Fake Pro-Hillary Site Gets Real Press

More proof that some people will believe anything they read about Hillary Clinton: A parody site promising to pay $1 a piece for positive comments about the New York senator has gotten credulous coverage from a number of outlets, including Politico.com.

"[T]his move by an independent pro-Hillary site has to be the worst idea of the cycle," declared Politico columnist Ben Smith earlier today in a story about the buck-a-comment scheme, which supposedly had to be called off on account of possible illegality. Smith later appended a correction, asking readers to "excuse my gullibility."

To be fair, it's not immediately obvious that Vote for Hillary is a prank -- if by "immediately" one means "within the first 10 seconds of reading." After that, it's pretty darn obvious. My favorite part is "Mission: Bumper Sticker," a grassroots effort to put Hillary stickers on as many cars as possible. Like the pay-for-praise plan, it had to be put on ice:

Many of you have said that the act of putting a bumper sticker on someone else's car without their permission is illegal. We haven't had time to fully research these property laws so for now, unfortunately we think the best thing to do is to call off Mission: Bumper Sticker.

Another clue to the site's nature is its slogan: "God Help Us All If Hillary Isn't Elected."