Aping Rush Limbaugh's 'Operation Chaos,' Daily Kos Announces 'Operation Hilarity' to Vote for Santorum
Please revisit all the liberals who called Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" effort urging conservatives to vote for Hillary Clinton "undemocratic" and worse. Because Daily Kos blog boss Markos Moulitsas announced on Wednesday "Operation Hilarity," urging liberals to turn out and vote for Rick Santorum to "keep the GOP clown show going!"
"Rush Limbaugh and his ilk have had no problem meddling in our own contests. And if there's one thing Daily Kos is about, it's about fighting fire with fire," he wrote. "And in any case, it's freaking hilarious. I mean, Rick Santorum? Really? The Republicans have offered up this big, slow, juicy softball. Let's have fun whacking the heck out of it." They're even raising funds for Facebook ads. He writes:
It's time for us to take an active role in the GOP nomination process. That's right, it's time for those of us who live in open primary and caucus states—Michigan, North Dakota, Vermont and Tennessee in the next three weeks—to head out and cast a vote for Rick Santorum.
Why would we do such a crazy thing? Lots of great reasons!
Republican turnout has sucked, and appears to be getting worse by the contest. Unlike the 2008 Democratic primaries, which helped President Barack Obama and the Democrats to build a national organization, the GOP is an organizational disaster, with waning voter interest. That means that it takes fewer votes to have an impact than if Republican turnout was maxed out.
Several of the contests have produced razor-thin margins of victory. Rick Santorum won Iowa by 34 votes, Mitt Romney "won" Maine by 194 votes. It won't take many of us to swing contests the way we want them to swing.
The longer this GOP primary drags on, the better the numbers for Team Blue. Not only is President Barack Obama rising in comparison to the clowns in the GOP field, but GOP intensity is down—which would have repercussions all the way down the ballot.
The longer this thing drags out, the more unpopular the Republican presidential pretenders become. Just look at Mitt Romney's trajectory, which followed Herman Cain's trajectory, and Newt Gingrich's trajectory, and Michelle Bachmann's trajectory, and so on.
Rick Santorum will inevitably follow the same path once he gets properly vetted. Mitt Romney has been unable to stem the bleeding despite his tens of millions. Just imagine Santorum, with the far more radical record and a continued inability to raise real money.
It's a no-brainer! The following states have completely open contests coming up:
2/28: Michigan (Primary)
3/6: North Dakota (caucus)
3/6: Tennessee (primary)
3/6: Vermont (primary)
If you live in one of those states, pledge to participate in Operation Hilarity by voting or caucusing for Rick Santorum.
In case anyone was in doubt that the Kosmonauts hate Rick Santorum from their toes up to their silly hats, see Jesse LaGreca, who wrote
"spare me your self-righteous indignation, you mouth breathing, knuckle dragging troglodyte stereotype of a sexually suppressed Broadway villain from the 1950's."
And: "To the sexually repressed adults who want to make believe it is 1955 and that a voting booth is a Delorean with a flux capacitor, I'd like to remind you of the movie Back To The Future. Just like the movie, eventually you are going to be forced to realize it is 2012, but you are still the repressed, conspiracy theory driven John Birch Republicans of 1955, and you're gonna be mad as hell when you figure out that just like in the movie, at the end Biff is just a chump and the black guy who used to mop the floor at the diner who Buff used to look down on is going to end up running the town and there is nothing you can do, Rick Santorum, to stop it."
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Now Aren't They Cute!!
Submitted by scottyusmc on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:41am.
See, the thing is - I really don't have a problem with this expression of free speech from any side so long as the dead and illegal aliens aren't part of their voting block. I know - it's a high standard for the Democrats to maintain!!!
Operation Chaos was meant to hurt Clinton
Submitted by pockets64 on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:54am.
Operation Chaos got Obama into the White House. Let's see if this garbage gets Santorum into the White House.
The odd thing is that their point of ridicule against Santorum is that he is an individual person with his own thought and values. The left cannot stand that.
No, it wasn't meant to hurt
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 10:20am.
No, it wasn't meant to hurt Clinton. It was an effort to have Republicans cross over in open primaries and vote for her, in an effort to keep her in the race as long as possible.
It had nothing to do with the general election.
primary -v- general
Submitted by pockets64 on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 12:23pm.
I know it was the primaries. I just had a memory of it being successful (probably because of Rush touting it). That's why I thought it supported Clinton. My comment was on the end results.
But if not, it was a flop that showed that either so many Dems loved O or O had one heck of a machine for gaming the election. If he can game that election, I fear for us in this one.
Liberals never have an
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 10:18am.
Liberals never have an original idea.
They are always patterning their actions after something on the right.
Occupy = Tea Party
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 12:46pm.
But they keep doin' it wrong!
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I have no problem with it
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:02am.
I posted some comments here on NB right after the Republican comeback in November 2010, saying that the GOP really needed to revamp its candidate selection process before 2012 because this one is not only flawed, but susceptible to mischief.
