Bloggers Promote Fresh Ideas, Help Democrats Spread Message

[applegrove]

Bloggers Promote Fresh Ideas, Help Democrats Spread Message
by Bill Scher
Huffington Post
July 31, 2007

"In 2005, New York Times' David Brooks dismissed liberal bloggers as part of a "university-town elite" who would lead Democrats to only "carry Berkeley for decades to come." Yet in the 2006 elections, with blogs playing a significant role, voters from all kinds of towns chose Democrats to run Congress. Brooks acknowledged no misjudgment, writing, "If Democrats are going to take advantage of their victory, they ... have to show they have not been taken over by their bloggers...."

This week, Democrats will ignore Brooks again. YearlyKos, the largest gathering of the liberal "netroots," comes to Chicago, featuring all major Democratic presidential candidates along with the heads of the House and Senate.

Why are Democrats embracing a community that the Washington Post's David Broder finds "vituperative" and "foul-mouthed," and Time's Joe Klein largely considers "bullying" and "witless."

Because Democrats need their messages to reach voters. And liberal bloggers have shown they can help by countering misinformation, spotlighting underreported news, and pushing parameters of national debate narrowed by pundits and political consultants. For example:

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-scher/why-the-dems-are-going-to_b_58497.html

[Demeter]

1. We ARE The Democrats! We the Bloggers are the Voice of the Nation!

We are Progressive, we adapt to changes in technology and real politique, we uphold the Constitution and the nation and seek to perfect them both, we respect other nations and seek to live in cooperation, peace and plenty with all.

It's Social Darwinism with a purpose in mind beyond kill the competition and survive however meanly.
And David Brooks and his ilk are last years' dinosaurs.