Video: ObamaCare fans take Astroturfing to a new level; Mayer an OFA organizer
posted at 10:11 am on August 13, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Patterico and Lone Star Times capture yet another banner moment from a town-hall forum hosted by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) . In this clip, Roxana Mayer introduces herself as a doctor (a general practitioner for four years) in order to support ObamaCare and Jackson-Lee in a fairly hostile crowd. For her efforts, she gets a big hug from the Congresswoman, an image which the Houston Chronicle featured prominently on their website coverage of the event.
But was Mayer really a doctor?
Not only was Mayernot a doctor, Roxana Mayer was an Obama delegate, as Patterico discovered with some digging. What’s more, the Houston Chronicle apparently knew this and failed to include it in its glowing coverage of Mayer’s appearance. The reporter, Cindy Horswell, has admitted that she knew Mayer was an Obama delegate and that Mayer didn’t live in Jackson-Lee’s district when she wrote the Chronicle story. After getting exposed, the Chronicle quietly changed the caption on the photo without issuing a correction, removing the reference to Mayer being a doctor.
Be sure to read all of the posts for a great rundown of an excellent catch by Patterico and Lone Star Times. At the moment, no one has any evidence that Jackson-Lee, the White House, or Organizing for America had anything to do with getting this imposter the microphone to ask a sympathetic question and make sympathetic declarations at the town-hall forum. However, the odds of that happening as a coincidence with an Obama delegate seem a little long.
Update: Those odds just got a little longer. Guess who was a lead organizer for OfA back in March 2008? Thanks to Allahpundit for tipping me to this!
Update II: Right Wing Sparkle calls OfA “shameless.”
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I’m not a doctor but i play one on television
J_Crater on August 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
RustBelt on August 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Ohhh ho ho ho—booo ya. Santa Claus just dropped off this nifty little package…. well well well..
Nice that she says “don’t show up alone.” Funny she doesn’t say anything about bringing a lab coat or the medical license that you got from da place where The Won got his birf certificate.
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Is Obama’s Organizing for America a criminal enterprise?
faraway on August 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
This moron has no future in the social services sector. I think Roxana will be in court for a name change.
tessa on August 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
I dunno, sounds like a doctor to me.
I have a degree from U of H, in engineering. So, I, um am now entering my third partnership in, like, public accountancy.
applebutter on August 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Any one who has been around a lot of docs could tell this woman was not what she claimed to be. They don’t look that way, awkard, and they don’t talk that way.
Blake on August 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM
I’m with ya there…
cmsinaz on August 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Doesn’t the pro-Obama care lobby realize how this weakens their position? They are indeed looking desperate.
Linnea on August 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM
well except for the willful misuse of government resources, office, and charge of duty yeah they are exactly the same….
of course I suppose that the poor lass in question, victim of an evil white society that actually requires licenses will not get her license to practice social work….
Care to lay money on that being the case with you saying “her life is destroyed” and mine saying “she is connected and will suffer as much blowback as the NBPP in Philly”?
sven10077 on August 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Uhhmmm, its like, we are all just so mean. I mean, that we should expect the Chronicle reporter to figure out like she is not a doctor, you know????
Read the LST post again. Look who is sitting NEXT to not Dr. Roxana Mayer. It is Che loving moonbat Maria Isabel. Now what are the chances of THAT? Both sitting in the front row? Look at the clipboard on Maria’s lap. She has printed talking points. The anti-ObamaCare protesters are all 5 or 6 rows back.
This is no coincidence. SJL or her staff is staking the deck, with fake Drs. and flaming idiots. If they are this bad at Axelturfing, what makes us think they can run healthcare???
King of Katy on August 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Can anyone be surprised… Democrats have always accused Republican/conservatives of DOING what they themselves DO. Most of them probably moonlight for Room Staggers.
Mrs.Toljaso on August 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Key Question: How long before Obama publically cites Mayer as an example of MD support for reform?
I suggest we start a pool.
Hucklebuck on August 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM
yep. They’ll look at your application and see “conservative, white, old” and chuck you into the SOL pile….
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Do any of these people have parents? Maybe children?
christene on August 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM
I hope every questioner from now on says before he asks his question: “I am a doctor.”
Sort of a mirror image double reversal of Spartacus.
We are all doctors now.
jeff_from_mpls on August 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM
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blatantblue on August 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM
I wish Glenn or O’Reilly or Drudge would pick this up. From a little of what I’ve read, she’s in an Allied Health program (people have already reported her), it is illegal in Texas to present yourself as a physician when not (people have reported her) but what riles me is she was a real haughty b++ch when outed.
