Who is Ellie Light? What in the world is going on here?

Posted on 23 January 2010

Instapundit.com and Hot Air broke this story about an alleged citizen concerned over Barack Obama’s issues after the Massachusetts election (and after the NJ and VA elections as well). From Hot Air:

Someone appears to be doing a little Astroturfing for Obama.
In recent days, a letter defending Obama has appeared in dozens of newspapers throughout the country — all signed by an “Ellie Light.” In the letters, which all use identical language, Ms. Light explains that Obama never promised to fix all our problems quickly or painlessly.

She declares:
Today, the president is being attacked as if he’d promised that our problems would wash off in the morning. He never did. It’s time for Americans to realize that governing is hard work, and that a president can’t just wave a magic wand and fix everything.

Editors all over the country found Light’s message strangely compelling. It was reprinted at The Politico; the Philadelphia Daily News; the San Francisco Examiner; the Washington Times; and a USA Today blog. In addition, the letter has appeared at literally dozens of small-town papers across the country, with names like the Los Banos Enterprise, the North Adams Transcript, and the Danbury News-Times.

What is going on here? I get that someone might make the attempt to rehabilitate the disaster that has become the Obama administration. But using the same name and same words? And how did all of these ‘news’ organizations ALL DECIDE to publish the same thing from the same person? From Hot Air:

With the help of my commenters, I have been keeping a running total at my blog of the places where Light’s letter has appeared. At last count, her letter has appeared in at least 47 newspapers in at least 23 different states.

What is going on indeed.

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