Now that Newt's officially running, when will he whip out his child actors?

[MrScorpio]

They're still around, you know.

http://www.youtube.com/user/RockTheFacts

Too bad that they didn't help McCain that much...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7161766

[Bluenorthwest]

1. Dude, people doing fraudulent apperances are called 'shills'

or 'stooges' they are not 'child actors' they are fakes, they are frauds. Claiming a person is what they are not in a situation assumed to be real is not 'acting' is it fraud. They are children being exploited, being used as part of a lie. This is not what actors do, child or otherwise. A shill, a stooge, a patsy, sure. Actors, no.

[MrScorpio]

2. Dude, I know that they're shills… We ALL know that they're shills

I've even said as much: https://twitter.com/#!/Mr_Scorpio/status/68304974504923136

[Bluenorthwest]

3. Then call them what they are, not what they are not.

To imply that they are Union actors, as actors are Union members, is not responsible nor accurate. To imply that a professional group is willing to do fraud for pay is disgusting. There is a long and ugly history in the US of attacking that profession in political terms, destroying lives, making lists. Implication and insinuation has always been a tool of that particular form of nasty politics here.

[Sal Minella]

4. I think Mr. Scorpio is using the word "actor" in the sense of "one who

does something," not a professional, paid, union-dues-paying thespian.

"The ambulance driver is one of the actors in the health-care scenario . . ."

[MrScorpio]

9. I mean actors

As in that's their day job.

[Sal Minella]

11. Woah. The YouTube link wouldn't open for me (several tries

before I posted) -- I wonder if that beautiful little girl has any idea how grossly she's being pimped out.

I don't have TV and never saw children used in slimy political ads.

Apologies. Using kids to sell toothpaste or chocolate-coated breakfast cereal is one thing, but anybody who abuses these children this way is scum, including the parents.

[MrScorpio]

6. The fact is that his shills actually are actors...

Here's one of them: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1712481/ If you'll notice… His job description is listed as "actor".

He and the rest are represented by this management company http://friendlyfacesmanagement.com/default.aspx

Newt, who had them on his payroll, is the nasty piece of work here.

And since they're still up to this crap today means that they're still tarnishing the profession:

http://www.youtube.com/user/RockTheFacts

I'm just calling them as I see 'em. my friend.

[Gold Metal Flake]

7. Keep trying.

[RaleighNCDUer]

12. Actually, a shill is a paid plant in an audience -

a person paid to pretend to be something on TV which she is not in real life IS an actor.

She's pretty, but needed to work on her lines a little more.

[FarLeftFist]

5. Jeez, Its sad to see people completely brainwashed

And not even know it. Everything about the GOP is fake. This is borderline child abuse.

[RaleighNCDUer]

13. What brainwashed? They were hired to do a job. nt

[MrScorpio]

14. I'm pretty much certain that every time they open their mouths that they're reading from a script

They know exactly what they're doing.

[Gold Metal Flake]

15. I agree.

Tools of fascism. It's a good idea to keep track of all of the players.

[Gold Metal Flake]

8. Well, your thread is getting some blowback.

1) Attempt to derail.

2) Early unreccers.

Two sure signs of a good anti-corporate thread. Carry on.

[MrScorpio]

10. It's takes a lot to get me off track

A lot indeed.