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Liberal speak: “organized by the DNC” is “grass roots”

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[NOTE: If you’re looking for teh funneh, this post isn’t. Because it’s true. If it was fake, it’s be hilarious. – B]

All the tea parties, all the protests at the town hall meetings, protests outside the offices of Congressmen … What does the DNC call those?

“Astroturf.” You know, appears to be a “grass roots” movement, but isn’t.

Having covered a rally by one of these conservative groups (the Columbus Georgia Tea Party), I’ve seen the hand-made signs and other things done on a budget. The kind of things that are done when individuals, not large organizations, are doing the work.

Still, the Democrats call this fake grass roots — “astroturfing.”

However, when the Democratic Party organizes a rally, it’s “grass roots.”

Last night, the DNC sent a news release out to several in the local media. The Albany (GA) Herald got one, and reported it, including getting a response from an opponent of the proposed health care bill.

A bit closer to where I am, the DNC is planning a pro-health care protest at the Columbus office of Congressman Sanford Bishop (D-GA)

As Members of Congress get ready to head back to Washington, Organizing for America (OFA), a grassroots project of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) dedicated to supporting the President’s agenda for change, will hold a rally Tuesday, September 1, 11:30 a.m. in Columbus outside of U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop’s office, 18 19th St., highlighting the strong support throughout Georgia for health insurance reform now and the importance of getting it done this year. Ga. Rep. Caroline Hugley will speak.

Yeah, you read that right. A “grass roots project of the DNC.”

And the tea parties are astroturf?

In George Orwell’s 1984, New Speak had “peace is war , love is hate, freedom is slavery…”

In 2009, the Democrats declare that organized is grass roots, and individuals are astroturf.

Seems Orwell was 25 years off.

Tea Party coverage. No, really.

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I used to be a sort of serious small-town radio news reporter. I loved it. Except the parts I didn’t like.

Anyway, a long time ago — it was last year — Frank J. said that I could promote some things. I used that opening to actually post stuff here. It’s been too much trouble for him to try to get the keys to the blog back, so he’s let me keep posting. But today, I’m actually going to promote something. So, you might want to skip to the next post that somebody else wrote. It’s probably funny. And probably on purpose.

Right now, though, I’m going to scare away much of Frank’s precious blog traffic by offering a couple of links to my report on the Columbus, Georgia Independence Day Tea Party. I went there to cover it, just like a real reporter. Everybody there — except one jackass — figured out in short order that I was not the enemy. But the less said about that one jackass, the better.

Anyway, here’s the link to the report at PJTV. And here’s the link at my little blog (and it includes a transcript at no extra charge).

Thanks, Frank.

You’ll probably be wanting the keys back now.