Whore Of The Week: Robert Moon...amongst others

I stumbled upon Robert Moon's existence when I googled the term "astroturf". An article written by Moon featured in the Macon County Conservative Examiner entitled "Democrats to bring out union rent-a-mobs (actual astroturf) to intimidate Grassroots Protesters", was full of right-wing propaganda and blatant lies. Moon explains in his article that 84% of Americans are happy with their health care (didn't cite his source) and that the White House's proposed health care reform is designed to "reward failure and punish success", to which I replied "what failures are the millions of children without health care guilty of"? In true conservative fashion, he opted to sidestep my question (and my claims that FreedomWorks and other lobbying firms were behind the "dissent" at recent town halls) and instead chose to dismiss my response as typical left-wing garbage and insult me for "attacking" his character, going so far as to call something I said "sleazy". Would posing as a journalist to push the agenda of lobbyists and big business make one sleazy? I would think so. Robert Moon is a member of a group called the "Tea Party Patriots", a right-wing extremist group that depends on lies and smear tactics to get attention. I wasn't at all shocked when Mr. Moon failed to respond to my direct questions. What was somewhat shocking, however, was when I scrolled to the bottom of the Tea Party Patriots' website and saw its list of Partners, one of them being FreedomWorks, the same lobbying firm that is behind all of the orchestrated dissent at town halls across the country. No wonder he didn't respond to my statement. Some more of the Tea Party Patriots' Partners include Michelle Malkin, who, in 1995, worked as a journalism fellow for Competitive Enterprise Institute, a think-tank dedicated to the promotion of free enterprise without government regulation (I would love to hear her thoughts on the bailout), and RedState, a political weblog geared toward Republicans and Conservatives. Among some of RedState's contributors are those claiming that homosexuality is a "mental disorder" and that Muslims are "inherently evil". One of RedState's contributors is Tom DeLay. Does that name ring a bell to anyone? It may be a gigantic coincidence, but I'm guessing it's the same Tom DeLay we all know and love. Tom DeLay, former Republican House Majority Leader, indicted in 2005 on criminal charges that he had conspired to violate campaign finance laws. Was instrumental in the K Street Project, an effort to pressure lobbying firms to hire Republicans to top positions. Also involved in coordinating efforts to redistrict congessional districts in Texas, aka gerrymandering, in order to favor the election of more Republicans. Not to mention that two of his former aides were convicted in the Jack Abramoff Scandal. I could go on and on forever but I will touch on this because I think it's important. Tom DeLay's predecessor as House Majority Leader was none other than Dick Armey. Who is Dick Armey, you ask? Well, he's a former Republican House Majority leader, but he also happens to be the Chairman of FreedomWorks and is even referred to as "The Honorable Dick Armey", on their website. Make me gag. Yes, that's the same FreedomWorks mentioned earlier. The group responsible for simulating protests, defacing property, burning elected officials in effigy and going so far as to threaten death to said elected officials. Interesting also is who Mr. Tom DeLay was succeeded by, a Mr. Roy Blunt. Mr. Blunt voted in favor of reducing the waiting time for a handgun from 72 to 24 hours and received an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association. He also voted in favor of a national ban on same-sex marriage and has voted against gay adoption. He has received a 14% rating from the American Civil Liberties Union, but a 92% rating from the Conservative Christian Coalition. Mr. Blunt also happens to be a staunch opposer of health care reform. All of this kind of makes you wonder who these people are working for and whose interests they are really fighting so desperately hard to protect. I can assure you, they're not ours. These people don't care if we lose our health care or if our premiums skyrocket to unfathomable highs. They care about themselves, their rich friends and the corporations who keep them rich. All of this seems a little too intertwined to be an accident or a coincidence. These people are working together to fight constructive change and they're using hired suits to do it. The people they're utilizing and flat-out using, to do their dirty work, couldn't organize a sock drawer let alone an entire protest or movement, so they take it upon themselves to do it for them. The sad thing is that these people don't even realize that they're only being used to protect the interests and preserve the livelihoods of a select few who could care less about a single one of them. Are these the type of people we want pulling the strings? People who are embroiled in scandal after scandal, are whores for big business and hate homosexuals? I am not sure about most people, but that is not my idea of America. We know who these people are fighting for. More importantly, I think, is to ask ourselves exactly who and what we are fighting for. If the answer is your family, your loved ones or each other, congratulations. If the answer is corporations, special interests and lobbyists, shame on you.