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In recent weeks, Light has published virtually identical “Letters to the Editor” in support of President Barack Obama in more than a dozen newspapers.Every letter claimed a different residence for Light that happened to be in the newspaper’s circulation area.
“It’s time for Americans to realize that governing is hard work, and that a president can’t just wave a magic wand and fix everything,” said a letter from alleged Philadelphian Ellie Light, that was published in the Jan. 19 edition of The Philadelphia Daily News.

A letter from Light in the Jan. 20 edition of the San Francisco Examiner concluded with an identical sentence, but with an address for Light all the way across the country in Daly City, California.

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This is a perfect example of "astroturf" versus grassroots. Could you imagine the howls of outrage if this was a right wing letter writing campaign? Scott Brown, RIP Air America and now this its becoming more apparent this is a center right country and if Obama is smart he will govern in that fashion ala Clinton post 1994.
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Originally posted by tigrtrek:
This is a perfect example of "astroturf" versus grassroots. Could you imagine the howls of outrage if this was a right wing letter writing campaign?

You canb rest assured that were this a right-wing event, it would be deemed MUCH more newsworthy by the Press - not that they are generally biased, though. Cool
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Originally posted by moelarrycheez:
Mystery possibly solved.

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The man identifying himself as Steward scoffed at that, saying the letters were merely his way of speaking up for Obama when sensing that support for the Democratic president was waning. While a liberal, he said that too many people on the "ultra-left" are demanding ideological loyalty rather than seeking results.


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The name "Ellie Light" appeared with letters that ran in newspapers in multiple states, including California -- where state law makes it a misdemeanor to sign and send "any letter addressed to a newspaper with the name of a person other than himself."

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