(From the diaries. Thanks to the McCain campaign for promoting Daily Kos! -- kos)
I got a pretty good laugh out of this piece on HuffPo:
McCain Campaign: Comment Trolls Wanted.
The McCain campaign has posted the following hilarious message on its McCain Online Action Center:
Help spread the word about John McCain on news and blog sites. Your efforts to help get the message out about John McCain's policies and plan for the future is one of the most valuable things you can do for this campaign. You know why John McCain should be the next President of the United States and we need you to tell others why.
Select from the numerous web, blog and news sites listed here, go there, and make your opinions supporting John McCain known. Once you’ve commented on a post, video or news story, report the details of your comment by clicking the button below. After your comments are verified, you will be awarded points through the McCain Online Action Center.
Clearly, dKos is one of the "featured blog sites" for trolls.
There's also a "Talking Points" section, which relieves comment trolls of that bothersome burden of "thinking of clever stuff to say" and allows them to just copy and paste! The best part: send the McCain campaign a link to your trolling and you get points. Seriously! Points! I wonder if they let you use your accrued points to buy McCain's soul back from the neo-cons.