Extra Astroturfing

Hot Air has the scoop on Roxana Mayer, who ID’d herself as a doctor supporting Obamacare at a Sheila Jackson-Lee town hall…

Not only was Mayernot a doctor, Roxana Mayer was an Obama delegate, as Patterico discovered with some digging. What’s more, the Houston Chronicle apparently knew this and failed to include it in its glowing coverage of Mayer’s appearance. The reporter, Cindy Horswell, has admitted that she knew Mayer was an Obama delegate and that Mayer didn’t live in Jackson-Lee’s district when she wrote the Chronicle story…

Hot Air goes on to note that Ms. Mayer was a leader in the Obama group “Organizing for America”. Point blank, she was a plant set in place by Obama operatives who were trying to change the terms of the debate. That they had to put up a fake doctor who is actually an Obama organizer in order to get the sound bite necessary…too bad for them that the truth came out, huh?

The left will stop at nothing to win – lies and all manner of trickery are perfectly ok in the left’s book because, not believing in absolute right and wrong, the only thing which matters is advancing the cause. If it takes dishonesty then its not a matter of them taking a regrettable step – for them, its a good thing to do and, if it works, something to be proud about. These are the sorts of people we’re dealing with – keep that in mind and never for a moment take any pro-Obama action or statement at face value…until its completely investigated, our default position on such things should be “doubt”.

UPDATE: Is Obama betting the farm on health care?