Comments on: Show Us Your Twits http://adennak.com/blog/wordpress/2009/06/show-us-your-twits/ Games, Politics, and all other things unsavory. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:31:55 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Aden Nak http://adennak.com/blog/wordpress/2009/06/show-us-your-twits/comment-page-1/#comment-8974 Aden Nak Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:41:35 +0000 http://adennak.com/blog/wordpress/?p=203#comment-8974 To be fair, Norm Coleman is right there on the bleeding edge, letting us all know that Republicans need to harness the power of the ethernet. Which is kind of fitting, since I can't imagine anyone who doesn't already work in the same office as Norm Coleman wanting to hear him speak. And hey, at least they're getting paid for the abuse. To be fair, Norm Coleman is right there on the bleeding edge, letting us all know that Republicans need to harness the power of the ethernet. Which is kind of fitting, since I can’t imagine anyone who doesn’t already work in the same office as Norm Coleman wanting to hear him speak. And hey, at least they’re getting paid for the abuse.

]]> By: Aden Nak http://adennak.com/blog/wordpress/2009/06/show-us-your-twits/comment-page-1/#comment-8935 Aden Nak Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:52:54 +0000 http://adennak.com/blog/wordpress/?p=203#comment-8935 Oh, sure. There are plenty of sites. Red State, Free Republic (though that's more of the right's Democratic Underground), even sources like Drudge. I'm not saying they're not out there. What I'm saying is that they don't leverage them. They never have leveraged them in the way that the left has. And when they do (as with Twitter) it comes off as Grandpa Playing With The Remote. One of the things that I see on a lot of the left wing sites that I just don't see on the right is unfavorable polling. There is a lot more analysis of the numbers game going on. The whole polling section on DKos has really come together as a resource - and a very non-partisan resource (and I'm ONLY talking about the poll results here, obviously). They've followed the national trend lines and very accurately predicted election results for quite some time now - probably because they outsource their polling to a neutral third party firm. I just feel like there's more information there - and whether that information is then turned into spin or talking points or what have you isn't the point. There's just more meat on them bones. And while I'm hesitant to evoke clunky old stereotypes. . . it just furthers the whole left / right generational disconnect issue. It's Ted Stevens' series of tubes in a million tiny brackets. And while I don't have a great or burgeoning respect for Sarah Palin, one of the things she is very good at is employing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics" target="whistle" rel="nofollow">Dog Whistle Politics</a>. That whole Turkey thing was a major visual dog whistle. . . not to mix metaphors. Oh, sure. There are plenty of sites. Red State, Free Republic (though that’s more of the right’s Democratic Underground), even sources like Drudge. I’m not saying they’re not out there. What I’m saying is that they don’t leverage them. They never have leveraged them in the way that the left has. And when they do (as with Twitter) it comes off as Grandpa Playing With The Remote.

One of the things that I see on a lot of the left wing sites that I just don’t see on the right is unfavorable polling. There is a lot more analysis of the numbers game going on. The whole polling section on DKos has really come together as a resource – and a very non-partisan resource (and I’m ONLY talking about the poll results here, obviously). They’ve followed the national trend lines and very accurately predicted election results for quite some time now – probably because they outsource their polling to a neutral third party firm.

I just feel like there’s more information there – and whether that information is then turned into spin or talking points or what have you isn’t the point. There’s just more meat on them bones. And while I’m hesitant to evoke clunky old stereotypes. . . it just furthers the whole left / right generational disconnect issue. It’s Ted Stevens’ series of tubes in a million tiny brackets.

And while I don’t have a great or burgeoning respect for Sarah Palin, one of the things she is very good at is employing Dog Whistle Politics. That whole Turkey thing was a major visual dog whistle. . . not to mix metaphors.

]]> By: David S http://adennak.com/blog/wordpress/2009/06/show-us-your-twits/comment-page-1/#comment-8933 David S Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:05:36 +0000 http://adennak.com/blog/wordpress/?p=203#comment-8933 Say what you will about Sarah Palin, I know of FEW politicians who could deadpan an interview while a turkey is getting slaughtered in the background. The woman's got some chops. You also underestimate the Right, and their presence on the Internet. They've had their Daily Kos and idealogical blogs for the same amount of time that the Left has. Say what you will about Sarah Palin, I know of FEW politicians who could deadpan an interview while a turkey is getting slaughtered in the background. The woman’s got some chops.

You also underestimate the Right, and their presence on the Internet. They’ve had their Daily Kos and idealogical blogs for the same amount of time that the Left has.

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