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Aping Rush Limbaugh's 'Operation Chaos,' Daily Kos Announces 'Operation Hilarity' to Vote for...
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Posted on 02/16/2012 6:20:32 AM PST by Sub-Driver

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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
For even the most brain dead, of the Santorum supporters, it is quite obvious that the Left does not only hope Santorum is the GOP nominee, they are doing all they can to make it happen.

The same thing happened with the 1980 election. The left was praying for Reagan, and did everything to make it happen.

Actually the same thing happened in reverse in the 1976 election. The right was laughing at the idea of the Democrats nominating a hick peanut farmer from rural Georgia who not only openly talked about his religion, but claimed to be a born again Christian and felt bad about "lusting in his heart after other women." The pre-election portrayal of Jimmy Carter is very, very different from the left-wing liberal one you know today. Carter was considered a baptist religious extremest--at least that is how he was portrayed by the press.

Santorum's campaign looks a lot like Jimmy Carters. Spent a year going door to door in Iowa and came out of nowhere. Relying heavily on religious conservatives, and is unafraid to talk about religion on the stump (you might even say both went out of their way to do it).

It was an effective strategy for Carter, there is no reason it won't also be effective for Santorum. People point out that the majority of the country isn't overly religious, which is true. But, what the forget that the vast majority of the country are not atheist either. Being a religious person is not a negative with most of the country--in fact, I would argue it's a positive.

It is a fine line though. Carter managed to walk it in 1976. There's no reason to think Santorum can't walk it in 2012.

21 posted on 02/16/2012 7:24:32 AM PST by Brookhaven (Mitt Romney will right-size the economy--just like he did your job when he bought your company)
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To: mmanager

“I am at the point of praying for a brokered convention.”

What took you so long? Many of us were there months ago. :-)


22 posted on 02/16/2012 7:24:47 AM PST by Pravious
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To: Sub-Driver

A goodly amount of 1955 would do the country a lot of good. What was our national debt the? Entitlements? Class warfare? Pre-’Great Society.’ Plus, there was the 55’ Chevy!


23 posted on 02/16/2012 7:26:03 AM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Sub-Driver

[ but you are still the repressed, conspiracy theory driven John Birch Republicans of 1955 ]

This is HATE speech!


24 posted on 02/16/2012 7:26:12 AM PST by GraceG
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To: Art in Idaho

[ A goodly amount of 1955 would do the country a lot of good. What was our national debt the? Entitlements? Class warfare? Pre-’Great Society.’ Plus, there was the 55’ Chevy! ]

Indeed, especially in the northern states and the midwest states where Republicans were railing against the Government Mandated Discrimination against Blacks in the southern states.

Democrats don’t remember history.


25 posted on 02/16/2012 7:32:01 AM PST by GraceG
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To: allmendream

“How did encouraging people to vote for Hillary after she was already losing manage to foist 0bama on us? “

They voted for Obama. At that point, everyone thought that Hillary would be the nominee.

It’s a known fact that Obama’s surprise win of the ‘08 Iowa caucus was caused in part by republicans who showed up to vote for him as part of operation chaos.


26 posted on 02/16/2012 7:42:49 AM PST by BarnacleCenturion
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To: liberalh8ter

!!! Good description. My theory is that people in that ‘demographic’ are going to be a) too lazy to show up or b) too vain to be seen at a Republican polling place.

KOS raison d’etre is ticking off conservatives. So everyone: don’t take the bait.


27 posted on 02/16/2012 7:43:31 AM PST by madameguinot (Our Father's God to Thee, Author of Liberty)
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To: Sub-Driver

All this time I thought the Left’s choice of mayhem was Ron Paul. He has served to drain the crazy vote from the real players.


28 posted on 02/16/2012 7:43:31 AM PST by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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To: Sub-Driver

DMF Kos was pushing for Romney last time.


29 posted on 02/16/2012 7:43:54 AM PST by Darren McCarty (Rick Santorum in the primary)
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To: Sub-Driver

It’ll be Hilarity when Santorum WINS;

‘Operation Hilarity’ to Vote for Santorum By Tim Graham Created 02/16/2012

God works in mysterous ways!..


30 posted on 02/16/2012 7:44:44 AM PST by JSDude1
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To: GraceG
Democrats don’t remember history.

That's for sure. What about St. FDR? The idol of the left that Obama is matching program for program. Only WWII saved him. History repeats itself. . .

31 posted on 02/16/2012 7:53:45 AM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Sub-Driver
There will be alot of bluff and bluster about this on the internets and MSNBC, but how many actual, real-life votes will actually hit the bottom of the ballot box because of this effort?

Less than a dozen.

32 posted on 02/16/2012 7:54:06 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: iceskater

Open primaries are insane. It allows the other side to try to choose the weaker candidates so they will lose against their candidate. Santorum doesn’t stand a chance, he never did and never will. Newt is the only one strong enough to go up against the Marxists in the WH and the only one afraid to call them what they are. The only one better is Sarah and
she’s not running.


33 posted on 02/16/2012 7:55:48 AM PST by mojitojoe (SCOTUS.... think about that when you decide to sit home and pout because your candidate didn't win)
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To: mmanager
I am at the point of praying for a brokered convention.

GMTA.

34 posted on 02/16/2012 7:57:21 AM PST by NoPinkos
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To: allmendream

if you believe that Hillary was losing so be it. believe what you will...I disagree.

I do not...Hillary was the presumptive candidate and I believe 2 things changed that...

one was the retarded system of Caucuses or as Rush calls them Cauci....the other was ‘caos.


35 posted on 02/16/2012 7:58:32 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Sub-Driver
The author is correct about one thing...
‘Republican turnout has sucked, and appears to be getting worse by the contest,’...

...but turnout was up in South Carolina where voters were excited to show up and vote for a conservative man with big ideas and a great ability to defend and promote them, Newt Gingrich. Then Romney's knives came out and cut Newt down, leaving us, hopefully temporarily, with two candidates who are just very difficult to get excited about. Let's hope Newt can rise again and give the electorate someone they fell is worth showing up to vote for.
36 posted on 02/16/2012 8:00:46 AM PST by bramps (Cama, Cama, Cama Chameleon.)
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To: Vaquero

you may not understand what Rush’s Operation Chaos was...Obama had it won. OC only extended the primaries by increasing Hillary’s vote totals in the later primaries.


37 posted on 02/16/2012 8:01:24 AM PST by ilgipper (Everything you get from the government was taken from someone else)
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To: allmendream; BuckeyeTexan

Ask Buckyeyetexan. He voted for her because Rush said to do it, he can explain it. I believe he also witnessed massive voter fraud, reported it and they did nothing about it.


38 posted on 02/16/2012 8:05:17 AM PST by mojitojoe (SCOTUS.... think about that when you decide to sit home and pout because your candidate didn't win)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

“At that point, everyone thought that Hillary would be the nominee.”

One thing I never do is underestimate Bill/Hill. Don’t count this out totally yet. She’s growing her hair, wore the pearls at the State of the Union, and soon she’ll be putting on the pink cardigan. Not to mention her bud Panetta dissing Obama last night.


39 posted on 02/16/2012 8:07:59 AM PST by adc
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To: Art in Idaho

“What about St. FDR?”

I call him King.

Saints are martyred for their faith.

King-for-life FDR took what he wanted from us and caused a big war. Only Democrats can get away with that.

GOOD King FDR, of course. /s


40 posted on 02/16/2012 8:25:52 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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