(But the Democrats accuse conservatives of "astroturfing").
This link from Instapundit caught my eye:
"Wanted: Obama healthcare reform volunteers willing to be paid $15 an hour."
The L.A. Times is reporting that:
It seems that, despite all the media attention lavished on e-mail appeals to his supporters, not everyone pushing for President Obama's embattled healthcare reform plan these warm August days is an idealistic volunteer in it for the sake of helping move the country forward and gaining medical attention for millions of uninsured Americans.
The website's large-type headline announces: "Work to Pass Obama's Healthcare Plan and Get Paid to Do it! $10-15 hr!"
The Times reports that the Craigslist ad "links to the Boston-based Fund for the Public Interest, an umbrella organization that rounds up people to round up support, money and signatures for all kinds of campaigns..."
So is this going on in Colorado?
Checking out Denver Craigslist, there's this ad:
Why is now the time to work for change?
Because we have a new president and a new hope for a better America.
Because we need change like never before, on everything from the economy to climate change and more.
And because we know that the challenges we face, from ending our dependence on oil to winning the battle for equal rights, are huge – and the politicians and powerful interests who stupidly and stubbornly resist change aren’t calling it quits anytime soon.
America’s leading advocacy groups are gearing up to meet these challenges this summer. In order to win, they need citizen support and grassroots action. That’s where we come in.
At the Fund for the Public Interest...
But while the ad title says CoPIRG, the ad itself identifies the "Fund for the Public Interest" - the same group in the L.A. Times story.
More importantly, the link given in the Colorado Craigslist ad, www.JobsThatMatter.org, goes directly to the exact same recruitment page on the exact same web site from the L.A. Times story. (Here's the original Craigslist ad from L.A.)
Same link, same group.
So the next time you see "volunteers" in Colorado pushing for "progressive" causes, remember - they might not be "volunteers" after all.
