Hmmm... I seem to recall something about the bushies starting an astroturf campaign by sending out letters to dozens of newspapers, each of them more or less identical, supposedly signed by people who were in the field.
Except, many of them never signed it, some never even saw the things.
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news...e/121390.shtml
I thought this tactic was recognized as an abject failure back in late 2003... someone not keeping up with current events?