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The Internet, Media and Politics

Several people submitted an interesting column on Davenet about the differences in methodologies of the Dean campaign and other primary campaigns. Of course, the analogy doesn't have to be strictly Dean - it can apply to any candidate who breaks from the traditional norms of campaigning. and while I think people have been saying since 1996 that this is the year of the Internet in politics, for me this is the first *real* use of the Internet in a meaningful way. In any case, the question of productization in politics is a very real one, and should be discussed.

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  1. ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Do you speak it?

    WTF did I just read? Anyone have a pompous dipshit translator?

  2. Re:Dean by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Couldn't vote for him where I am though
    Iraqi prison for raping the daughters of the terrorists? Don't worry, you won't get raped in prison, not even the worst criminals will get treated like a computer nerd in an american prison.
  3. Gay Jesus wants YOU! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    BECAUSE HE WAS GAY

    1. His best friend was female(Mary Magdalen)
    2. He hung around with 12 men
    3. He was really interested in sailors
    4. He got impaled by 2 Roman soldiers
    5. He cried "My God, my God" when it happened
    6. Pontius Pilate ordered him to be nailed on a cross
    7. He wore robes
    8. He had long hair
    9. He kissed Judas Iscariot
    10. He never got married or had sex with a woman

    Jesus=blatant homosexual

    "suffer unto me the little children"

    Jesus=predatory gay paedophile

  4. MOD PARENT UP! +5 Insightful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Show your support for the hidden homosexual heresy behind Christian civilization. SUPPORT GAY JESUS!

  5. Internet Liberal is Still a Liberal by snatchitup · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What these idiot young liberals don't realize is that, just because Dean was the only fabulously successful fundraiser with the internet doesn't mean he's a viable candidate. He's simply too liberal to get elected. He's left of Dukakis I'm affraid to say. You can't disagree with me there... That he's too far to the left. Simple. Just as Pat Buchannan can really get some Right Wingers enthused about his candidacy. He's too far right.

    Sorry, it won't pass the mustard.

  6. dean by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    too bad dean is a fucking loser. That man is too stupid for his own good. fuck dean.