Astroturf Alert
May 16, 2008 12:39 PM Subscribe
AngryRenter.com: The latest conservative media manipulation. As reported on NPR's Day to Day, Republican blowhard Dick Armey and super-rich pal Steve Forbes are behind an astroturf site that opposes help for people in mortgage hell. "We don't have lobbyists in Washington, DC." the site declares. But Armey himself works for one of the biggest lobbying firms in DC, Piper Rudnick. I guess they deserve credit for being so nervy with their lies, but it's otherwise pretty sickening.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Your writeup is sort of weirdly bloggy and your links are just to a couple of sites that, in principle, don't deserve links. This might be an interesting story, but it's not a good post. -- cortex
Tell me you didn't really mean to link to a vCard for Dick Armey.
posted by Armitage Shanks at 12:44 PM on May 16, 2008
posted by Armitage Shanks at 12:44 PM on May 16, 2008
is your second link ("Armey") a file of some kind, rather than a website?
posted by ornate insect at 12:44 PM on May 16, 2008
posted by ornate insect at 12:44 PM on May 16, 2008
Wow. What's most ridiculous to me is the juxtaposition of the intentionally clumsy-looking images (puffy, uneven red text and whatnot) and the clearly professionally-produced video. It's like they wanted to look all low-budget and grassroots but just couldn't bring themselves to go through with it.
posted by gurple at 12:45 PM on May 16, 2008
posted by gurple at 12:45 PM on May 16, 2008
I am fed up with fed up people renting space on the front page of MetaFilter. They should get their own web-based real estate if they want to push their agenda without adequate supporting links!
posted by yhbc at 12:46 PM on May 16, 2008
posted by yhbc at 12:46 PM on May 16, 2008
Wow, that's funny. Declining home values (and decreased credit availability) decrease the demand/possibility for ownership and drive up rents. Republican bread and butter: getting people outraged into opposing their own interests.
posted by a robot made out of meat at 12:49 PM on May 16, 2008
posted by a robot made out of meat at 12:49 PM on May 16, 2008
WSJ link. Crap post (should've had these links, at least), but very interesting phenomenon.
posted by gurple at 12:49 PM on May 16, 2008
posted by gurple at 12:49 PM on May 16, 2008
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