Hillary's campaign in a nutshell ...... Astroturfing

[Botany]

Astroturfing in American English is a neologism for formal public relations campaigns in politics and advertising that seek to create the impression of being spontaneous, grassroots behavior, hence the reference to the artificial grass AstroTurf.

The goal of such a campaign is to disguise the efforts of a political or commercial entity as an independent public reaction to some political entity—a politician, political group, product, service or event. Astroturfers attempt to orchestrate the actions of apparently diverse and geographically distributed individuals, by both overt ("outreach," "awareness," etc.) and covert (disinformation) means. Astroturfing may be undertaken by anything from an individual pushing their own personal agenda through to highly organized professional groups with financial backing from large corporations, non-profits, or activist organizations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

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I hope tonight we get to see that there is nothing there, there.
As per the Clinton Campaign.

[LSparkle]

1. She's astroturfing while dissing the REAL grassroots

I hope you're right and we discover tonight that the Empress has no clothes ...

[Botany]

3. I might be dead wrong but I think Ohio is going to spank Hillary.

We are sick of the slime.

Obama has been a real force in this state. Ground game,
phone banks, ads, speeches, and "staying clean" but rapid
response to any slime.

Clinton has been so negative it is not funny.

[mod mom]

6. I hope you're right, Botany but look what both Cleveland & Cinci are reporting:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4883350&mesg_id=4883350

pm-ed you a party. :hi:

[BuyingThyme]

2. Yes. Astroturfing. I like that.

[jgraz]

4. After today, Hillary's remaining campaign will actually fit in a nutshell

[AtomicKitten]

7. with room for a cappuccino machine

[HooptieWagon]

5. Been a lot of that here

And given her problems getting ground support, I'd say there's little support from around the country, except in corporate boardrooms. Being a corporatist only works if you can also control the vote count. I guess Rove hasn't taught all his secrets to Penn...

[LSparkle]

8. They're trying to do that with the TX caucuses, though ...

Her machine is obviously emulating Rove more and more.

[elixir]

9. Keep on beating that dead drum. Blowing hot air while waiting for results.

[meow mix]

10. Yes. its about time for the real grass roots to win

great post!

[jlake]

11. Really? Because that's how I have always thought of Obama's campaign.

[SoCalDem]

12. aka propaganda

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda#Techniques