And the troll tactics are just pathetic. They're not even smart enough to start a real discussion about any campaign issue. They're all about random insults, profanity and slander. Like:

"Palin is a poophead. She also paid $37,000 to have a tanning bed installed in the governors mansion - look it up. Find out what your stupid whore has done now."

I submit an old set of Hippie lyrics, slightly changed:

Where have all the Democrats gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the Democrats gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the Democrats gone?
Gone to socialists every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

I would take this as the ultimate compliment. Wacked out Obama drones are worried about the jokes on IMAO as serious concerns to "The One". You can't make this kind of stuff up. There is an ancient Chinese saying

"To be cursed by the devil is to truly be blessed."

I don't know if that's a actual Chinese saying, but David Carridine said it in an episode of Kung Fu. That’s close enough for me.

Palin reminds me of a dried old dog poop left in your lawn. I'm not from Chicago. I'm a lifelong republican from Ohio, a state going blue this year.

Then again, I guess they're paying more attention to me than McCain.

I want a president who doesn't pay attention to me. I don't need his attention - he should pay attention to his job.

Think about it, Frank - if Obama becomes president do you really think you're going to like it when he turns his attention to you?

I kinda pity the trolls. The poor hipsters have nothing to do after wasting Daddy's money for four years.

It\'s not slander. She did spend taxpayer money to buy herself a cancer bed. She pretends to be a regular hockey mom yet she pours luxury on herself. What a lying bitch. And you people support her???? My god you people disgust me. I am such a better person than all of you are. That\'s why I\'m leaving the GOP for Barack Obama. He\'s a real down-to-earth guy I can relate to.

This reminds me of that link Frank posted to Ace. From there I found this article from UPI. The writer there points out, "They rolled out a new ad Friday mocking McCain as out of touch and old-fashioned, even though it was McCain who picked a young woman as a running mate while Obama opted for an old white guy who's been sitting in the Senate for 36 years."

Have you seen the list of supposedly similar comparisons making the rounds? It's here and other places.

"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." - Harry Truman

Make 'em feel the burn.

I am the "dried old dog poop" left on your lawn. Being an addled progressive, I am offended at the comparisons to Governor Palin. Obama understands the concerns of the average caninine bowel movement better than most. In fact, he is a natural leader of useless pieces of s***. He is the one who will change this nation from selfish protector of the free world to a "turd world" country.

P.S. I was formerly a "log" cabin republican.

#9 - Posted by: PLOP! aka Herpules on September 16, 2008 03:05 PM

Will he also strengthen the laws to protect endangered feces?

I don't know what all this talk about astroturfing means. All I know is, I am SUCH a giant like Republican conservative and stuff. I love all the Republican ideas and I totally want to raise taxes on poor people and kill the beautiful Gaia mother Earth and everything, just like all of you IMAO people. But, anyway, I just think John McCain is a really real bad person and so is Sarah Palin and on account of all that stuff, I am going to vote for Obama, cuz' he's like the best choice for the country. And you can believe me because I'm like a Republican, and Kye at the Obama Action Council totally didn't put me up to it or anything. So anyways, vote for Obama, cause he's the best.

Signed,
GorgeousSweetSweetManButtoxInSeattle

Can you Imagin how bad it hurts their fingers though to type out "Sarah Palin is Really good on most every issue, But....".
I bet they shower for hours afterwarts to try and get clean and then cry themselves to sleep. lol. Silly Hippies.

When a hippy showers, little baby Obama cries.

Spacemonkey, you know Obama would not approve of dirty people. Look how fabulous he dresses. Look at that style. By the way I bet you really love bananas you naughty monkey from outerspace. I think you like to hold them like I do.

I hope you don't cry too much when Obama wins spacemonkey. That would be so sad to see a monkey from another planet balling and whining.

Sorry,

I'm #9...and I'm a #2

I meant "canine" in my previous post.

Although it is not unusual for dried up pieces of dog s*** to comment here, (trolls) you must appreciate how difficult it is for them to use a keyboard. Kind of like John McCain, only we can't blame it on the VC.

I certainly don't want to see any "monkey balling". Dyyyamn!

I'm a life long repulican. I was a big fan of John McCain when we fought against Al Gore here in Tennessee. John McCain holds a lot of my views like driking beer in large amounts, committing Domestic abuse, and watching nascar.

But I'm concerned about his choice for V.P. It won't be long until the Democrats figure out she doesn't have a Y cromosone. How could she run the country if she dusen't have all of her genetics accounted for. This is a slap in the face to good republicans like Joe Lieberman who has both his Y and X Cromosones.

This is why I have decided for the first time in my life, I will be voting for Obama and Biden because the both are geneticly sound. Again ME CONSERVITIVE!

Ace sounds like another Republican jerk to me. We aren't astroturfing we are just making fun of you losers. Duh - too stupid you can't even see it when us outstanding and much smarter and more educated libs are making fun of ya'll.

Chicago has more than its share of prostate-probing thought processes. When a Chicagoan talks about diversity, they means they have both North-side AND South-side liberal Democrats.

RepublicanFrom Ohio on September 16, 2008 02:43 PM

When you say that you can "relate" to Obama, what exactly do you mean? Are you, like, his cousin or something? Because if you are, you're lucky you didn't get the Brother-In-Kenya treatment from The One. Or are you just related through marriage? I would imagine that would be kinda irritating when Michelle showed up at the family reunion and started chanting, "Kill Whitey".

