The Iowa caucuses are seven weeks from today. While AFP Action says it will deploy ā€œthe largest grassroots operation in the country and a presence in all fifty statesā€ behind Haley, itā€™s hard to imagine her beating Trump. It feels like another exercise in political delusion: a powerful mainstream Republican force pretending Trump doesnā€™t control the party.

Thereā€™s also deep irony here. As the major financial and political force behind the reactionary, anti-Obama Tea Party movement, AFP helped create Trump, the man it is now trying to defeat.

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    1 year ago

    I got one recently, classified as spam by Android, asking to participate in a presidential poll and with links to click. Of course I didnā€™t, but I do wonder if it was realā€¦ If so, theyā€™re doing an awful job getting people who arenā€™t complete morons to respond

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      1 year ago

      I admit I assume itā€™s a scam attempt. No way in hell Iā€™m clicking that link or going to that website. Report spam and delete.

      If it is real, they need to do much better, not that it will matter to me.

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        1 year ago

        Part of me hopes itā€™s real.

        ā€œHey boss, Iā€™ve figured out exactly what we need to do to get our supporters to give us money! Itā€™s something they fall for every day already!ā€