And we're seeing it now. As much as I despise the writers at Daily Kos, they're not doing anything illegal. If they gum up the process, the Republicans can thank their own blindness.
If the GOP candidate loses to Obama in 2012, I'm pretty certain that the post-mortem soul-searching will focus on the primaries and caucuses, and change back to the state/national convention system.
The tens of millions of dollars spent on primaries isn't worth the outcomes.
I resent the fact that my tax dollars pay for the conducting of the primaries, and now maybe at least one party will get out of that business.
Why would I vote for a
Submitted by billb on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 10:23am.
Why would I vote for a Republican candidate who's proud of the fact that he paid HIGHER taxes?
I'm sorry I thought every day
Submitted by John21 on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 10:29am.
I'm sorry I thought every day that Markos Moulitsas and the Kosettes waste air has been part of 'Operation Hilarity'. Visiting that site is like watching "Comedy Central" without any real intelligent conversation.
Could there be anything more repulsive...
Submitted by KyWriter on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 10:56am.
...than a photo of Moulitsas? Other than meeting this pathological bacterium in person?
Lets follow Santorum off the cliff...4 more for Obama!
Submitted by cbeyer on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:00am.
Santorum is the Obama team dream candidate. A candidate who has little in his resume other than being a career politican who has wrapped himself in conservative social issues. While I personally share most of his positions on social issues, he will be ultimately beatable by Obama. Moderates and independents want someone who can fix the economy. Poll after poll indicates the economy is the run away issue with the American public.
Romney has that background with a sterling background in business. Santorum will be seen as a one issue (uber pro life) candidate. Rush, Shawn Hannity and other conservative talk show hosts are pushing him (or Newt) to the peril of the party and those of us who see getting Obama out of the whitehouse as the ultimate objective. He is devistating our economy and country.
Santorum doesen't look or sound presidential. He is no Rubio who posseses the charisma to sell conservative values to a broader audience.
Fine with me.
Submitted by NeoKong on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:01am.
They are urging Democrats to cross party lines and vote for Santorum....?
I'm all for it.
Remember when...
Submitted by Clinkin on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:23am.
...Conservatives crossed over and voted for B.O. because he would be "easier to defeat than Hillary"? Yeah, me too:)
If Markos and Limbaugh using
Submitted by wiwf on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:27am.
Markos and Limbaugh using similar tactics: Politics is circular.
'Operation Hilarity' is already working: Rick 55% Mitt 34%
Submitted by vrwc13 on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:58am.
"Perhaps more tellingly, Santorum now trounces Romney 55% to 34% in a one-on-one matchup among likely GOP primary voters. This is the first time any challenger has led Romney nationally in a head-to-head match-up. Santorum also leads Romney head-to-head in Michigan."
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/electi...
Way to go Markos!
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The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
You're kind of touching on my
Submitted by Sockpuppet Politic on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 12:55pm.
You're kind of touching on my thought here...their idea is to keep the primary in close contention by voting for the guy whose already picked up enough momentum to keep the primary in close contention? Then they intend to take credit for what was already happening?
The irony is that KOS will be blamed for obama's loss...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 1:19pm.
Scenerio:
- Santorum wims the GOP nomination
- Santorum wins the general election
Will the Daily MarKOS come out and take credit?
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Of all the tactics
Submitted by mustango on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 12:13pm.
Of all the tactics Kos could copy from Rush, he picks the one that didn't work. How... Kosish.
Not an original thought in
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 1:24pm.
Not an original thought in their empty heads.
Actually, KOS is being stupid...they should be pushing ROMNEY
Submitted by gopcongress on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 2:02pm.
KOS doesn't get the point of "Operation Chaos." The real story behind it was that the media and the liberal elite had been pushing Obama over Clinton the whole season at the expense of the MODERATES who were being snubbed. In other words, the media was pandering to the candidate whom most blue dogs and other "conservative" democrats reviled, and as it turned out, they were right.
But most REAL conservatives do NOT want Mitt Romney. THIS is what KOS and the idiots on the left are missing. Right now, most of us WANT Rick Santorum. If he is the nominee, I would guarantee a much more engaged constituency on the GOP side.
KOS better be careful what they wish for... because it's MY wish at this point!
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Submitted by ozarkian on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 4:12pm.
"...doesn't look or sound presidential"?
Please tell me I have not just read that from someone NOT a Democrat.
Regardless of their spin, the Dems want Romney. They know what happens when they run against a moderate and what happens when they run against a conservative.
However, may I add that, having not read quotes from one of their propaganda pages lately, it is a relief to find that they have not risen above the junior high level of discourse. I always feel like posting something like, "Pssst...hey fellows! Probably shouldn't break this to you, bu..um, we know about the allinsky stuff."
But I won't. As long as they don't wake up to the fact that their technique only works with the choir and not the average adult, they'll go on
spending their time making each other giggle instead of actually taking part in the political process.