Did you get invited to your cousin's marriage? Did Jeremiah Wright really include in their wedding vows the phrase, "Love, honor, and obey the principles of Black Liberation Theology"? I read that at a right-wing news organization's website (I can't remember which - it was probably MSNBC or The Daily Show) but wanted to get the story straight from someone who was actually there.

Thanks for enlightening all of us Jesus-Freaks here in Rubeland.

A recent ap article on Palin's fashion commented that they found out her favorite designers from the second hand shop where she shops. She bought the tanning bed second hand. Dude, she totally my kind of lady. If I have the occasional pair of designer shoes, unlike our pals the Obamas, it's cause I bought it second hand from someone like the Obamas who threw it out to get the latest and greatest. The sunbed story only makes Palin more like my neck of the woods. You guys are stupid for drawing attention to it. If Obama's campaign folks are coming here, welcome! We're glad to see you still aren't doing anything useful. Thanks for helping us out.

I like/.to use quasi./.HTML stuff in my*?/troll posts, too/>.

Bet it's hard to type with hooves, troll.

Signed,
RepublicanWhoAlsoLikesSweetManBosomsInConnecticut

"By the way I bet you really love bananas you naughty monkey from outerspace."

You lose that bet.

I have been a lifelong Republican, even before I was born. I have always voted for Republicans and would have never voted for a Democrat, but then I saw that Sarah Palin raised taxes in Alaska and I became concerned. Then I heard she faked her pregnancy! Then I heard she had an affair! And John McCain left his first wife because she had been disfigured and [auto-insert-fourteen-anti-mccain-talking-points-here]. Anyway, that's why I'm voting for Obama. Did you know you will get a bigger tax cut under Obama than you will with McCain? It's true! So for the first time in my life as a conservative Christian who has always voted for Republicans and likes to hunt and shoot ducks and go to church and handle snakes, I will be voting for Obama, because he wants to cut our taxes and McCain doesn't want to. And Sarah Palin wants to teach only the Bible in school and ban all other books, and while I believe in God I don't think we should ban everything but the Bible from schools, like Sarah Palin does.

So I'm voting for Obama. You should, too.

Speaking of space monkeys and monkey balls:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Monkey_Ball

Those monkeys look a lot like a certain former community organizer.

I had a laugh with the latest Barak ad claiming McCain's history of 'having a temper as a senator' and if he should be in office next to the red button. The man has served half his life, distinguished, no less next to more red buttons than Obama could fathom.

Spray the woodwork with anything poisonous.

If you don't bend over, you're a homophobe.
Reproductive justice is more important than losing all major cities on both coasts to nuclear war (they would never do that).
Affirmative Action is more symbolic than national survival (which is not really threatened anyway).
Home ownership is an entitlement that the oil companies should be paying for. And the Chicago political machine should drain the economy of every spare dime, like that restaurant in Goodfellas. Not to mention no more surgery for anyone over 50.

Change we can live with.

The astroturfing story has to be fake. The only kind of grass the trolls are interested in is the kind you can smoke.

"us outstanding and much smarter and more educated libs are making fun of ya'll."

#18 - Posted by: Yewa on September 16, 2008 04:42 PM

*we*

we are making fun of y'all.

See, correct grammar and spelling usually isn't a big deal in internet posts, but it is necessary when you're asserting how smart you are.

I want to hold someone's banana right now! ;-)

You all got it wrong man..... We need wind power so the chinese and Africans think were all so smart then they will bring up they're countries on more expensive and efficient forms of energy to get hollywood approval!!!! I think it would be great if everyone were to wear little windmill hats to power our i pods and blackberrys!

Ive always Voted For republicans since the days of the Old Testament. I was voting for Mccain until it was confirmed that he shot down santa;s sleigh during the war of mechanical advantage six. Then i read he wants to send all of our jobs to china. Sorry my Priu i mean my Lumbering giant wasteful Hummer just doesn't good that good of mileage. While in the senate Mccain was killing polar bears in his office, he voted against drilling for solar wind. Sarah Palin tortures 90% of alaska until they approve of her. when she's not throwing dynamite at hedgehogs

#32 - Posted by: Sir Deus on September 17, 2008 07:05

"drilling for solar wind"

I love it! That phrase should be plastered everywhere.

I have always voted on Republicans, even those with other solar systems. I volunteered on Rigel and donated hundreds of wulongs to X'yxæ§iiy♫r¢. However, it pains me to see John McCain stop force-choking Harry Reid. Maybe Palin will do it instead. But I don't think she has the experience. She has only killed moose and eskimo so far, she can't face down Amandajab and Vladamar Putun. And did you know McCain raised taxes on the dead!!1!

My cat also hates John McCain and so with a heavy heart I have to vote for Barach Who's Name Obama. He is hope I can change in. I hope he wears the bike helmet during the inaugaration, because he is serious about safety and so he is serious about our safety, and also Hillary may throw somehting heavy at him and he needs to be caerful.

It is a waste of resources - go up to people who are obviously not going to vote your way and try to convince them by pretending to be one of them. Especially on the web where people have to make the effort to find and go to particular sites.

Keep it up! Keep wasting your time with people who are guaranteed to ignore you and your message!

I eman that.

I am a lifetime human and have always voted for humans. However, since Sarah Palin kills moose and McCain can't type an email due to injuries he incurred fighting the Fatherland, I am going to have to vote with the party that favors killing pre-born humans, who ironically, are running a clump of cells named Barach Amoeba and a clinically brain dead cadaver, Bo Jiden.

Hey, Frank: The trolls are from the SOUTH side of Chicago - the side that was ORGANIZED by the Messiah. They're just a little late to the party.