Comments on: Ready For The Spotlight? http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/comment-page-1/#comment-7733 Gaius Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:42:06 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/#comment-7733 For the most part, the media <b>is</b> quite hostile to Republican and Conservative people. Since reporters are overwhelmingly Democrats, this is kind of a foregone conclusion. For the most part, the media is quite hostile to Republican and Conservative people. Since reporters are overwhelmingly Democrats, this is kind of a foregone conclusion.

]]> By: Urban2 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/comment-page-1/#comment-7731 Urban2 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:30:15 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/#comment-7731 You wrote>>>"The real danger here is that if the media drags him down, they will be trying really hard to bring down all bloggers at the same time." I think this is an interesting but a mistaken take on the situation. I don't see how the media can bring you down if they are not responsible for buiding you up. Kos is not a media phenomenon. One thing people miss about the republican success and democratic abject failure in the current dispensation in American politics can in a large part be seen in their respective attitude towards the media. The Republican see the media as just another hostile constituency, whose products are utilized when it serves your purpose and relentlessly attacked when their products goes against you position. And there is no downside to doing that. The Dem on the other hand assume the media's professionalism and fairness going in to the point of thinking them part of te same constituency. This allows media pronoucements to assume more weight than it is worth in their positioning. What the left 'netroots' have figured out is to take a playbook from the Repub program sheet and try to utilize it for their purpose. So while the media niggling might be a temporary destraction for the kossacks, looking at the the landscape purely from a tactical political position, the future of the Dem party is going to increasely mirror their point of view, if for no other reason that the present democratic position will increasingly be a lossing one viv-a-viz the republicans. You wrote>>>”The real danger here is that if the media drags him down, they will be trying really hard to bring down all bloggers at the same time.”
I think this is an interesting but a mistaken take on the situation. I don’t see how the media can bring you down if they are not responsible for buiding you up. Kos is not a media phenomenon. One thing people miss about the republican success and democratic abject failure in the current dispensation in American politics can in a large part be seen in their respective attitude towards the media. The Republican see the media as just another hostile constituency, whose products are utilized when it serves your purpose and relentlessly attacked when their products goes against you position. And there is no downside to doing that. The Dem on the other hand assume the media’s professionalism and fairness going in to the point of thinking them part of te same constituency. This allows media pronoucements to assume more weight than it is worth in their positioning. What the left ‘netroots’ have figured out is to take a playbook from the Repub program sheet and try to utilize it for their purpose. So while the media niggling might be a temporary destraction for the kossacks, looking at the the landscape purely from a tactical political position, the future of the Dem party is going to increasely mirror their point of view, if for no other reason that the present democratic position will increasingly be a lossing one viv-a-viz the republicans.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/comment-page-1/#comment-7726 Gaius Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:19:28 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/#comment-7726 Let's hope, anyway. Let’s hope, anyway.

]]> By: Dean Esmay http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/comment-page-1/#comment-7722 Dean Esmay Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:10:21 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/#comment-7722 Snotty, dismissive charges that blogs are typified by ranters and irresponsible hacks are a mainstay of the MSM and will continue to be. To a certain extent the charges are valid and to a certain extent they are not. It depends on which blog, when, and in what context. Nevertheless, let's not overstate things: no one is going to be "dragged down" except maybe the shrillest voices at Daily Kos. Snotty, dismissive charges that blogs are typified by ranters and irresponsible hacks are a mainstay of the MSM and will continue to be. To a certain extent the charges are valid and to a certain extent they are not. It depends on which blog, when, and in what context. Nevertheless, let’s not overstate things: no one is going to be “dragged down” except maybe the shrillest voices at Daily Kos.

