Congress is having their summer recess, and many of the members of Congress are using this time to connect with local voters through town hall meetings. The meetings have the theme of health care reform, and are being used to push further federal government control.
The Lone Star Times has video from a town hall meeting where an Obama for President campaign worker asks a question and presents herself as a "general practicioner" who has been practicing for "four years". These actresses are plants to create an impression of agreement with the government takeover of health care. Some call this "astro turf" because it is fake grass roots. Others are calling the town hall health care meetings "green houses" because of the abundance of plants.
Follow the link to watch the video of the actress impersonating a doctor.
Obama camp plants fake doc
by Matt Bramanti
I was reading the Chron’s piece about Sheila Jackson Lee’s town hall, when something caught my eye:
One supporter, Dr. Roxana Mayer, a physician who does not live in Jackson Lee’s district, praised the reform plan for overhauling a broken system.
“I don’t know what there is in the bill that creates such panic,” she said.
In this video, Mayer claims to be a general practitioner, eliciting applause and even a hug ...
I’m not sure why, but something didn’t smell right. So my colleagues and I did a little digging, and wouldn’t you know it? Roxana Mayer is, like, totally not a doctor.
But she is an Obama campaign volunteer.
Our own David Jennings secured a phone interview, in which Mayer admitted to impersonating a physician, saying — get this — she thought it would help her credibility. (It didn’t.)
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