At last count Ellie Light has written the same letter defending Barack Obama to dozens of publications across the US, getting them published in at least 42 newspapers in 18 states, as well as Politico.com, the Washington Times, and USA Today. And Ellie has claimed residence in at least 18 of these states.
So who is Ellie Light?
Classical Values found her picture and, via Instapundit, Charlie Foxtrot may have more information.
And then there’s this… Her Facebook page may give us a clue:

Hat Tip Ed S.
UPDATE: Jan Chen, Gloria Elle and Mark Spivey are all sending the same letter to the editor around the country.
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Published May 24, 2012 at 8:46 pm - 51 Comments
daryl commented:
Sumpn smelly ’bout Ellie!
NeoKong commented:
Uh hoh geez….
Pretty funny.
DesertRose commented:
That is too funny! However, the picture is somewhat disturbing. Eww!
Kitty commented:
This comment was found here:
http://patterico.com/2010/01/23/ellie-light-obama-astroturfer-or-very-very-very-energetic-but-independent-letter-writer/
“77.I have a hunch who ellie might be.
First, the meaning of the name ellie is light. That part was easy. An ellie is also a national magazine award. In 2005 a woman by the name of Samantha Power won an Ellie for a piece she did for the The New Yorker magazine entitled Dying in Darfur.
Ms. Power is a graduate of Harvard University.She worked for then Senator Barack Obama, I believe it was she who first piqued his interest in Darfur.
She went on to work on the Obama campaign before she was forced to resign for calling Hillary Clinton a monster.
While working on the campaign she met then later married Cass Sunstein who now works in the Obama administration as the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
I’ve read a letter she posted to another journalist where she takes a smack at Sarah Palin, that was what gave her identity away in my mind. What O’s going through must have her blood boiling. What do ya’ll think?
Comment by piperbaye — 1/23/2010 @ 10:35 am”
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Chris R commented:
I can’t believe it took me three whole minutes to realize it was fake and the picture was Obama.
That’s what happens when you stay out to 3 AM the night before.
Nano commented:
There has also been found a facebook page for a person by that name who is married to a gentlemen who sells software for the health care industry which may be a motivator.
But it is cautioned that this could be a simple name collision and nothing more.
Dell commented:
I think the pic is a great photoshop.
I further think that Kitty January 24th, 2010 | 11:12 am | #5 is so close to cracking the case she should get the reward money.
Now…let’s all sit back and await the headline news from the MSM.
What’s that you say? This won’t be “news”?
Oh yeah….I forgot. It’s an Obama Negative and we’ll never see it. Just like the latest climategate revelation.
Cindy commented:
That is the most disturbing picture I’ve seen of Obama to date!!! Ewwww!
People and their fantasies…mind boggling!
Marybel commented:
Obametta is better looking than Michelle.
The Watcher commented:
Great. Just great. I scrolled down, saw the picture and splorped coffee all over my keyboard.
USMC Thomas commented:
Obama after sex-change operation, anything to get the vote.
Jim Rose commented:
Oh, that’s just sick and wrong! LOL!
newsjunkie_ky commented:
Better looking than me-chelle!
Pat the First commented:
Or maybe this is “Ellie Light” . . . some people really should have to take a test before voting.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/24/why_i_regret_voting_for_president_obama_99879.html
pm commented:
This might be getting really ugly.
American Thinker mentions a possible tie to DOJ. Our tax dollars being spent to engage in fraud and deceit to prop up this president.
The sloppiness of this campaign kind of amazes me. Did they want to be caught – as a diversion maybe? Or are these people really just incompetents at whatever they do…
Then, a link to a Hillbuzz post was an ominous read. Not familiar with the site, but they were saying they were following the threats they’d been getting, and were determined to get to the bottom of it, even it if led to the White House and no matter the physical harm it might bring them.
This administration is a despicable group. Surely we don’t have to wait til 2012 to throw the entire bunch out of office.
They’ve ushered in absolute chaos and dysfunction. Well, maybe that’s success for them afterall: Cloward-Piven.
