Thursday, September 25, 2008

Coverup: Anti-Palin Astroturfing Video Tied Directly to Obama PR Firm

Attempted Coverup: Video removed after bloggers connect the dots on illegal FEC violations tying smear video to Obama PR firm

This is huge.

You may have noticed a lot of ‘concerned Christian conservatives’ and ‘lifetime Republicans’ leaving comments on the net and repeating anti-Palin talking points.

Well it turns out that this smear campaign is not exactly the grassroots campaign it was supposed to be, but was orchestrated directly by David Axelrod’s PR firm. The PR term for this is ‘astro turfing’ and Axelrod is reportedly a master of the craft.

And this time, it appears they crossed the line and violated FEC rules. Rusty at the Jawa Report has the story:

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