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ELLIE LIGHT: Obama Astroturfer? ?Editors all over the country found Light?s message strangely co?

By Glenn Reynolds

ELLIE LIGHT: Obama Astroturfer? “Editors all over the country found Light?s message strangely compelling. It was reprinted at The Politico; the Philadelphia Daily News; the San Francisco Examiner; the Washington Times; and a USA Today blog. In addition, the letter has appeared at literally dozens of small-town papers across the country, with names like the Los Banos Enterprise, the North Adams Transcript, and the Danbury News-Times. Ms. Light always claims to be a local in these letters. Her real estate holdings are apparently prodigious, as she has claimed residences in Philadelphia, PA; Daly City, California; Mansfield, Ohio; Waynesboro, Virginia; Algoma, Wisconsin; Bangor, Maine; and dozens of other places. Who said Obama supporters were all downtrodden?”

UPDATE: The new Greg Packer? “Insert obvious snark about layers and layers of fact checkers and editors earning their pay, here.” Actually, it’s worse than that. . . .

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 23, 2010 (boomark / email).