Marcus on August 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM
at his next townhall meeting
:-)
cmsinaz on August 13, 2009 at 10:43 AM
I got $50 in bling yo. Im not a rappa but I play one at HotAir…
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Ed, you stole my comment line at Patterico. Heh.
I’m fatter…I’m flattered. :)
Coronagold on August 13, 2009 at 10:44 AM
It is just about time for Opray to bring out the singing kids from the ghetos
bluegrass on August 13, 2009 at 10:44 AM
bluegrass on August 13, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Oprah is hiding under a bed.
tessa on August 13, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Sounds like we should be building a RICO case against them. I think we have plenty of evidence.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 13, 2009 at 10:45 AM
yeah, where’s the harlem boys choir, where’s the kids that need backpacks, where’s alll those fat alberts doing their Dear Leader snap rap crap?
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Wouldn’t it be funny if by accident the little girl questioner at Obama’s Town Hall got switched to Nigeria to ask Hillary a question?
Little Girl: Mrs. Clinton, I was wondering why people carry signs saying bad things about health care, can’t we just help people?
Clinton: What’s this “we” crap, ya little creep. I’m in charge here. I’m the godddam Secretary of State, you got that? Huh? Look at me you little bizzatch, look at me when I’m talking to you.
He he he.
jeff_from_mpls on August 13, 2009 at 10:45 AM
I’m a “constituent” of Sheila Jackson Lee, and likely will be for a good long while as her district is heavily and obviously gerrymandered.
She’s a terrible person in almost every way, and even the lefty Houston Press has been all over her pork and perk abuses, and her haughty imperial attitude.
And now the Houston Chronicle is handed a huge scandal, in which SJL actively and knowingly participates in this hoax, and what we get from them is almost total silence. You have to read the “Texassparkle” blog even to learn about it. It’s worse than silence, with the air-brushing of the original caption.
No wonder the Chronicle is in trouble. No one looks to it for any meaningful investigative journalism any longer.
JudetheFossil on August 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM
She took her cue from Dr. J.
perroviejo on August 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM
dude, i’m laughing so hard my wooden leg fell off!
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Under Obama’s heathcare plan only spin doctors will be given authority to determine what your healthcare needs will be.
KG in Sask on August 13, 2009 at 10:48 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw
still looking for my wooden leg… thanks obama
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Racketeer and President of the United States
marklmail on August 13, 2009 at 10:48 AM
whats worse
impersonating a doctor
or being bush “the war profiteer” and impersonating a leader
/g0tmylifebanned
blatantblue on August 13, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Sorry I had to fix that. You can’t be a liberal and mention Bush without talking about “illegal wars.”
Shock the Monkey on August 13, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Just think of Roxana Mayer’s future prospective employers Googling “Roxana Mayer”. She’ll only be able to get work in the DNC.
BJ* on August 13, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Nope, no axelturfing here. Just another news column full of ‘coincidences’.
GarandFan on August 13, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Hows that Axelturfing working out for ya Obama?
the_nile on August 13, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Hey Oprah. Looks like you backed the wrong horse and now both y’alls ratings are tanking. No, you can’t.
kingsjester on August 13, 2009 at 10:50 AM
ohhhh boooosh.
keep up with that hackneyed argument troll. it’s your boy in da hayouse now. and he ain’t farin’ so well dese days.
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:50 AM
…and they’re not selling as many newspapers because?
perroviejo on August 13, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Astroturf Czar
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Obama Delegate – CHECK
Impersonating a doctor – CHECK
Lying to promote ObamaCare – CHECK
MSM never bothered to verify story – CHECK
I see NOTHING UNUSUAL here. This is ObamaCare. This is the Democratic Party.
Hope & Change = LIES & DECEPTION
JustTruth101 on August 13, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Ed, thank you for my first belly laugh of the day. That was brilliantly funny.
Monica on August 13, 2009 at 10:52 AM
heh, looks like it needs some axelgrease and some skills yo… Ol doc mayer tried to go downtown and she be gettin’ dunked on all damn day ….
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:52 AM
looks like ol doc mayers got a bad case o’ assitis…
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM
How about
a) Joe the Plumber was an innocent bystander who just asked a simple question. Suddenly the whole world knew about his tax leins. By contrast, these people are plants. Activists who pretend they are not.
b) Investigating that they are plants is not the same as investigating that Joe has some financial difficulties.
c) Slandering Joe is not the same as telling the truth about someone who set out to deceive the American people.
Christian Conservative on August 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM
I suggest NASA arrange a special VIP flight for that purpose!
That they send Shiela and The Pinnochio Presidente up there to get that most valuable flag!
Else tell the two imposters they are on a mission and can burn it in protest or to clean up the pristine environment!
