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Big Daddy Cain called former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “Princess Nancy” the other night. He was talking about a health care reform proposal that went to a committee, and was never seen again. Some have questioned the propriety of a candidate, still dealing with dog stories about sexual bad manners, calling a prominent official “princess”.
The criticism did affect him, and he offered an apology , of sorts. ““I apologized for calling her Princess Pelosi,” he said, before turning the questions back on Ms. Pelosi, a Democrat. “I remember when Speaker Pelosi called me and the Tea Party people ‘Astroturf.’ I don’t remember anybody asking about that story.”
Astroturfing “is a form of advocacy in support of a political, organizational, or corporate agenda, designed to give the appearance of a “grassroots” movement. The goal of such campaigns is to disguise the efforts of a political and/or commercial entity as an independent public reaction to some political entity—a politician, political group, product, service or event. The term is a derivation of AstroTurf, a brand of synthetic carpeting designed to look like natural grass.”
There are numerous examples of groups pretending to be founded by grass roots citizens, that are in fact fronts for big money interests. “The National Smokers Alliance, an early astroturf group created by Burson-Marsteller on behalf of tobacco giant Philip Morris, worked to influence Federal legislation in 1995 by organizing mailings and running a phone-bank urging people to call or write to politicians expressing their opposition to laws aimed at discouraging teens from starting to smoke.” “The 2011 anti-union drive in Wisconsin led by Governor Scott Walker has been criticized as, in part, an astroturf campaign by Americans for Prosperity, which is supported by the Koch brothers” (Americans for Prosperity is connected to Mark Block, the smokin’ buddy of Herman Cain.)
Maybe the tea party is a front for big money interests. Or, perhaps it was started by citizens, and the special interests jumped on the bandwagon. Calling the tea party “astroturf” may be fair, and it may not be fair. What is puzzling is the connection between calling the tea party astroturf, and calling the former speaker Princess Nancy.
Two wrongs do not make a right. This is the type of rhetoric that makes politicians look like fools. (Big Daddy Cain says he is not a politician. If it talks like a duck and walks like a duck…) Whenever someone is caught doing something, the first reaction is to find something to accuse your enemy of doing. There are serious problems in America now, and seeing who can dig the most dirt on their opponent is not going to solve them.
HT to The field negro.