[Political Junkie Too]

The 2006 elections will be based on a campaign of disinformation aimed at demoralizing Republicans into staying home. Don't fall for it.

-PJ

[SlowBoat407]

I am currently boycotting the internet.

[in hoc signo vinces]

Lots of disinformation libs post on this board pretending to be Republicans and/or conservatives.

And they've all jumped on the Bash Bush on illegal immigration band wagon.

[NoStaplesPlease]

This is a good call-out. Another thing is that some bloggers will use a past GOP affiliation to make themselves popular with the liberal crowd -- hey, look at me! I'm an apostate!

The "Running Scared" blog is like this -- calls itself "former Republican" -- and yet if you read the site, you wonder how they were ever a Republican in the first place. These blogs are linked to by liberal sites -- a lot -- and yet conservatives have never heard of them, or never link to them.

The same does happen on the right. Lots of ex-Dem blogs that are just as conservative as any other. Just a way to sell yourself, I guess.

[Alas Babylon!]

Hey, man, why don't you excerpt the part where they actually mention Free Republic??????

....snip......

The blogs and e-mails are convincing in their wording and could incite the sort of reaction that occurred following the Harriet Miers nomination to the Supreme Court. Of course, any liberal could read Free Republic and find out what’s irritating conservatives this week, grab a handful of phrases, and toss it on their “I’m a conservative but voting for a Democratic because of (insert issue here)” blog. After tossing in a few posts about the evils of Hillary Clinton and abortion, the blog is now being run by a bona-fide “conservative.” A few e-mails and link connections later, the message of conservatives voting against Republicans is spread.

.....unsnip.....

[Battleofbritain]

Thanks for posting this. I've never heard any coherent reasoning for how not voting will get one's point across... if you don't vote, nobody will know why and you will just blend in with the 100 million or so people who don't vote out of pure ignorance or laziness. If you're really so tired of the Republicans that you couldn't possibly stomach voting for them, vote for a third party. If millions of people did that, then at least the nation (and the Republican leadership) would know WHY people aren't voting for them, rather than just assuming that they need to become ever more "moderate".

[truth_seeker]

I read on Free Republic that Pat Buchanan would win in 2000.

[airborne]

They are right about one thing.

If you don't know that elections are always on a Tuesday, you really shouldn't be voting. ;^)

[HawaiianGecko]

I've found that the easiest way to spot a true conservative is to look for the guy that is not  bad mouthing other conservatives.

 

[b9]

The concept is the same: the blog or e-mail claims, first, that the said writer has been a conservative for years and that they have “had it with Republicans.” They then point to an issue that conservatives would likely be upset about such as excessive spending, immigration, or the expansion of government. Their supposed rage over the issue has convinced them to either not show up to vote in 2006, or, in order to really show Republicans, vote for the Democrat...

"Sound familiar?" ping

[Oliver Optic]

This post is a healthy warning.

I won't fault anyone for voting their conscience. I do the "Republican-or-Constitution-Party" dance every four years myself.

But in times like these, it is vital that conservative Americans behave like adults.

There is a difference between voting on principle and throwing a tantrum.

"Staying home" is foolish. Voting Democrat is unconscionable.

[KarlInOhio]

This effort targets grassroots conservatives known for their passionate views about issues who may be open to a grassroots voting rebellion. But the effort is being led, or at the very least aided, by liberals pretending to be grassroots conservatives, as opposed to actual grassroots conservatives themselves.

I think I may have to sign up on DU to complain about how the democrats are selling out me and my union brothers to get cheap labor. Everyone in the unions should stay home on election day to protest what the democrats are doing. The organized worker is what made America gr....< gag > < gag > Darn, I almost got all the way through the sentence that time.

(And just in case you can't tell, I'm not really in the union. I'll just play a member on DU.)

[Chi-townChief]

Nothing new there - newspaper letter writers have done it for decades: "I'm a lifelong conservative but .... " and then they'll rattle off how much more happy they would be with the donks in office.

[tobyhill]

I've never noticed this on FR. (sarc)

[Mo1]

But there seems to be a new “Republicans vote on Wednesday” taking form in time for the 2006 election. This effort targets grassroots conservatives known for their passionate views about issues who may be open to a grassroots voting rebellion. But the effort is being led, or at the very least aided, by liberals pretending to be grassroots conservatives, as opposed to actual grassroots conservatives themselves.

Why am I not surprised ping

[steve-b]

The concept is the same: the blog or e-mail claims, first, that the said writer has been a conservative for years and that they have "had it with Republicans." They then point to an issue that conservatives would likely be upset about such as excessive spending, immigration, or the expansion of government. Their supposed rage over the issue has convinced them to either not show up to vote in 2006, or, in order to really show Republicans, vote for the Democrat instead.

That's a fairly transparent fake. Someone who is (understandable) disgusted with the Republican's big-spending and big-government results might not show up, or might vote Libertarian instead, but would certainly not vote for the Democrat instead (unless perhaps the local candidate were a very unusual Democrat).

[cope85]

demoralizing Republicans into staying home,i am

[georgia2006]

reminds me of all the lifelong "conservatives" in 1998 who were so apalled at impeachment, they went down to city hall, sometime on a sunday even, and registered as a DEM

[nopardons]

It's in full swing,right here on FR and has been, for quite a while now and it's NOT just about the '06 election.

[Caipirabob]

Of course, any liberal could read Free Republic and find out what’s irritating conservatives this week, grab a handful of phrases, and toss it on their “I’m a conservative but voting for a Democratic because of (insert issue here)” blog.

If they can get past the words with more than one syllable, they can...

[Greenpees]

THAT"S IT! I'VE HAD IT.

I've been a lifelong Democrat, but there's no way in hell I'll be voting for Hillary in '08. Not ever!

uh..ouch

It actually hurt me phsycologically to type the first part, but the part about not voting for the Hildabeat was pretty therapuetic.

I guess I'd better not get into this game.