Congratulations, lovers of darkness.
Kevin commented:
Is that the picture of the transvestite that Obama hired?
Pat the First commented:
This is a really good blog on Ellie Light. There are a lot of comments, but a lot of them are really good. This “Ellie Light” has sent the same letter all over the world.
Pat the First commented:
Here is the link. It is on Hillbuzz which by the way often has some really good insights into what is happening in Chicago and DC. Still huge supporters of Hillary, but turned on the Dems with what happened in the primaries. Big Brown and Palin fans.
Pat the First commented:
Forgot it again. Horrible cold. Should maybe stay in bed.
http://hillbuzz.org/2010/01/23/question-of-the-day-who-is-ellie-light/
wanumba commented:
Hilarious!
Mark Spivey commented:
I think Ellie Light is totally hot!
jim from cleveland commented:
If she had written a letter critical of the blowhard, she would be lucky if one or two publications printed it. But 42 asskiss publications printed her love letter. Imagine that!
“pm” suggests she’s part of the Blowhard’s publicity machine. I wouldn’t reject the idea out of hand. The fainting-woman tactic isn’t going to work anymore. The Greek pillars can only be used once. Perhaps a fake rescue can be staged, with a vacationing blowhard pulling a drowning woman from the swimming pool, conveniently filmed by a Hollywood director who just happened to be on the scene.
squeaky commented:
[I joined a Facebook group called “Who is Ellie Light?” This morning I was invited to join a new group: “Who is Mark Spivey?”
Who is Mark Spivey? I know only this: that he is the author of this pro-Obama letter that has....] nothing is what it appears to be in the world of obama.
http://patterico.com/2010/01/24/who-is-mark-spivey/
Old One commented:
Anunciata d’Alessandro is Ellie Leight astroturf?
TennDon commented:
That’s one UUUGLY chick!
FU*K OBAMA commented:
Is Barry a cross dresser too? No wonder he was Frank Marshall Davis’s favorite boy!
Another interesting article on the man-child president we have and his scary childhood and bizzare upbringing.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/09/is_obama_a_narcissist.html
Scratcher commented:
Rock the Vote has an automated letter-to-the-editor system. I think I’ve nailed it…
http://makesmybrainitch.blogspot.com/2010/01/is-ellie-light-rockin-vote.html
senatorseven commented:
LMAO!!!!
wales commented:
Is this obama in drag or what? yuck
Chisum commented:
Linking Ellie Light To The White House
http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2010/01/linking-ellie-light-to-the-white-house.html#comments
Osamas Pajamas commented:
Holy smokes! That gal is what we would call a two-bagger, back in highschool — you wouldn’t dare date her without first pulling a couple of paper bags down over her head. Funny, she kinda reminds me of Barak Hushpuppy OhBummer, The Mistake of ’08.
Tom63010 commented:
Ditto to all those that think this person looks like Barack Obama in drag?
Maybe Laura Ingraham can post it as a separated at birth on her web site.
AuntieMadder commented:
Pat the First
January 24th, 2010 | 12:59 pm | #15
Fwiw, I read the article you linked to. The writer is nothing more than a concern troll playing columnist. The article appears at first to be about the writer’s regret for voting for Obama but is actually about her vehicle for a good Palin-bashing. She’s just another libtard suffering from PDS. (Besides, Obamao voters should apologize to us all, not just feel sorry for themselves.)
bozo mann commented:
I bet “she” voted in all 18 states also.
seadragonconquerer commented:
Ellie Light is her real name. She’s an illegal immigrant from Israel. Oh, I forgot…dual citizenship.
Mark D commented:
I am wondering if Ellie Light VOTES in all 18 States too…
macb commented:
it is short for elite.
the way they feel about themselves, above the masses. Deserving of more respect than the give.
ElTrasero commented:
Tw bags–one for her and one for me incase her’s falls off.
J.W.HUNT commented:
LIBERAL MEDIA IS MORE THAN LIKELY WRITING THEIR OWN LETTERS