angryrenter.com = GOP astroturf

[chaska]

I ran into angryrenter in the thread about renting vs. buying (a house) yesterday.

Certainly, there's a real issue here, this bailout of homeowners. Why is Dick Armey glomming on to this?

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/may/16/mortgage-bailout-bid-infuriates-some-renters/

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Though it purports to be a spontaneous uprising, AngryRenter.com is actually a product of an inside-the-Beltway conservative advocacy organization led by Dick Armey, the former House majority leader, and publishing magnate Steve Forbes, a fellow Republican. It's a fake grass-roots effort - what politicos call an "Astroturf campaign" - that provides a window into the sleight-of-hand ways of Washington.

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[truedelphi]

1. I too thought it seemed rather slimey

It would be nice if Skinner wasn't taking money from these people.

[GoneOffShore]

2. I saw that thread as well

Checked out the website and asked why it was being supported here on DU.