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A Preview of Election 08 - Podcasting Politicians
Video Blogger writes "The LA Times predicts that the 2008 election will feature the rise of Podcasting Politicians, as strategists from both parties try to ride the latest trends to secure a victory in 2008. 'You'll not only be able to text people with messages, you'll be able to raise money, deliver video, audio, create viral organizing -- where one person sees something really interesting and it gets passed on and on,' says Donnie Fowler, a Democratic strategist."
There is the mistaken idea that because liberals and conservatives have different views on things that one side is correct and the other side is wrong. Both conservatives and liberals have this view; that the other side if filled with gullible idiots who will destroy the country if given the chance. Because slashdot is predominately a site for young people, the liberal viewpoint is the main one expressed here.
If I hold up a coin between us and say "This coin is 'heads'" and you look at it and say "No, you're wrong the coin is tails" NEITHER one of us has incorrectly described what he sees. Arguments between the conservative viewpoint and the liberal viewpoint are just as pointless as arguing over whether the coin is heads or tails - both sides are right and wrong equally - neither is "seeing things" or delusional. Both sides have massive blind spots in back of them - neither sees that the people at the head of "their" party are up to no good - although that is obvious to those with the opposite viewpoint.
Are the liberals correct that the people at the head of the Republican party are Rich - would be kings - who wish to turn the U.S. into a second coming of Rome? Yes - that is not a delusional viewpoint.
Are the conservatives correct that the people at the head of the Democratic party are Rich malignant narcissists who will - given the chance - destroy everything the founding fathers worked to create by turning the United States into a second coming of the Soviet Union? Yes - that is not a delusional viewpoint.
Since most people here at Slashdot have the liberal perspective it is not necessary to show you that Liberals have correctly seen what the leaders of the Republican Party are about.
What is necessary is to show you that the conservative view of the Democratic leadership is just as accurate, and that conservatives are no more delusional than you are.
Did you know that John Kerry is a Communist Traitor? That is not conservative rhetoric or anybody's opinion - it is the official position of the Communist Government of Vietnam who in 1983 while Kerry was Lt. Governor of Massachusetts awarded him as a "Hero of Communist Victory" for his actions on their behalf during the Vietnam War. You won't be able to find confirmation of that fact on the Internet - except at some conservative sites which you naturally won't believe - but if you scan the newspaper archives from 1983 you will find that the story is absolutely true.
The conservatives are no more deluded than you are: they simply see things which are actually there that you are missing.
The problem is not Liberal vs Conservative the problem is 'the Republicans and the Democrats' VS all the rest of us. The antidote for the Imperialistic Rich is not the Narcissistic Rich.
The Republicans have already pre-programmed the Diebold voting machines (No paper audit trail), like they did in Ohio last time, and are disenfranchising minorities (Democrats) as fast as humanly and machines can process.