]]> By: Black Jack http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/comment-page-1/#comment-7570 Black Jack Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:17:15 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/#comment-7570 We'll all have chicken and dumplins... Yeah, dice are rolling and the knives are out, but not for anyone but Kos and Armstrong. They've gotten too big for their britches and the Democrat Party establishment isn't going to let those two upstarts take over without a fight. Sure, MSM is part and parcel of the purge, but also has other fish to fry, and they're likely to take a cheap shot at Blogs whenever the opportunity presents itself. That's just in the nature of things, old dragons don't yield to young lions without a scrap. The liberal establishment wants to keep the cash contributions flowing from the Kos Kids, and in general wants to hold onto all the Moonbat votes they can, and to maintain good relations so their youth and energy can be mobilized during elections. But, the establishment can't allow the Netroosters to elbow moderates out of the party. Which is exactly what Kos and Armstrong intend, the Lieberman conundrum is instructive here and brings the problem into focus. The Netroosters want Lieberman's head as a symbol of their emerging power. If they get it, old line Dem moderates will depart for third party candidates, or sit out the midterms, and the establishment has the experience to know it. However, the young Netroosters are determined to purify the party, and elevate themselves in the process, they think they own the Democrat Party anyway. Didn't they pay good money for it? But like Howard Dean in 2004, the liberal establishment would rather throw a few rats overboard than see the ship go down for the third time. We’ll all have chicken and dumplins…

Yeah, dice are rolling and the knives are out, but not for anyone but Kos and Armstrong. They’ve gotten too big for their britches and the Democrat Party establishment isn’t going to let those two upstarts take over without a fight. Sure, MSM is part and parcel of the purge, but also has other fish to fry, and they’re likely to take a cheap shot at Blogs whenever the opportunity presents itself. That’s just in the nature of things, old dragons don’t yield to young lions without a scrap.

The liberal establishment wants to keep the cash contributions flowing from the Kos Kids, and in general wants to hold onto all the Moonbat votes they can, and to maintain good relations so their youth and energy can be mobilized during elections.

But, the establishment can’t allow the Netroosters to elbow moderates out of the party. Which is exactly what Kos and Armstrong intend, the Lieberman conundrum is instructive here and brings the problem into focus.

The Netroosters want Lieberman’s head as a symbol of their emerging power. If they get it, old line Dem moderates will depart for third party candidates, or sit out the midterms, and the establishment has the experience to know it. However, the young Netroosters are determined to purify the party, and elevate themselves in the process, they think they own the Democrat Party anyway. Didn’t they pay good money for it?

But like Howard Dean in 2004, the liberal establishment would rather throw a few rats overboard than see the ship go down for the third time.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/comment-page-1/#comment-7565 Gaius Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:29:15 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/#comment-7565 The media microscope can be kind of rough. The media microscope can be kind of rough.

]]> By: Crazy Politico http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/comment-page-1/#comment-7564 Crazy Politico Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:22:23 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/#comment-7564 I posted a week or so ago, an article called Kos the King Maker, and predicted that he'd start seeing this type of scrutiny. Much like a Hollywood starlet, Kos will now find that fame brings publicity, but it's not always the good type. I posted a week or so ago, an article called Kos the King Maker, and predicted that he’d start seeing this type of scrutiny.

Much like a Hollywood starlet, Kos will now find that fame brings publicity, but it’s not always the good type.

]]> By: The Thunder Run http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/comment-page-1/#comment-7559 The Thunder Run Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:13:26 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/#comment-7559 <strong>Web Reconnaissance for 06/25/2006...</strong> A short recon at what’s out there that might draw your attention:Sunday Edition... Web Reconnaissance for 06/25/2006…

A short recon at what’s out there that might draw your attention:Sunday Edition…

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/comment-page-1/#comment-7553 Gaius Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:26:47 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/#comment-7553 I'm really worried about the collateral damage here. Only a small portion of the blogosphere is as nasty and angry, but we are all at risk of being dragged down. I’m really worried about the collateral damage here. Only a small portion of the blogosphere is as nasty and angry, but we are all at risk of being dragged down.

]]> By: TC@LeatherPenguin http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/comment-page-1/#comment-7552 TC@LeatherPenguin Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:23:59 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/25/ready-for-the-spotlight/#comment-7552 This is all too much fun. <i>More Popcorn (in lieu of Cowbell)!</i> This is all too much fun. More Popcorn (in lieu of Cowbell)!

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