As amusing as this (obvious) hidden agenda rally was — mainly due to their correct measure of the people’s gullibility — they missed out on one thing. They could really have screwed with people more by staying at home and starting a twitter account.

The Daily Kos has taken it upon themselves to bait Republicans into thinking that Democrats are going to spend $4 Million on Obama Bobbleheads and another $2 Million on shamwows.

Really?

Yes.

How?

With a twitter account.

The response to this once they realized they’d been duped was initially good, only in the comments does it get hilariously stupid (after the break) (all bold emphasis is mine):

Bryan Myrick
March 31, 2009 at 3:44 pm

I’m sure we all expected that this was happening and I commend you for writing about it. The hypocrisy of the left never ceases to amaze me. They demonize conservatives as fascists and then use the same tactics as fascist, communist and other totalitarian/authoritarian states have used through history to “manage” their opposition.

What they don’t realize is that a sting operation only works in catching people who are doing bad things. If conservatives speak their minds honestly, with conviction, mindful of being reasonable and backing up what we say with facts and evidence, we have nothing to fear.

Sandra Crosnoe
April 1, 2009 at 9:01 am

While I love Eric’s comment and your as always delightful post, Paula, there is a real lesson for us here about the nature of people and the naivete of many of us.

Being naive is a mark of innocence and the days of our innocence as a people and as a nation is sadly over. Way over! There is desperate wickedness moving amongst us and we best be alert and sharp. We need to understand that lying is an art form these days.

Some common sense for fellow life travelers:

Trust but verify routinely
People lie and people tell the truth (trick is to know difference!)
Wickedness prefers darkness
Harmony and unity with evil is well evil
Truth will set you free
Freedom is not free
Owe no man anything except love

Blessings all!

Beyond the crazies playing various games of telephone with quotes, there are quite a few good comments.

Still, people are extremely gullible. It shouldn’t be an issue that you check your facts before you argue with them, but the people who used these bogus twitter facts probably won’t learn if they didn’t happen to also read the Kos articcle.

Politico has posted a look inside Obama’s meeting with the CEOs of various banks. My opinion is that they sound like they’re still a bunch of shortsighted libertarian lunatics with no interest in even pretending to appeal to the greater good. But, hey, we all have opinions, and I think you should read this article and have one.

Times are changing, and we need some new grease to throw down our hatches. Sonic, you’re the one!

I was heading to a hockey game Saturday night, and I happen to drive past the new Sonic. It opened a week or so ago, so it’s not like it’s opening day or anything, but people are going batshit insane trying to get in there. They actually had police directing traffic and an electronic construction sign with directions on how to find the end of the Sonic line a block or so over. It was mad chaos. The only thing missing was riot police and a crowd of fat Americans riding on those electronic scooters.

So I see this line, and I’m thinking, “Wow, this is insane. Why on earth would anyone want to eat at Sonic that badly?”. There was about 30 stalls and they were full and with the line of cars you’d think they were giving away Euros. Wait, most American’s don’t value foreign currencies — let’s say they were giving away Walmart gift cards.

Anyway, the point is that I was on my way to get food and some beer before the game, and it was 4 hours before I headed home.

On the way back there was still a line.

Perhaps this is what they were wishing for when they voted for Obama’s change?