Missourians For Fair Electric Rates has been surprisingly silent as of late. This "broad-based" coalition of concerned citizens who generated thousands of calls to the state capitol has seemingly decided that all of their work has been in vain, and melted into the shadows. So what happened to the "Truth Tour?" Were they successful? Was the truth freed?
I of course am being sarcastic. For those who sadly still read Paul Krugman, MFFER is what true astroturf campaigns look like, and it's exactly the pattern followed by Missourians for Fair Elections (run by Laura Egerdal (now a government employee), Julie Terbrock, and Jeff Mazur (also now a government employee)) last year.
17 long days since the site has been updated. If it were just the matter of Erin not having time because she was a volunteer, that would be one story. I understand that. But Erin Noble is paid by the left wing group Missouri Coalition for the Environment, which is one of those "endorsers" featured on the nocwip.org website. The site was launched and paid for, if only for the domain name. Was that on a business credit card from a wind power company, or a money order laundered through a paycheck cashing office on the Hill? Inquire, minds, we want to know!
This isn't news, of course. This is so March 2009. But it does follow the pattern I predicted it would, which is activity, press releases, media attention, phone calls, and then silence. The only thing left step is to figure out what government office Erin will get as a reward. Maybe Robin Carnahan will have something for her if she wins the Senate seat next year. After all, Missouri taxpayers should be paying left wing radicals to work in their government offices. Isn't that the whole point of the progressive movement?
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