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GeorgiaPeanuts

(2,353 posts)
1. Yep... I thought this was well known...
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:58 PM
Apr 2016

They call it astroturfing... Since she lacks grassroots support she creates a fake grassroots hence the term astroturf.

Baobab

(4,667 posts)
15. Its commonly known
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 12:42 AM
Apr 2016

Military even advertised for copies of commercial SP apps to be made for them -

 
5. This place is crawling with 'em
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 11:12 PM
Apr 2016

Hadn't seen that before. Can't say I am surprised! Explains a lot about some of the more ridiculous posters around here.

bbgrunt

(5,281 posts)
8. they're quite obvious on social media, but the whole corporate media is infected
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 11:45 PM
Apr 2016

with the same kind of shit.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
9. Yes it is and there is a PAC coordinating directly with her campaign to fund it
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 12:03 AM
Apr 2016

[center]Rare sighting of a brockpuppet in the wild[/center]
[center]

Remember people, because Brock can legally coordinate directly with the Clinton campaign only as long as he just uses the internet to work her campaign, herds of these things have been released into the wild.

Please be cautious when encountering these creatures as they are known to maul Democracy and are very hazardous to the truth
This has been a public service announcement.[/center]



David Brock's SuperPAC Funds these "digital media specialist" yes That David Brock, that Slut Shamed and victim blamed Anita Hill a victim of sexual harassment (in his capacity as a professional slime merchant) Using among other things the phrase, "She's a little bit Slutty and a little bit nutty". Just to get Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court.

I have zero respect for him and the blatant breaking of campaign laws regarding PACs not being allowed to coordinate directly with campaigns, stretching a loop hole that he interprets as meaning they can break that law as long as he only operates on the internet. I refer to him as "a little bit racist and a little bit salacious" as Anita Hill was a black woman of impeccable character

jillan

(39,451 posts)
10. OMG! I think it's something we all suspected. Now there is confirmation to what we knew all along.
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 12:09 AM
Apr 2016

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
12. I've known about it for quite some time and assumed it was common knowledge
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 12:19 AM
Apr 2016

There were many news stories that implied it, plus my own observations appeared to confirm it, now we have a whistleblower leaking the extent and full nature of it.

 

iAZZZo

(358 posts)
16. if you don't make it over to gdp the meme-crap is over "whore"
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 12:59 AM
Apr 2016

it came directly from blue nation review earlier tonight and appeared rather promptly

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link: pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf-DYP7UUAEV3Cj.jpg



http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511727572

fwiff

(233 posts)
17. It’s pathetic.
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 01:02 AM
Apr 2016

It’s a drop in the bucket. They don’t get converts.

What the PR firms get are fat paychecks and free focus groups- to fling shit, see how it’s defended and polish an attack.

What really burns me, is that there are some posters who seem angry and fragile- kind of all over the place in their posts, who get used and drawn into this crap.

Duckfan

(1,268 posts)
18. I'd call it a tragedy.
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 02:20 AM
Apr 2016

How sad we have a "fake" person running for high office and being so blatantly insincere. Being for it, then against it. For it, then against it. Then all of a sudden today, she cared about workers on strike. It's only what suits her and no one else.

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