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Comments on: The Power of Political Blogging https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/05/the-power-of-political-blogging/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:30:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/05/the-power-of-political-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-17097 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:30:35 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/05/the-power-of-political-blogging/#comment-17097 Happy birthday, Steve.

I think that’s what bothers the pundits most, that the “great unwashed” can be read and judged on their words, not their ability to get words published.

Karen, this is a time of “privilege” which is “private law” not the public laws that others must deal with and obey. Oh, it should scroll down quickly today.

Andante, that’s what’s missing in a lot of campaigns. There are no local neighborhood walks in my area. Waving from the side of the road is as close as you get unless you go to a fund raiser.

]]> By: andante https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/05/the-power-of-political-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-17096 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:28:34 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/05/the-power-of-political-blogging/#comment-17096 “Pampleteer” is a perfect description. We can fuss, cajole – even get angry – but it does no good if it’s not read. Door-to-door, face-to-face with voters is still the only way to effect real change.

]]> By: Karen https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/05/the-power-of-political-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-17093 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:21:37 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/05/the-power-of-political-blogging/#comment-17093 And some of us would like to hit these *supposed* folks yowling about restoring integrity and honor to politics upside their heads with the Rule of Law.

And thanks for the “heads-up” on ole sharkie above (my kids scrolled it off the page for me!) But you *could* put it below the fold…then I can visit with impunity!

*wink*

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/05/the-power-of-political-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-17092 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 04:52:39 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/05/the-power-of-political-blogging/#comment-17092 I love my role as pamphleteer. I am delighted that, in the spirit of A.J. Liebling’s famous statement, a large number of us, not exclusively wealthy landowners with grievances against a king, now own our own metaphorical presses. If we manage to wield any influence, that too is part of a great American tradition.

Don’t get me started on Joe Lieberman. He’s not merely not my kind of Democrat; he’s not my kind of elected official. He’s very nearly a Bush Republican. The GOP can have him as far as I’m concerned, if they think he’s any use to them, say, as dogcatcher. (terrette has a few things to say about him today; she refers to him and his ilk as “war-is-peace Democrats.” She’s on my blogroll; I’m too sleepy to look up links tonight.)

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