Take two thick slices of Noonie's day old bread, smear Honey Cup honey mustard
liberally over both. Cover both slices with green leaf lettuce. Then on one slice only lay smoked turkey on the lettuce,
a tomato slice on the turkey and sprinkle it with shredded carrot. Then on the lay a slice of provolone cheese over the
carrot then a green pepper ring on top of the cheese. Sprikle with sprouts. Cover with the other slice, lettuce side down.
The letuce should be stuck to the bread with honey mustard so it doesn't fall off when you turn it upside down to cover the
sandwich. Slice sandwich in half with a knife. Wrap in tightly in plastic wrap. Use too much wrap. Tape on label. Tadaaa!
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Astroturf, Nixon, and Tarrant
Monday, September 04, 2006
Guest Blogger: "Deep Throat"
Everybody knows about Astroturf. It's fake grass. But what is political Astroturfing? It is the process of engineering the appearance of a significant grass-roots movement and public support. In the book, "All the President's Men", there are several cases documented in which, during the 1972 campaign against McGovern, Richard Nixon's campaign tried to make it appear that there was significant support for his policies. The Astroturfing process generally involves paid PR firms.
There is a nice article on Astroturfing in the Wikipedia, which you can read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
and here is another definition of Astroturfing: http://www.answers.com/topic/astroturfing
Astroturfing involves more than just activities with a single blog. It involves an integrated strategy.
The following activities indicate that Tarrant's campaign is engaging in Astroturfing:
* In December, positive changes were made to Tarrant's Wiki entry and negative changes were made to Bernie's. These changes were traced to an IP address at the PR firm Hayes Group. The changes included comments about "increased chatter" and significant increase in support for Tarrant, which certainly didn't exist in December.
* On multiple blogs, individuals have been posting multiple entries extremely critical of Bernie and extremely positive for Tarrant. Notably, these include an individual who identified himself as "Jason". Jason's IP address has been traced back to the HayesGroup.
* The blog "VermontSentateRace" was established purportedly as a non-partisan blog. It turned out that a paid Tarrant operative, Jeff Bartley established that blog, however.
* The blog "PoliticsVermont" seems to have insider republican information. It shows positive pictures of Tarrant and negative pictures of Bernie. The authors of the blog won't identify themselves.
* The American Research Group published a poll that was supposed to be an independent poll. That poll showed that Tarrant had cut Bernie's lead in half, from forty points to twenty-one points. That poll showed very different results than other polls, however. It is expensive to run a poll. Who paid for the American Research Group poll? Nobody knows! They won't identify the source of their funds. Incidentally, the American Research Group is located in New Hampshire and has published many other questionable polls favorable to republicans.
Ultimately, Astroturfing is evil. It involves manipulating information to change public perception. So, you might ask, why would Rich Tarrant engage in Astroturfing? After all, he has all that money, and he has been saturating the media. Some people think that he wouldn't bother with blogs and the Internet.
Here is my answer. If you had all the money in the world, why wouldn't you try every technique that's ever been used?Here is my prediction. After some major event, like the Bush or McCain visit, another American Research Group poll will magically appear that will show Tarrant has cut Bernie's lead even more.
-Deep ThroatRelated Posts:What's Tarragant Got Up (or on) his Sleeve?Monday Morning Parking Garage Edition Monday Parking Garage Edition Tarrant lays off 300, Raises Own Pay Tarrant Sucks Blood (From Red Cross)Astroturf, Nixon, and Tarrant Deep Throat Says...(8.30.6)
Interesting comparison with Nixon. I remember once Rich Tarrant proudly said that he voted for Richard Nixon both times that he won.
I will now proudly state for the record that I voted for Bill Clinton both times that he won.
I have also voted against George W. Bush four times.-TX Gov Re-election, 2000 VT Republican primary, 2000, 2004 Generals.
I don't know about me voting in this year's Republican Primary, though. I think if only real republicans vote, Greg Parke will surprise a lot of people with a very good showing, or narrow victory.
If Parke somehow won the primary- no doubt we'd see Tarrant copy Lieberman, and run "Independent." In too deep to quit now!! (Ka-Ching, Ka-Ching! (E.G.- Don't expect Totten to break the DedGov story while the Guardian site looks like a freegggin' self-contained Tarrant link!!! (kidding, shay)))
Interesting commenst about the polling company, American Research Group (ARG). It turns out that the Giuliani people also doubt this pollster. ARG has produced numberous polls showing McCain significantly ahead of Giuliani. Those polls don\'t square with Giuliani\'s polling. Here is a link:
It is interesting to speculate on the relationahip between Tarrant and McCain. This poll was produced shortly after McCain\'s scheduled (and cancelled) visit. After the poll was produced, McCain endorsed Tarrant. Could there be a relationship? Was paying for the bogus poll the price of the McCain endorsrement?
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Interesting comparison with Nixon. I remember once Rich Tarrant proudly said that he voted for Richard Nixon both times that he won.