{"id":8576,"date":"2013-06-05T16:31:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T20:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8576"},"modified":"2013-06-05T16:31:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T20:31:30","slug":"cant-get-enough-astroturf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8576","title":{"rendered":"Can&#8217;t get enough astroturf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is so <a href=\"http:\/\/tv.msnbc.com\/2013\/06\/05\/democratic-donor-launches-website-to-stop-nra\/\" target=\"_blank\">boring and predictable<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;A major Democratic donor launched a new campaign and corresponding website on Wednesday to target gun violence and the National Rifle Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nra.org\" target=\"_blank\">NRA<\/a>). \u00a0Venture capitalist Kenneth Lerer\u2019s website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopthenra.com\" target=\"_blank\">StopTheNRA.com<\/a>, features videos, news articles, and images of gun violence in America. \u00a0It also offers people a platform to join a lobbying campaign to push for reform &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s no need to even comment on this. \u00a0It will fail just like all the other phony astroturf efforts have.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D8576&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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