Yet, I find it appalling that every newspaper prints the same lie: that President Bush, is a strong, decisive "one-of-a-kind" leader.

It is very important that this newspaper embrace a unique statesman like John Kerry. His words are always his own!

Thank you,

[Mr. Astroturf]

That's a laudable goal.

These letters are pretty easy to spot -- you'll see them fairly frequently if you follow a letters section. Newspaper editors either don't care that they're canned or don't want to bother checking to see if they are part of an organized campaign. Either way, your project is unlikely to produce any new heat or light.

I've got a sidebar of "Games for Wonks" at my site, including links to BC04's Newspaper Spaminator or whatever they call it. I can't swear my anti-Bush letters get through (can they possibly check each one?) but I go to it about twice a week and fire off a letter to the newspapers in my area.

http://simianbrain.atlblogs.com

I don't think there's any ethical issue with hijacking BC04 propaganda engines.

They don't like being duped, and will ban future letters from anybody who makes them complicit.

I agree that 400 unique letters would be like the difference between Bush's crowds and kerry's crowds -- staged vs. real.

And those editors will be impressed in all the right ways.

But of course, we could always just attack each other because we don't all simultaneously have the same, PERFECT reaction to all of this.

JohnG

The first is his strong leadership on the crucial steel tariff issue.

The second is his steady commitment to the McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation.

And the third is his unwaivering commitment to a patient's bill of rights.

Also, the other guy, who looks French, is a big-time major-league flip-flopper.

Thank you,

[Mr. Astroturf]

Bush bragged about killing in his State Speech - he leaned forward and he gloated. He's the killingest governor ever; mocking one woman's appeal.

Some praise bush's resolve. A pit bull has resolve, but questionable policy. Resolve ain't no good if you ain't right.

What about supporting our troops? Inviting "bring it on"? Darn, seems they did. Guess they missed "mission accomplished!"

I'd prefer a thinking president. Bush's lack of thinking is documented. The soft expectations of low bigotry - the emptiness he spews is so meaningless that the corrections don't even register. Dumbness as a tool -  works on some. It's as if his Magic 8-Ball has only ; "stay the course", "tax cut", and "they hate our freedom." Defenders say he's doing the best he can; probably true. We need someone who can do much better

It'd be better to just have MyDD readers send the letter by snail-mail to their local paper.

But, if you must email-blast, at a minimum, send each email separately, not cc:'d.

That's not true these days, now that email is acceptable for nearly everyting. They'll usually contact you to be sure it came from you, whether it's on paper or not.

That's another reason not to astroturf. If they find out you did they'll look you up and call you out.

That way, each editor will see it's phony.

What you could do is come up with the best letter possible, then use the internet publicize it as widely as possible and get as many people all over America to copy it, attach their name and send it to their local papers.  Then, let's see how many newspapers get duped.