I haven't gone political on the blog in quite a while, but I have been laughing all day over this:
DailyKos is encouraging Michigan Dems to cast a vote for Romney in the Republican primary. Kos says:
Okay, so, I know - you must think I'm nuts to suggest that anyone ever vote Republican. But this situation is special. As it happens, the Michigan Democratic primary is uncontested. Barack Obama and John Edwards aren't even on the ballot. So that means even if you're a Hillary Clinton supporter, there's no need to vote for her - she's running unopposed.Apparently some people didn't understand the reasoning, so Kos posted a second part to make 4 main points: "(1) This isn't a pro-Romney effort . . . (2) The Democratic race is irrelevant . . . (3) You can't bring a spork to a gun battle . . . [and] (4) Open primaries are stupid."
But the Republican primary is hotly contested. And Michigan law lets anyone - including independents AND Democrats - vote in the Republican primary. This means there's a great opportunity, as we say above, for us to make mischief!
So why should Dems and indies vote Romney? After his victory in New Hampshire, the press has declared John McCain the Republican front- runner. Meanwhile, Mike Huckabee, who won in Iowa, looks poised to do well in South Carolina, which hosts the next primary after Michigan.
Meanwhile, Mitt Romney desperately needs to win Michigan in order to keep his campaign afloat. And the more Republican candidates who are fighting it out, trashing each other with negative ads and spending tons of money, the better it is for the Democratic candidates, of course! In other words, we want Mitt to stay in the race, and to do that, we need him to win in Michigan.
"You can't bring a spork to a gun battle." Cracks me right up!
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