Fri Jul 24, 2009 at 13:33:15 PM PDT
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 Yesterday, DailyKos diarist Fenric posted a diary about his/her encounter with a Joan Buchanan canvasser who showed up at the front door. The crux of the diary was that when Fenric questioned the canvasser about how Buchanan intended to vote on the California budget, the canvasser brightly assured him/her that Buchanan intended to support the atrocity that's been wrought by the Big 5. Fenric then declared his/her intention to never vote for Buchanan ever, ever again. All well and good.
That is, until Garamendi staffer SPD waded into the comment thread to gratuitously trash Garamendi's opponents, Mark DeSaulnier and Joan Buchanan, on unrelated issues. And without identifying himself as a Garamendi staffer.
Of course, what makes it really funny (or maybe just pathetic) is that this staffer mocked a reference to Buchanan's "grassroots campaign" as he was astroturfing the netroots on Garamendi's behalf.
Smooth move... (flip it) |
| babaloo :: CA-10: Garamendi Campaign Astroturfs DKos |
On the subject of Tauscher...
Take a gander at who De Saulnier has inherited as his campaign manager...
Yes, that would be the infamous Katie Merrill.
Here's how kos commented on Katie defending Tauscher against the netroots a mere two and a half years ago:
It's not surprising that this writer, Ellen Tauscher campaign manager Katie Merrill, would try to head off what will be a vicious fight for this seat in a primary. Unlike her apparent hero Joe Lieberman, Tauscher won't get a "do-over" if she loses. And it's no surprise, if you read her full whine, that she mischaracterizes the nature and source of the local opposition to Tauscher. Again, she's taking a book from her hero Joe Lieberman.
And now she's overseeing the coronation of De Saulnier as the new heir apparent of Tauscher's seat.
Following the theme of the diary, I've found that, from my personal experience, Buchanan's paid canvassers are incredibly under-trained, under-informed, and generally clueless. Which is odd that the article in Roll Call today claimed that she has a "grassroots operation." Ha, that's a good one.
by SPD |
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