Public Support for Clean Energy Bill Shows the Deception in Bonner Astroturf Campaign
A recent poll sponsored by the Center for American Progress goes another step toward revealing the duplicity of Astroturf campaigns like the one that Bonner & Associates was running while representing the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE).
The CAP poll shows that, in swing states, 63 percent of voters support the climate change legislation currently being considered in the Senate. And yet the Bonner crowd was fomenting a "grassroots" campaign specifically designed to make it look like the public was taking quite a different position.
Environmentalists have to declare themselves when they knock on your door, or contact your political representatives, advocating for better protection for the natural world (and for green jobs). Lobbyists also have to register - declaring the purpose for their political intervention and identity of their clients.
Once again, before PR firms like Bonner push their way into the public conversation, they should have to meet the same standard, especially when the opinion they represent favours their (usually anonymous) corporate sponsor and runs contrary to the will of 63 percent of the people who sincerely represent America's "grassroots."
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"AstroTurf" has become code these days for anyone that radicalized left wants to marginalize. You might want to rework the language when making your stand?
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