Ellie Light: Who is Ellie Light and Why Does She Have a Crush on Obama?

[ABOVE: Mystery Astroturfer, Ellie Light, is hospitalized.]

UPDATES at end of article, including LBG’s theory that Ellie is Robert Creamer. More later today on that with why she thinks so.

INVASION OF THE ELLIE LIGHT SOCKPUPPETS

Astroturfing mystery woman, Ellie Light, was hospitalized today in a variety of locations across the USA.

Paramedics said Light was hospitalized due to an “extreme case of writer’s cramp.”

Ellie Light, whose many letters to the editor in over 60 newspapers scattered across 32 states (at last count), has been chronicled at Patterico.

Ellie Light’s Obama Letters

Who is Mark Spivey? Another Obama Astroturfer; UPDATED With Still More Astroturfing

Still More Astroturfing: Gloria Elle and Jan Chen Write the Same Anti-Republican, Pro-Obama Letter; UPDATED: Two More Pairings Found; UPDATED AGAIN: Four Pairings Total, and One Is a Triplet!; UPDATED AGAIN with Countless Other Examples

One paramedic said that he believed Ms. Light suffered from “multiple personality disorder”. No identification was found on Light’s person, but a source said that several baggage claim tickets found in her purse had “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” on them.

Other blogs are on the scene, trying to identify other victims who are believed to have hidden inside of Light at the same address.

Authorities are searching for Jan Chen, Gloria Elle, Janet Leigh and Mark Spivey, among others.

It is not know if Spivey is transgendered.

ALSO:
* Ellie Light: Obama Astroturfer?
* Sock Puppet Explosion! Who is ‘Ellie Light?’ And ‘Mark Spivey?’ And ‘Janet Leigh? And is the White House Involved?
…and seriously, a cast of 1000 blogs, who are on the case, identifying Astroturfing letter writers across the breadth of this great nation. Just Google “Ellie Light” and step back. That term returns 2.65 million results–and climbing.

UPDATE: A hospital spokesman has indicated that doctors are looking for a “giant hand” to attempt to resuscitate the sock puppet.

UPDATE #2: A source close to Ms. Light said that, although “Ellie agrees with the administration on every issue, she does “NOT have a crush” on the president.

One reader emailed to ask if “Is Ellie Light a sock puppet or an Obama puppet?” We’re sorry to inform the reader that that information is unknown to us at this time. Try running a search for David Axelrod’s phone number. We could not locate a phone number for Axelrod or Organizing for America.

0225 1-25-09–UPDATE:

Poligazette’s Michael Merrit: It most likely Organizing for America. In particular, OfA attack dog, Mitch Stewart. Is Mitch Stewart the True Identity of Ellie Light?.

Our own LBG thinks that Robert Creamer–or someone else in conjunction with Stewart and/or OfA.

DBKP’s LBG: “Creamer writes like Ellie Light and a few other of the multiple letter-writers. Mitch Stewart’s not smart enough to write those letters.”

Seems reasonable. LBG will have some proof for that theory and a story later today (on the 25th).

After all, when an online enterprise–Organizing for America–disables the security features to raise money during the campaign, what’s a little Astroturfing mail? No big deal, right?

One point: while Creamer may be the author of the original astroturf letters, Stewart seems to be the likely responder to the follow-up to original Cleveland.com story. It’s more in the style pointed out by Merrit.

UPDATE: Mystery solved? Astroturfing source! at Because No One asked has the Dem’s “do-it-yourself” instaLetter! We haven’t checked the letters yet, but this seems the most likely way for Ellie Light to print out an eloquent lib letters.

Now, about the multiple places of residence, you know? One for each paper she writes to…

UPDATE: LBG is sticking with Creamer and promises more later today.

by Mondo Frazier
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