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| Amazing Adventures in Astroturfing II: "I'm not a doctor, but I play one at town halls..." |
| 2009-08-14 |
| Ed Morissey, Hot Air Patterico and Lone Star Times capture yet another banner moment from a town-hall forum hosted by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX). In this clip, Roxana Mayer introduces herself as a doctor (a general practitioner for four years) in order to support ObamaCare and Jackson-Lee in a fairly hostile crowd. For her efforts, she gets a big hug from the Congresswoman, an image which the Houston Chronicle featured prominently on their website coverage of the event.... Not only was Mayernot a doctor, Roxana Mayer was an Obama delegate, as Patterico discovered with some digging. What's more, the Houston Chronicle apparently knew this and failed to include it in its glowing coverage of Mayer's appearance.... ...At the moment, no one has any evidence that Jackson-Lee, the White House, or Organizing for America had anything to do with getting this impostor the microphone to ask a sympathetic question and make sympathetic declarations at the town-hall forum. However, the odds of that happening as a coincidence with an Obama delegate seem a little long. Update: Those odds just got a little longer. Guess who was a lead organizer for OfA back in March 2008?... |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #2 Forgive me, but the woman introduced herself as a GP with only four years experience? That's about long enough to figure out the business of doctoring, but not nearly long enough to have perspective on the faults and benefits of the current system vs. any other. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-08-14 14:34 |
| #1 Shocked, I tell you. I'm shocked!!! ...At the moment, no one has any evidence that Jackson-Lee, the White House, or Organizing for America had anything to do with getting this impostor the microphone... No, no. Certainly not! |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-08-14 12:26 |