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BARACKOBAMA.COM PAGE ENABLES LIBERALS TO CALL CONSERVATIVE TALK SHOWS AS SHILLS FOR HEALTHCARE: Astroturf Posing as Grassroots Americans (Ned's in Eastern Time)
An outrageous new Obama.com web site is quietly enabling liberals to call in to conservative talk shows as shills for healthcare—feigning to be grassroots Americans!
With a single click liberals now can see what conservative or Christian talk show is currently playing and call a toll free number to get directly into that show as a call-in guest on about 100 largely conservative talk shows including Sean Hannity, Michael Savage and Focus on the Family.
Available to be your Talk Show guest on this topic is the President of The American Majority, Ned Ryun, a former presidential writer for George W. Bush and son of former U.S. Congressman Jim Ryun, the first high school student ever to run a 4-minute mile.
In response to news of the Obama radio response site, Ryun stated, “I find it highly ironic that the Left has accused the Tea Party movement of being Astroturf when this is the height of hypocrisy and textbook Astroturf. It shows the level of desperation in the health care debate, trying to give the false impression of having grassroots’ support when it is hardly the case at all.”
Still sounds a bit hard to believe? Visit the stealth web site and see for yourself at:
http://www.radio.barackobama.com/
ABOUT NED RYUN…
A former presidential writer for George W. Bush and son of former U.S. Congressman Jim Ryun, Ned Ryun is currently the President of American Majority, a national organization committed to identifying and training liberty‐minded leaders. Ned was the co‐founder and former director of the Generation Joshua program.
Ned earned degrees in English and History from the University of Kansas and has co‐authored Heroes Among Us and The Courage to Run with his father and his twin brother, Drew. Ned and his wife, Becca, reside in Northern Virginia with their sons, Nathaniel and James and their daughter, Chatlotte “Lottie.”
When asked which Founding Father he relates to most with, and why?, Ryun answered, “Roger Sherman. I am fascinated by a man who is not well known, but who signed the Articles of Confederation, helped draft and then signed the Declaration of Independence, and then also signed the Constitution and was a member of the First Congress, sitting on the committee that helped draft the Bill of Rights. He had a tremendous impact on the founding of this country.”
ABOUT THE AMERICAN MAJORITY…
At American Majority, we believe that real political change begins at the local level. It is going to take engaged citizens working together in their communities to effectively implement freedom on a national level. We believe that individual liberty will only be achieved through limited government and free markets and that by training candidates and activists to be effective towards those goals today, we will enhance tomorrow.
American Majority is a national non-profit, non-partisan political training institute whose mission is to train and equip a national network of leaders committed to individual freedom through limited government and the free market. Headquartered in Purcellville, Virginia, we currently have state offices in Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Texas, with plans to open additional state offices in 2010.
Our organizational philosophy remains centered around the grassroots. We work hard to ensure our premier training programs are accessible to activists and candidates around the country. Since our inception in 2008, we conducted hundreds of training sessions in dozens of states, providing resources and education to more than 5000 candidates and grassroots activists.
POLITICO.COM/ February 25, 2010
Obama campaign arm focuses on talk radio
The Democratic National Committee's Organizing for America has quietly launched an initiative aimed at making Obama supporters' voices heard on the largely conservative airwaves.
"The fate of health reform has been a focus of debate in living rooms and offices, on TV and online — and on talk radio. And since millions of folks turn to talk radio as a trusted source of news and opinions, we need to make sure OFA supporters are calling in with a pro-reform message," says the introduction to the online tool.
The online tool presents users with a radio show discussing political topics, to which supporters can listen live, and the phone number for that station, for when health care comes up. It also offers tips for callers and talking points on the issue.
My quick sampling produced Christian radio, a local talk station in Buffalo, and the syndicated talk shows of Dr. Laura Schlessinger and Sean Hannity — who will no doubt be thrilled with their new, liberal callers.
Supporters are then encouraged to report back on their encounters.
Tech President's Nancy Scola writes that the program is a product of a new push inside the organization to develop new software tools to give supporters "achievable, tangible tasks to do that fit into the nooks and crannies of their day to day lives."
Original article:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0210/Obama_campaign_arm_focuses_on_talk_radio.html?showall
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