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To: jrooney
This particular trollish behavior is explained well in this article:

"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.

The premise follows a scheme previously found most often on talk radio programs: a liberal activist calls a conservative radio host, such as Rush Limbaugh or Laura Ingraham, and delivers the line: “I’ve been voting Republican for 30 years, but I’ve finally had it and I’m not voting this year.” Or my favorite: “I’m a Reagan Republican, but I’m fed up and voting for John Kerry.” (Because that is what Reagan Republicans would do, vote for John Kerry.) At this point, the host usually asks a couple of questions and it becomes painfully obvious that the supposed Reagan Republican has probably never voted for anyone left of Michael Dukakis.

The intentions are clear: the caller hopes to make it appear as though there is already a large uprising of conservatives who are rebelling against GOP candidates, and thus, wishes to incite other Republicans to pick up the same attitude and pass it along, leading to the Democrat becoming more competitive. The successes of such a strategy on voting habits are unclear, especially given that the conservative radio host often refutes the caller’s talking points.

But the pretend-conservative act is being carried onto a whole new playing field, one that has become wildly influential over the past few years and one that does not stand to be instantly recognized as a fake. That playing field is the blogosphere, which is then used in conjunction with massive e-mailings to “spread the word” (as one e-mailer insisted I do to my readers/e-mail list) to other conservatives.

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. "


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1613957/posts?page=87#87


Sure, that's what real conseravatives do, let the Dems take over Congress. (/sarc)
21 posted on 09/10/2006 11:25:17 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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To: FairOpinion

I can not understand the logic why anyone would punish the GOP and not vote. Putting the donks in power would be much worse. Those posters that complain of spending, immigration, etc. do not realize, or they are a troll, that the donks would handle these issues in a fashion that would be far worse than the GOP ever could.


23 posted on 09/10/2006 11:28:57 PM PDT by jrooney ( Hold your cards close.)
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To: FairOpinion

Hey, 'Fair', I've not said I'm not voting this fall. I'm just stating facts. Liberals as Republicans aren't conservatives. What is hard to understand about that?

And if you remember correctly, Rush voted for Pat Buchanan and urged (on an extremely rare occasion) listeners to vote for Pat in the primary against Bush I.

Get real and get conservative.


25 posted on 09/10/2006 11:30:13 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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