Astroturf fantasies

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/08/astroturf_fantasies.html "Democrats are masters of astroturfing, defined as concocting fake "grass roots" or "community action" issues and protests to establish legitimacy and influence the public. It involves bussing in ACORN and union stalwarts to fill the ranks at protests, even paying people to carry signs. They arrive in nice busses with pre-printed placards and scripts of what to chant and say to the press. Just like the Democrat-enabled Code Pink protesters at congressional hearings, Democrats do not like leaving anything to chance, so they stack the deck, as it were, even going so far as to hire paid activists."