Too bad Las Vegas Review-Journal Publisher (and “Complete Las Vegan”) Sherman Frederick copied and pasted GOP talking points onto his own blog, instead of someone else’s. Because then he could have earned points in the John McCain campaign’s new rewards program. And if he did it often enough he might score good seats at a McCain rally, an autographed book, maybe even a spin around the block aboard the Straight Talk Express. It’s enough to make a right-winger’s fanny tingle with anticipation.

If you want to AstroTurf for fun and prizes, the McCain people will do (almost) all the work for you. They’ve got ready-made talking points (conveniently categorized from “liberal” to “conservative” to “other” (Shi’ite, maybe?), plus a menu of Web pages and blogs from which to choose. A little “Control C” here, a bit of “Control V” there and — Shazam! — you’re an instant Internet commentator, no thinking required.

But don’t put it on your own blog: That’s for serious endeavors, like just plopping down someone else’s entire column to fill space and then giving yourself a hearty pat on the back.