One of the biggest, most serious issues for our party...trusted bloggers.

[madfloridian]

Ones who change their tune when they are hired by one campaign and then another. They have their own blogs, they can do what they want. I mention no names at all.

If you are a well-known blogger, and you need the money...you can get hired on by almost any compaign. That is a right bloggers have. They can disclose or not disclose, some do, some really don't. Some sort of imply, others say nothing.

I found out that someone I respect a lot was banned from a blog for criticizing a candidate the blogger worked for. She simply posted an article from the American Prospect, a pretty trusted site for Democrats. It just pointed out the strong religious bent of this candidate. She was banned, though she did not know the blogger worked for him....never tried to find out...she saw no need to do it.

No names, but the majority are working for the more right-leaning parts of our party. Watch and see, let it go into your brain and open your thinking to it.

Then take your own stands, and keep your own consciences as to how to vote and whom to support.

It will be very hard by next year's election to put things into perspective if you post and read at various blogs. One must tread carefully now on certain candidates, and very carefully on women's rights issues in some areas.

Keep your beliefs and double-check loyalties before falling into the trap of seemingly innocent rhetoric.

And before you criticize a candidate, first determine if the blog master is working for him/her. Caution is wise.

[Teaser]

1. "tread carefully?"

Why? Because I might get banned from a blog?

That doesn't really keep me up nights.

[madfloridian]

2. Then you have no need to worry about it.

If it does not concern you, then it should not keep you awake.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

3. Of all the issues facing the Democratic party...

...I would hardly call this the most important.

[madfloridian]

4. You may be right.

I was thinking of free speech issues myself. But then it is their blog. Right?

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

7. I really don't care...

...whether blog owners decide to affiliate themselves with candidates or not. In the grand scheme of things, it's pretty meaningless.

[madfloridian]

8. Disclosure.

That is what I am talking about. It is their blog, their website. They can ban people for criticizing a candidate, but they need to be upfront about the fact they work for that candidate.

Just follow the blogosphere to see where it leads.

[Catchawave]

5. Please watch Keith Olbermann's show.....

He uses blogs (like Raw Story recently) to help his guest debunk "the truth". AND, this is a good thing!

Connected w/Ron Regan, uses blogs and MSNBC online polls to frame his debates.

MSM is definitely paying attention to blogs, and we're defintely coming out from behind the curtain (as in :don't pay attention to that man:)

I feel sorry for BushCo, really I do.

[madfloridian]

6. Not what I am talking about....Olbermann works for MSNBC.

He does not work for a campaign. That is my point. I love Olbermann. I think blogs are wonderful, but we need to know if they are employed by a certain campaign. IMHO

Blogs are powerful, the coming thing. But we need disclosure.