I think it was just an attempt to get the article reposted. Notice that they aren't content to have just one thread.
That kind of stuff used to be frowned-upon, but it is not any longer. I've come across the attitude of "the more a thread gets posted/bumped the better" before (some folks think that it gets "the word out"). Usually, those are the same folks that think voting Third Party makes a difference, and are unwilling to make the effort to split-off voters from the Dems by posting elsewhere than FR.