As Senator John Kerry documented here last week, a public relations firm was caught red-handed sending fake letters on behalf of of minority groups to Congress attacking the climate bill.
Using typical astroturfing techniques, Bonner and Associates, once also caught lying about prescription drugs, had forged letters sent to Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA), a freshman representative in a moderate district, in a naked attempt to kill the climate bill.
Who are Bonner and Associates?
Founder Jack Bonner bragged in 1994 that the group has no "idealogical or political bent," the Washington Post noting that "if you’ve got the money and need some ‘regular people’ to flog your issue, Bonner will find them for you." [8/23/94]
See the forged letters to Congress here .
Kerry has now called for a Senate investigation.
MoveOn and the Sierra Club have called for a Department of Justice investigation. Part of the request sent by Sierra Club to the Attorney General Holder cites Bonner's alleged:
"Fraud by wire, radio or television" and "..scheme or artifice to defraud".
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We need a full-court press to stop this lying and deception being used to KILL health care reform and climate legislation.
STOP THE LYING AND DECEPTION BY OPPONENTS TO OBAMA'S AGENDA.