RedState Army Strike Force

RedState's Erick Erickson is urging people to join the RedState Army Strike Force. Recruiting activists shouldn't sound like forming a paintball league.

Real former military members on VetVoice find this hysterical.

So not only has RedState designed a military unit crest, but they've now painted themselves as hopeless dorks, lunging clumsily for political relevance with a ham-handed attempt at jumpstarting a field organization.

So I wish Erick and his Strike Force the best of luck in 2009. May they successfully clear their objectives and sustain no casualties in the process.

Conservatives are lousy at internet activism. The reason is they refuse to make an inclusive online community. RedState banned Ron Paul supporters from their community. Those were voters and an internet fundraising machine Republicans needed last November. Instead, RedState threw a hissy fit and told the Paul supporters to get lost.

"Effective immediately, new users may not shill for Ron Paul in any way shape, form or fashion," wrote Leon Wolf, one of RedState's bloggers. "Not in comments, not in diaries, nada."

RedState isn't going to build it's "strike force" by constantly telling it's activists to shut up.