Has Michelle ever been on a Mars mission perhaps NASA could arrange for the Pinnochio couple to fly together just so’s Michelle can be sure there’s no hanky panky tween Sheila and Pinnochio on this most important flight ever!
LEAVE EM THERE!
dhunter on August 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Here are 6 things God hates,and one more that he loathes w/a passion:…. eyes that are arrogant,a tongue that lies,hands that murder the innocent,a heart that hatches evil plots,feet that race a wicked track,a mouth that lies under oath,and a troublemaker in the family.
ohiobabe on August 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM
both she and oh oh oh oh sheila look like they’re overdue for an assectomy
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Picture this:
Lineup of 5 people in a small, dimly lit room.
Obama’s Death Panel behind a one way glass.
“Tax receipts are down this quarter. Now pick 2.”
faraway on August 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Are these people really that stupid? With today’s ability to research in a nanosecond, they continue to put false gods before us. Oh the arrogance!
Bevan on August 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
That verse was from The Message Proverbs 6:16-19
ohiobabe on August 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
This may have been mentioned, but on the Chronicle’s site, in the comments, the person who wrote about the quintuplets seemed to have made only that one comment. I wonder if that was Ms. Mayer as well.
mikeyboss on August 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Are these people really that stupid? With today’s ability to research in a nanosecond, they continue to put
false godshouseplants before us. Oh the arrogance!Bevan on August 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
FIFY
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
This makes sense. Obama’s White House CIO pretends to have an MS degree in IT. His AstroTurf pretend to have an MD. All par for the course with this administration.
angryed on August 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM
POTUS pretended to be an author, pretended to be a law professor and pretends to be an American….
“As I’ve said before, I’ve been entirely consistent on this issue…”
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Two Questions:
Where’s the trolls?
Did Mayer at least stay at a Holiday Inn Express that night?
dhunter on August 13, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Is this her?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Roxana-Mayer/1136934999
angryed on August 13, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Quick someone please stop her before she removes some
poorer rich kid’s tonsils for pure profit!!I have reported this woman to the President by calling the White House.
kringeesmom on August 13, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Wow a lead organizer eh?
So you mean things are so bad they can’t even get 1 person to show up? The organizers have to go themselves?
Rocks on August 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM
I hope she’s not one of those doctors who uses the “Cash for Tonsils” program.
redzap on August 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM
She’s an organizer of one…
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM
What’s an Obamacare Organizer do before a town hall meeting…?
She packs her purse
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Who do you think is going to be performing the “End of Life” consultations in the Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Homes?
It will be Social Service counselors.
For those who think they will come with an open mind, who do you think will receive the Government contract to provided prenatal counseling to the families in the home that is also in the bill? Planned Parenthood or Catholic Family Services?
barnone on August 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM
gotta be with rick sanchez as a friend
yikes!
cmsinaz on August 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM
If I had any power, and was anything more than just an average citizen, I think undder the freedom of information act I’d request everything they have on two items.
#1 How ObamaCare will render more deaths in the expensive 65 and up group and it’s effects on future Social Security and Medicare payments and budget.
2. Anything regarding a pandemic flu such as 1918 without the necessary vaccine needed to inoculate to keep the flu from starting, and a so called “cure” to render it’s effects harmless, and this information linked with the SS & Medicare future payments & budgets.
Jeff from WI on August 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM
He also pretends that he’s a moderate pragmatist and not a Communist ideologue like Karl Marx.
Shock the Monkey on August 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM
undder= under
Jeff from WI on August 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM
OOOPs, Sorry, Ed beat me to it. I’m practicin to be a Congress Critter or Senate Scumbag by not readin the pesky thing!
dhunter on August 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Gasp! This must be what Obama’s hiding on that long-form certificate: he was delivered by a sociology student only POSING as a doctor!
justincase on August 13, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Desperation.
the_nile on August 13, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Is this ongoing fraud and deception by the White House getting reported anywhere outside of our little anti-Obama echo chamber?
Rational Thought on August 13, 2009 at 11:01 AM
they’ll have incentives for the numbers of people they get to buy the farm.
Last quarter, Roxana Mayer successfully saved 3.75 million dollars in future medical expenses through her astute counseling and guidance skills. The Obama administration would like to take this opportunity to thank Ms. Mayer for her skill and dedication to her counseling position, the government and the American People.
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 11:01 AM
It looks like fox fact checks them and runs them , they got the “mean signs” girl plant.
the_nile on August 13, 2009 at 11:02 AM
heck, if Joseph can do it in a manger, then Shamequa Tallywhacker can do it at a bong shop in Indonesia… right?
