So, the definitive page on the astroturf menace threatening our democracy appears to have been created by Gary Stock over at his unblinking website. The site is quite exhaustive, detailing the multiple transmissions that have occurred over the past few months. Evidently this practice is in widespread use. I was going to attempt to locate the source of all this madness, but it appeared that someone already did!

Here's the evil source of all the craziness. Evidently, the gop team leader site is actually encouraging sending astroturf to newspapers. Much like the famed marlboro adventure prizes, which encouraged people to smoke by offering them gifts that ranged from cigarette lighters to the awesome marlboro adventure raft, (It only required 7200 cigarettes to win!) GOP TeamLeader will give gifts to people based on the amount of astroturf they send out. Talk about disingenuous. Want to see for yourself? It's easy. First go to: http://www.gopteamleader.com/index.asp.

Next, log in. Use the username: gop@dredwerkz.com and the password gopgop. Got it so far?

After logging in, go to the action center and then click on the "contact print and television outlets". This will take you to a screen where you can search for newspapers to astroturf. Let's try the washington post, shall we? Just click this if you're too lazy. Then select the Post and click "compose message". You'll be presented with multiple copies of astroturf letters. Choose the one you want and you're all set.

This is sick. Trust me. Try it yourself. And tell everyone you know how pathetic this is.