Looking at your 100% negative posting habits plus your complete inability to EVER say anything negative about the Democrat Party Leadership, I suspect this article explains pretty much where you two are coming from.
Viral Marketing in the Political Game
http://abaraxas.blogspot.com/2006/02/viral-marketing-in-political-game.html#links
This article, originally published in 04, seems to fit closely with the campaign tactics today. Here is the original link to my article:
http://www.mbaassociation.org/index.php?name=Articles&op=show&id=518
Have you noticed similar political comments strewn through message boards around the Internet? Do you think it is ironic that many average folks seem to come up with the same thoughts? This is no coincidence! In 2004 the Democratic party is capitalizing on the newest marketing trend, viral marketing. Viral marketing describes any strategy that encourages individuals to pass on a marketing message to others, creating the potential for exponential growth in the message's exposure and influence.
http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt5/viral-principles.htm
This is not happenstance either. I have been an almost religious lurker on DNC message boards and have even sat in on party strategy conference calls, thanks to some of my Democrats for Bush friends forwarding e-mails invites to me. I noticed about six months ago comments coming up about some new strategies the DNC was planning and ways to maximize these social engineering techniques learned from viral marketing firms.
The following are just a few of the current viral marketing and social engineering strategies the DNC is using and ratcheting up to levels never seen before:
Fake Blogs- Have you noticed the consistency of the messages many bloggers have, especially from the hate-Bush crowd. There is actually a group of Democrats who are creating hundreds of fake blogs, each with a unique identity, repeating the same message. Many of these blogs have even inspired news editorials. Read any articles by Molly Ivins lately?
Urban Legend E-Mail Campaigns- We have all received e-mails with some, completely false urban legend, such as the President closing hospitals or cutting vet benefits. Typically these were sent by someone you knew, and received by someone they knew. The hope behind these e-mail campaigns is not to alert people of facts, but instead to spread as much doubt as possible, even though it is spread by obvious falsities.
Message Board Artists- The message board ‘artists’ main goal is to, according to DNC strategy, is to frequent common right-wing sites, such as the Free Republic, and post comments or the aforementioned urban legends. The focus is to create splits within the Republican ranks. There is a focused effort to create rifts in the Republicans by bringing up issues, such as immigration or balanced budget, that they know are hotspots and could cause many Republicans to doubt the party and possibly not vote. These artists even frequent non-political sites inserting comments here and there, spreading the virus of their lies.
Article Passing- Articles, such as the tripe written by Molly Ivins, are passed along and photocopied. One person may pick up a copy of an article at their local DNC headquarters, union office, teacher's lounge, etc. The article is so 'interesting' that they would most likely want to share that article.
False Anger- We all have seen message board postings where a very long article is posted trashing the president, then near the bottom is one tiny comment about how wrong the author is. The point of some of these posts is not to trash the article but to get the article read. Again, planting the seeds of doubt and spreading false messages.
Be aware that the entire focus of this viral marketing strategy is to have the threads of doubt spread throughout the voting public. They don’t care if the information is false. To the left, it is all about power.
Be aware of these strategies, and instead of ignoring them, fight! Do not let urban legends go unchallenged. Challenge message board posters who you know are wrong. Use truth to challenge the lies
..you Bushbots are all alike--paranoid, super sensitive to criticism, defensive to the point that you cannot parry with reasonable argument, complacent about any mistakes the administration makes, and deaf to the truth.
Again, the president is a nice guy (I even voted for him twice)...but the captain of the Titanic was probably a nice guy too. My point: We've hit an iceberg in the GWOT and it's time to face 3 facts: (1.) Repair the damage, (2.) swim (3.) sink.
If there is a sectarian civil war in Iraq and we must pull out it will be the fault of Rumsfeld for not having enough troops to have prevented it and Bush for backing him.
If we have another attack on the U.S. and it is determined that the terrorists penetrated our borders it will be the fault of Chernoff for not having enough resources in place to have prevented it and Bush for backing him.
If we have a complete and total Democratic takeover of both the House and the Senate, it will be the fault of Ken Mehlman for not having the political skills to prevented it, and Bush for backing him.
Now, I came up through the Navy, MNJohnnie, and I learned the HARD WAY about ultimate accountability--it's time you did too!