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Daily Kos’ “Operation Hilarity” – getting Dems to vote for Santorum – is a HUGE mistake

By on February 16, 2012 in Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum

Who spiked the water cooler?

The Daily Kos crew, a group of people I normally admire and adore, has completely gone off the rails with a project they are calling “Operation Hilarity”. First announced by kos himself and further expanded upon by Chris Bowers, it is essentially an effort to encourage Democrats to vote in the open Republican primaries in a variety of states, including Michigan, for Rick Santorum.

Yes, you read that right. FOR Rick Santorum. They have this idea that somehow, if they can get Santorum to surge, it will extend the GOP primary and help the Democrats. They are even raising money and doing ad buys on Facebook, etc.…


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Hitting the soft spot of “True Liberals”

By on March 11, 2011 in Barack Obama, President Obama

I kinda felt bad for my wife last night. She was reading through the comments on the Daily Kos version of yesterday’s blog This whole “Teach Obama a Lesson” thing is working so perfectly, isn’t it? and was really upset at all the very nasty things people were saying about me. I really should have worn the Hazardous Conditions Flash Suit there on the right, graciously provided to me by a friend. My wife, more than anyone else on the planet, knows that I am one of the most progressive liberal people you are likely to meet. But she also knows I’m all about making actual progress.…


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A few thoughts on what happened on Tuesday and the future

By on November 5, 2010 in Uncategorized

On the heels of my blog entry last week, I struggled to put what happened to Democrats on Tuesday into some meaningful context. My contention in that blog was the Organizing for America (OFA) was going to change the election in unpredicted ways.

And, of course, it appears that I was quite wrong.

As Brainwrap has already reported, Michigan was an almost total Republican rout. With the exception of a couple notable examples (like Gary Peters defeating teahadist Rocky Rackowski) Republicans got everything: the Governor’s mansion, both the House and the Senate, the Supreme Court and many of our good state and federal members of Congress were sent packing as well.…


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“The Tea Party” excluded from Nov. ballot due to font size

By on August 31, 2010 in Michigan, Republicans

An effort to put “The Tea Party” on the November ballot in Michigan has failed. Not because it’s a fake group trying to help Democrats at the polls by splitting far-right wing votes (which it is.) No, it’s because the font size of the word “the” was wrong. Totally not kidding.

The Michigan Court of Appeals said Monday that a group calling itself “The Tea Party” doesn’t qualify for the Nov. 2 ballot because it didn’t correctly show its name on petitions.

Republicans and tea party activists say “The Tea Party,” which has nominated nearly two dozen candidates, is a fake party controlled by Democrats aimed at drawing away votes from Republican candidates.

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