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National liberal website, Daily Kos, organizes campaign to hurt Republican Vicky Hartzler on the web
Pulaski County Daily News ^ | 10/13/2010 | Darrell Todd Maurina

Posted on 10/15/2010 8:09:46 PM PDT by darrellmaurina

(Oct. 13, 2010) — A national news and opinion website associated with liberal causes has targeted Vicky Hartzler for an organized campaign designed to drive up Google and other search engine rankings to “get as many undecided voters as possible to read the most damaging news article about the Republican candidate for Congress in their district.” The Daily Kos may not be widely known in rural Missouri, but it’s a major factor in the “netroots” movement within the Democratic Party and liberal or “progressive” politics on the national level. Founded in 2002, its writers include former President Jimmy Carter, current President Barack Obama during his time as a senator, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, along with numerous other political leaders. With 2.5 million unique visitors per month and a quarter-million registered users, Daily Kos is generally counted along with Huffington Post as one of the major internet sites used by Democrats and their supporters to discuss and advocate liberal policy positions.

(Excerpt) Read more at pulaskicountydaily.com ...


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KEYWORDS: congress; dailykos; hartzler; skelton

1 posted on 10/15/2010 8:09:49 PM PDT by darrellmaurina
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To: darrellmaurina

They can’t seriously be worried about that particular race too....or can they?


2 posted on 10/15/2010 8:17:58 PM PDT by badpacifist (Life is short and hard... Bad decisions make life is shorter and harder)
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To: darrellmaurina

Riiiight, this will work. The unemployed, dimwitted KozKidz will each try this for about 15 seconds and then go back to surf for gay porn the other 23 hr 59 min 45 sec the rest of the day.

Plus it’s a waste of time, Google already takes care of putting the negative stories about GOP candidates at the top of the news search.


3 posted on 10/15/2010 8:19:32 PM PDT by coaltrain (Obama's a Harvard lawyer like Elvis was a Black Belt)
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To: badpacifist; Clintonfatigued

Turnabout should be fair. Pick one of the Ruling Class Libs and use the same tactic back on them. Climb in the RAT sewer and fight them using their tactics.


4 posted on 10/15/2010 8:23:09 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Take back our country on November 2, 2010. Let's Roll!!!)
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To: darrellmaurina

The only people that will be influenced by the Daily Kos, are those that would vote against her to begin with.


5 posted on 10/15/2010 8:25:24 PM PDT by doc1019 (Martyrdom is a great thing, until it is your turn.)
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To: darrellmaurina

Childish.


6 posted on 10/15/2010 8:30:44 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ( VIVA la SB 1070!)
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To: darrellmaurina
"Founded in 2002, its writers include former President Jimmy Carter, current President Barack Obama during his time as a senator, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi,"

Are they bragging?


7 posted on 10/15/2010 8:42:16 PM PDT by avacado
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To: avacado

With legs like that in the photo, I would still hit it.


8 posted on 10/15/2010 8:49:22 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA ("Forces of Evil" member in good standing)
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To: darrellmaurina

And All Quiet Flows the Dumb.

The Kidz won’t stop until they’ve destroyed their own feckless party root and branch.

HAH HAH HA


9 posted on 10/15/2010 8:50:41 PM PDT by februus
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To: darrellmaurina

This is hugh and series. In a recent poll, conservative GOP voters in rural Missouri cited Google search placement as their #1 criterion for determining their vote.


10 posted on 10/15/2010 8:51:46 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Am I my half-brother's keeper?)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

Ok now that’s funny!


11 posted on 10/15/2010 8:54:15 PM PDT by badpacifist (Life is short and hard... Bad decisions make life is shorter and harder)
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To: badpacifist

Polls say Ike Skelton is in trouble. Read this from my article:

“The Ike Skelton-Vicky Hartzler campaign was targeted by Daily Kos because the seat is considered by the Oct. 5 Cook Political Report, the March 31 Swing State Project, the New York Times “Five Thirty Eight” political column, the Oct. 8 Rothenberg Political Report and the Oct. 7 Sabato Crystal Ball to merely “lean Democratic.” That’s not at all what would be expected in a race where the incumbent Democrat chairs the House Armed Services Committee and has spent more than three decades in the Congress.”

It is well within the realm of possibility that the voters of rural Missouri will throw out the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, despite bringing hundreds of millions of dollars to Fort Leonard Wood in just the last few years, and replace him with a Republican who is longtime member of what until this summer was called Harrisonville Mennonite Church. My article on Hartzler’s Mennonite ties is here:

http://pulaskicountydaily.com/news.php?viewStory=2164

Hartzler makes clear that despite her church affiliation she is not a pacifist, but in a normal election she would have no chance against a powerful Democrat, one of the most conservative members of his party in Congress, who has been endorsed by the NRA and Right to Life. Most of the traditional conservative organizations which usually endorse Republicans have endorsed Skelton, but one major exception is the Farm Bureau, which for the first time in 14 years rejected Skelton. That article is here:

http://pulaskicountydaily.com/news.php?viewStory=2074

Let’s just say if Teddy Kennedy’s successor is a Republican in blue-state Massachussetts, Skelton has good reason to be concerned. His district is tremendously more conservative, and is one of the most conservative congressional districts held by a Democrat.


12 posted on 10/15/2010 9:05:39 PM PDT by darrellmaurina
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