Which is exactly the desired effect.
Most of us Palin supporters have known about these trolls for a long time based on her Facebook experience. Essentially, they are a professional cadre of online operatives (bolstered by freelancers) working on behalf of the DNC to astro-turf Conservative communications media and wage psychological warfare against us. Check these articles for more info:
BREITBART: Online activists on the right, unite!
Rule 4 and the Obama Troll Army
Pew finds Obama's online army still marching
These cretins are vicious, and will stoop to any level to achieve their twisted agenda. The Clinton organization came up with this tactic straight out of the Alinsky playbook and Axelrod perfected it.
See also this piece for another leftist tactic that they are employing:
HOW COLLECTIVISTS USE THE DIAMOND TACTIC TO SWAY PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HOW TO THWART THEM
Thanks for the links. Yeah, I’ve been on Sarah Palin’s Facebook since she opened it and also saw this going on all the way back in 2000 in Usenet groups. They do it to all candidates and elected officials.
Some may get paid this day and age but do not underestimate the liberals. A lot of them are real too and cannot be allowed to send out their propaganda without any rebuttal. Their goal is to lose votes and support for the candidate, the party and our agenda.