Back in 2012 during the Missouri GOP Senatorial primary (Reply #22)

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Thu Nov 10, 2022, 01:03 AM

xmas74 (29,149 posts)

22. Back in 2012 during the Missouri GOP Senatorial primary

We referred to it as "Vote for the Worst". It came directly from an internet campaign that encouraged people to vote for the worst contestant on American Idol. In this case it was to vote for the worst GOP candidate- and it worked. Within a few days of winning the primary Todd Akin made his infamous comment during an interview and Claire McCaskill won by nearly 70%.

Unfortunately, his awful comments in 2012 are considered the gospel truth by the MAGA crowd.

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39 replies	Author	Time	Post
Dems propping up bad republican candidates actually worked [View all]	bigtree	Nov 2022	OP
I remember many talking heads were really worried and wondered if it backfired on us n/t	Claustrum	Nov 2022	#1
Glad it worked but that was some risky gambling! nt	Quixote1818	Nov 2022	#2
No sh*t!	Mme. Defarge	Nov 2022	#20
YEah	Dorian Gray	Nov 2022	#38
It did,	gab13by13	Nov 2022	#3
In it to win it!!! So happy to see Dems using strategy like this. nt	Phoenix61	Nov 2022	#4
Lake is still out there, but I feel good about Hobbs	AZSkiffyGeek	Nov 2022	#5
WUT? Not what very wise DUers promised	dpibel	Nov 2022	#6
I didn't have a problem with it. As far as I am concerned, anything necessary to win	tulipsandroses	Nov 2022	#7
Agree	Johnny2X2X	Nov 2022	#8
Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3-R) got primaried and lost to nutjob Joe Kent (R)	Kennah	Nov 2022	#9
Vancouver has the largest share of outstanding votes	Zambero	Nov 2022	#11
i take it	barbtries	Nov 2022	#10
I don't know too much about NC politics	Genki Hikari	Nov 2022	#31
it's great that happened somewhere.	barbtries	Nov 2022	#33
Sort of a "Guns Of Navarrone" approach...I like it!	The Unmitigated Gall	Nov 2022	#12
It poisons the electorate, though.	Qutzupalotl	Nov 2022	#13
This	ColinC	Nov 2022	#14
this is really just encouraging weakest opposition candidate	bigtree	Nov 2022	#15
See my post below. Their ads told the truth about those candidate. They did not "normalize" them	emulatorloo	Nov 2022	#17
It allows them months to expose their voters to more extremist paranoia.	Qutzupalotl	Nov 2022	#18
They only do it in places where they will lose in the GE	JI7	Nov 2022	#28
They didn't "prop them up". They exposed their extremism.	emulatorloo	Nov 2022	#16
Exactly! Thanks for bringing this up!	Tumbulu	Nov 2022	#19
okay	bigtree	Nov 2022	#26
Starting to wonder if we should prop up Trump?	Just A Box Of Rain	Nov 2022	#21
I'd say no, given his ability to rally the braindead	bigtree	Nov 2022	#23
I'd say that Ron DeSantis is the bigger danger...	DemocraticPatriot	Nov 2022	#27
Sure, if you're big into Einstein's definition of insanity. nt	Tommy Carcetti	Nov 2022	#37
Einstein's (attributed) definition of insanity is:	Just A Box Of Rain	Nov 2022	#39
Back in 2012 during the Missouri GOP Senatorial primary	xmas74	Nov 2022	#22
you gotta play against whoever shows up	bigtree	Nov 2022	#25
Exactly.	xmas74	Nov 2022	#34
There were many Dems who expressed the same uneasiness	peggysue2	Nov 2022	#24
We should do this again in 2024, but not in Bright Red states	Polybius	Nov 2022	#29
This ad spending has been mischaracterized, at least regarding the House race in Michigan...	DemocraticPatriot	Nov 2022	#30
I think you're right!	Johnny2X2X	Nov 2022	#35
We didn't blow our hand off with the firecracker this time	Sympthsical	Nov 2022	#32
It's an extremely risky gamble.	Tommy Carcetti	Nov 2022	#36

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