The blogosphere is abuzz with speculation about the real identity of the strange and wonderfully timely “Ellie Light,” President Obama’s No. 1 fan and apparently the owner of more residences than Donald Trump, John McCain and John Kerry combined. Not to mention an indefatigable letter writer.
With Obama slumping in the polls, and reduced to more campaign-style appearances in front of friendly audiences in lieu of, you know, actually governing, the ethereal Ms. Light has taken pen in hand on multiple occasions to support her (?) fading Hope:
Courtesy of Patterico, a sample excerpt from her bountiful, revisionist, apologetic pen:
A year ago, if we had read in the paper that employers were hiring again, that health care legislation was proceeding without a bump, that Afghanistan suddenly became a nice place to take your kids, we would’ve known we were being lied to. Back then, we recognized that the problems Obama inherited as president wouldn’t go away overnight.
But today, the president is being attacked as if he were a salesman who promised us that our problems would wash off in the morning. He never made such a promise. 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.
Why would anyone think Obama had a magic wand? It’s not as if he’s ever made any extravagant promises:
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Happily, as per Ms. Light, things are just hunky-dory for Obama just one excruciatingly long year after his inauguration (although, thinking back, the auguries for that were bad). And it’s not as if he’s had to reach out to dance once more with what brung him to all those Inaugural Balls, golf games and Hawaiian vacations.
All of which makes Ellie Light’s sudden epistolary outburst all the more puzzling. As Patrick Frey (Patterico) asks:
A woman has written the same letter defending Obama to dozens of publications across the country, getting them published in at least 42 newspapers in 18 states, as well as politico.com, the Washington Times, and USA Today. And the woman, Ellie Light, has claimed residence in many of these states.
Think there might be some phony Astroturfing here?
What could possibly have happened?
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But don’t get too cocky. Remember, Napoleon came back from his exile in Elba (which, by the way, is where we get the expression “the hundred days“).
But he didn’t come back from here:
UPDATE: Courtesy of Patterico, along comes another sock puppet: “Mark Spivey.” And don’t miss Ellie Light’s Facebook page.
Dan Riehl has been doing some sleuthing, and finds some fingers pointing in the direction of the White House. Meanwhile, Left Coast Rebel is taking a hard look at Samantha Power — as are some of our commenters below. Ms. Power, by the way, just so happens to be married to Cass Sunstein.
The mind boggles.
SECOND UPDATE: Sock puppets everwhere, monsieur! The blogosphere is exploding with new discoveries, and Patterico’s got ’em. Fun for the whole family!
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