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GO, Mittens

AmberCat — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:00:07 -0800

Let's show America just how plastic a candidate the Republicans can run when they put up a giant, life-sized Ken doll, animated by batteries!

let us do it

ohio_observer — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:42:37 -0800

I love this. It should be actively followed up by the blogosphere and push MI dems to vote for the super flipflopper. The first paragraph clearly shows that rethugs have a history of meddling into democratic primary in Michigan. Now dems need to pay back in kind. "In 1972, Republican voters in Michigan decided to make a little mischief, crossing over to vote in the open Democratic primary and voting for segregationist Democrat George Wallace, seriously embarrassing the state's Democrats. In fact, a third of the voters (PDF) in the Democratic primary were Republican crossover votes. In 1988, Republican voters again crossed over, helping Jesse Jackson win the Democratic primary, helping rack up big margins for Jackson in Republican precincts. (Michigan Republicans can clearly be counted on to practice the worst of racial politics.) In 1998, Republicans helped Jack Kevorkian's lawyer -- quack Geoffrey Feiger -- win his Democratic primary, thus guaranteeing their hold on the governor's mansion that year."

Mitt Romney for President: A Cause I Can Support

Administrator — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:55:24 -0800

We really should do everything we can to help ole Mitt out.

Via Kos:

With a history of meddling in our primaries, why don't we try and return the favor. Next Tuesday, January 15th, Michigan will hold its primary. Michigan Democrats should vote for Mitt Romney, because if Mitt wins, Democrats win. How so?
For Michigan Democrats, the Democratic primary is meaningless since the DNC stripped the state of all its delegates (at least temporarily) for violating party rules. Hillary Clinton is alone on the ballot.
But on the GOP side, this primary will be fiercely contested. John McCain is currently enjoying the afterglow of media love since his New Hamsphire victory, while Iowa winner Mike Huckabee is poised to do well in South Carolina.
Meanwhile, poor Mitt Romney, who’s suffered back-to-back losses in the last week, desperately needs to win Michigan in order to keep his campaign afloat. Bottom line, if Romney loses Michigan, he's out. If he wins, he stays in...
Now here's the thing -- without a real Democratic contest on the ballot, and a lack of party registration in Michigan, this is an open primary. Anyone can pick up a Republican ballot. So Michigan Democrats and independents who want to see the Republican battle royale continue should just take a few minutes on Tuesday, January 15th to cast a ballot for Mitt Romney in the Republican primary.

If you know someone in Michigan, send them the email I've included below the fold. If you don't know someone in Michigan, send the email to your liberal friends and see if THEY have friends in Michigan. Get the word out, whether by blog, mailing list, MySpace or Facebook page, or whatever.

I've got an email from Kos below the fold. If you've got friends in family in Michigian, consider sending it to them, urging them to vote in the GOP primary because ours doesn't count. It sucks money away from the eventual GOP nominee to keep their race going.