This started as a reply to this comment to this diary. But it sort of became a diary, so...
I support Operation Hilarity wholeheartedly! Give the republican'ts enough rope to hang themselves! The more America hears santorum and rmoney spewing their evil ideas, the more people will want to vote against them. The more dialogue about the uncomfortable subjects the thugs are running on -- abortion, contraception, increased taxes for the poor, special privileges for the rich, bombing Iran, etc. -- the better. Once rmoney has the nomination clinched, he can start to pretend he's a moderate again. If he can't clinch it, he will have to show his true chameleonic colors all the way to the convention. It is hilarious!
Operation Hilarity can make a big difference, by forcing the republiwon'ts to spend lots of their campaign money smearing each other before the convention, and by giving the Dems all of that free video ammo. Don't forget, youtube isn't that old. 2008 was the first presidential campaign since youtube started. Since then, facebook and twitter have absolutely exploded. I imagine the official campaign ads will start during the conventions and continue until the repugs lose big in the November landslide. They will be cheap to produce because all the Obama campaign needs to do is show the thug nominee speaking in his own words and it will be a lock for the Dems. There is already so much damaging stuff out there -- from the countless "debates" alone, there are dozens of hours of the thugs making idiots of themselves. The thugs don't stand a chance in the presidential election. The down ticket races are another story, but I'm feeling more hopeful about them everyday. After all, you really have to be able to lie to yourself big time to be able to punch the chad for someone like rmoney or santorum.
When one has the advantage that the Dems do in the November election, one should try to maximize returns. It's not good enough to trounce the thugs in the election. We must do everything we can to eliminate the republican party forever. For example, there has never been a better time to try to get 98% of Catholic women to vote a straight Democratic ticket. We should seize opportunities like that as they arise. It wouldn't take too many mass conversions of republicans to Democrats to start a mass exodus from the thug party by almost all but the 1%.
Perhaps operation hilarity should be called Operation Serious, because it is serious. But just as it's easier to laugh than it is to cry, calling it Operation Hilarity makes it good clean fun for those who want to participate!
I applaud Markos and support his idea.
rmoney
santorum