obama-astroturfer/
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Duck Hunter
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Posted on: Jan. 27 2010,7:49 pm |
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Boiled down for you it is crap. This was a letter probably written by a marketing firm or Obama's staff to try and mask their real agenda. Obama has not followed through on any of his promises to change the way politics is done.
A normal citizen does not do things like this, it is from a kook or crazy, someone trying to just voice their opinion does not create a scam like that. If it was that great of a heartfelt letter, other media outlets would have started picking up on it on their own, it would not have needed to be falsely submitted in so many ways.
You said how great it was, you read it, why didn't you just post it. You were trying to create false hype just like the fake writer.
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Grinning_Dragon
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Posted on: Jan. 27 2010,8:52 pm |
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A male health-care worker who appears to be Ellie Light – the letter writer whose name appeared in dozens of newspapers nationwide praising President Obama – also is a diarist for the far-left Daily Kos website and an online friend of an individual tied to a radical pro-Obama group associated with William Ayers' Weathermen terrorist organization.
Winston Steward, 51, of Frazier Park, Calif., told the Cleveland Plain-Dealer he made up the name "Ellie Light" to protect himself from criticism and possible physical attacks from "conservatives." He said he used fake addresses across the country to get local newspapers to publish his letters.
Steward was one of several individuals who claimed to be Light. The Plain-Dealer, which published some of Light's letters, reported Steward's e-mail address matched the address of Light messages sent to U.S. newspapers. The Plain-Dealer also said that to track Steward, it used phone interviews and public records, including those of marriages, property and professional licenses in California and Texas.
The guy is a fracken' kook and all around d!psh!t, and a typical hippie POS.
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