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 11:03 AM
They can’t find an actual doctor to support this DeathCare, so they have to dress someone up and bus her in?
Delicious.
I bet all these Congresswomen wish that all of their voters were such astroturfers, rather than the real-deal everyday people that they normally have to face.
CatsGodot on August 13, 2009 at 11:03 AM
I hope this Mayer character gets the “Joe the Plumber” treatment.
No way, she’s a Dem, so she’ll get the “John Edwards” treatment.
drunyan8315 on August 13, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Someone also noted that Maria Isabel, who manned an Obama campaign office displaying a Che’ flag, is also there right behind the non-doctor. Mayer apparently followed her own advice and brought someone with her to the party.
http://lonestartimes.com/2009/08/13/obama-camp-plants-fake-doc-che-fan-at-jackson-lee-forum/
justincase on August 13, 2009 at 11:04 AM
yeah, those mean everyday people, they have signs and yell. Why don’t they just issue strongly worded statements like —the POTUS….?
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 11:04 AM
there’s a “baby daddy” joke in there somewhere….
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Get out the Comet. This one will be scrub, scrub, scrubbed soon.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 13, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Unfortunately, things like this did get the guy elected, so it does still work for the idiots that don’t do any research or don’t even care.
MobileVideoEngineer on August 13, 2009 at 11:06 AM
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Anybody can deliver a baby. Anyone can witness the delivery of a baby. Why Obama’s Kenyan relatives will say on tape that they were present but Obama won’t show who in Hawaii says they were defies logic if he was really born there.
justincase on August 13, 2009 at 11:08 AM
If anyone thinks there is a justification for this fraudulent behavior they are lying to themselves.
deanglen on August 13, 2009 at 11:08 AM
someone with mad photoshop skills should graft her face to a hobo and change the sign to “will turf for food”….
sven10077 on August 13, 2009 at 11:09 AM
I thought impersonating a Doctor was illegal? I think someone may have already asked this question, but thought it needed repeating.
BioTeachEd on August 13, 2009 at 11:10 AM
What is stupid about it? It made the original evening newscast (informecial) and the correction will not be seen or connected with the intentional deception. Only people like us will even know it happened.
Did this deception influence the mind of those watching the broadcast? Yes.
Did this deception change your mind? No.
Did this deception change the mind of those that are for Obamacare on this blog? No.
It worked.
barnone on August 13, 2009 at 11:11 AM
The uplifting and prolonging of the buzz that is obama is merely enough to justify any ends to achieve that means. They are just having to mix da koolaid a little bit stronger and dole it out a little bit faster….
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 11:11 AM
mmmmmmmmmmmmm Potemkin.
29Victor on August 13, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Roxana’s Che’ loving pal, Maria Isabel, has an hilarious account at her OFA blog of the now infamous Sheila “Cell Phone” Jackson Lee town hall. Some excerpts:
Our Madam Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee did a fabulous job!…SJL was very clear and to the point on issues. She was kind and listen to the speakers and promised to take back to Congress our views and concerns…
Congresswoman Jackson Lee clearly sorted thru some of the creative fabrications, lies, and misconceptions floating out there. It was difficult for me to keep a straight face listening to some of the comments from confused and angry audience…
Buy Danish on August 13, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Alla, Ed, tell the boss she needs to get up her own fishy smelly site so we can email Michelle these fishy smelly things Pinnochio is doin!
I have a logo for it:
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/CartoonPopUp.aspx?id=334791227219483
dhunter on August 13, 2009 at 11:12 AM
that’s an awful wobbly stool that obamacare is perched on.
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 11:12 AM
This is right out of the war room. The word “MISINFORMATION” is the moniker given to any argument running counter to the obamacare talking points. I got it from harkin’s office and many others. Linda Douglass used the word–. We can counter it.
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 11:14 AM
The Hope and Change Express is running out of track.
LibTired on August 13, 2009 at 11:15 AM
You know, in any other circumstance where an impartial MSM was detectable, this would utterly ruin all credibility of their position.
anuts on August 13, 2009 at 11:16 AM
hell, this train blew through the dead end sign two weeks ago wif da little presser in prime time.
ted c on August 13, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Liberals say: So, what, obama organizers can’t ask questions at Obama functions now?
lorien1973 on August 13, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Nice work by the real journlist at Patterico, Lone Star Times and Hot Air!
Speaking of AstroTurf:
I’m passing a hat if any HA readers would like to contibute to buy a dictionary for Pelosi, DNC, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC…
TN Mom on August 13, 2009 at 11:16 AM
“Well, that’s just great.” That’s just what Texas needs, another frickin Austin!
try again later on August 13, 2009 at 11:16 AM
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