McCain Asks Supporters To Campaign On Blogs

Vote McCain in 2000! writes "McCain is not the stranger to technology some think him to be. McCain is now asking supporters to stump for him on blogs. Republican Web 2.0 consultant David All was effluent with praise for this outreach, calling it 'smart' and 'unique.' McCain's blogger outreach section has a handy list of political blogs which might be interested in hearing about McCain, such as the DailyKos, Crooks and Liars, and Think Progress. You can even report your posts to the campaign and 'receive points for your success,' though the page doesn't say what exactly the points are good for." Slashdot is not on their suggested blogs list. Can't imagine why.

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Re:Okay. Here's *MY* blog entry, Senator

[RetardsForRonPaul]

Yet, he wouldnt sign on to legislation limiting interrogation techniques to those found in the Army field manual. Again, all talk, no action. Just like his so called "reformer" cred, which seems to be nothing but PR spin since the S&L scandals.

He's computer illiterate

[nojomofo]

McCain is not the stranger to technology some think him to be.

Yes he is: McCain Admits He Doesn't Know How to Use a Computer.

Re:Okay. Here's *MY* blog entry, Senator

[Colonel Korn]

Yet, he wouldnt sign on to legislation limiting interrogation techniques to those found in the Army field manual. Limiting the interrogation techniques was McCain's own amendment to the 2006 Defense Authorization Act. It was amendment #1557. It's in the Congressional Record, a transcript of which you can read here: http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2005_cr/s072505.html What you're not understanding is that you're agreeing with the original anti-McCain statement. The post said that McCain used to have values and now he doesn't. You're saying that in 2006 (and also 2007) he fought against torture, but ignoring the factual statements of other posters showing that by late 2007/early 2008, McCain voted against the same thing he had previously championed. McCain now supports torture, but that's a very new position he took up during the primary, because he doesn't care at all about human rights when they might stand in the way of his nomination. McCain is the least principled man to run for president from either major party since Nixon.

Re:Okay. Here's *MY* blog entry, Senator

[flitty]

Wait wait wait...

2) McCain rarely backs George Bush.

Mccain voted 95% of the time with bush in 2007 and 100% of the time in 2008

3) McCain never sucks up to the religious right, either.

One Word: Hagee. And speaking in front of Pat Robertson's college is TOTALLY not sucking up. Also, talking about "activist judges" and overturning Roe v wade isn't sucking up to religious right either.

He has repeatedly drawn distinctions between what happens at Gitmo and -actual- torture.

The fact that you think what is going on at Gitmo isn't -actual- torture makes me think you haven't really looked into what's going on down there. Perhaps you should go see "Taxi to the Dark Side".

The difference is that he's not convinced that solitary confinement for a few weeks or interrogations are neccesarily torture.

Here's what he says in his book:

It's an awful thing, solitary. It crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment.... There is little doubt that solitary confinement causes some mental deterioration in even the most resilient of personalities....

Sounds like something the US should endorse/use, eh?
Oh wait, you are an astroturfer, aren't you? You guys started quick!

Re:Okay. Here's *MY* blog entry, Senator

[pnuema]

John McCain Opposes Net Neutrality

Obama is for Net Neutrality

Re:Okay. Here's *MY* blog entry, Senator

[pnuema]

This is utter horsehit. The oil in Montana and North Dakota is in oil shale, not in liquid form. You would essentially have to strip mine the entire area. Look here for more info. The environmental impact would be huge, and this technique is only economically viable when oil is incredibly expensive.

The real reason gas is so expensive, that no one is talking about, is that Bush borrowed so much money to fund his tax cuts and the war in Iraq that the dollar has been plummeting against the Euro and Yuan. Nice republican talking points there, but sorry, this isn't Fox. We actually check our facts.

Re:Spam for McCain!

[gfxguy]

I'm replying to this and losing all the moderation I've done (not one troll, I never give out trolls), because I have to disagree with this completely.

During the 2004 Election I was actually suspended from being able to post; heated debate to be sure, but there people who were throwing around curses, name calling, slinging mud; I did nothing of the sort - no name calling, no intelligence insulting.

My only crime was that I was going against conventional slashdot "wisdom." I supported Bush, I supported the war, and I made my opinions clear without stooping to petty insults and name-calling, and I was the one who got temporarily banned. I can't make any statements about everyone else who may have been involved, but I did see at least SOME of the posters who stooped to that level continue posting.

I said "screw it" and didn't even come back to slashdot for years. I really doubt anything has changed in that respect, but I decided that it was supposed to be a tech site that I occasionally got some information from, so it was silly to just stay away, but I have no doubt about why I was suspended from posting - it was due to a lot of negative moderation from people who simply disagreed with my opinion.

Re:Spam for McCain!

[Anonymous Coward]

Were you posting from a different account? 'cos I'm looking at your posting history around the 2004 election timeframe (caution: link works only if you're logged in) and while some posts are indeed modded down, most of the time (actually all the times I checked) it's because they're offtopic. There's a comment about hating your sister in law that was modded down, and another about Slashdot moderation. For non-offtopic posts, you seem to have been left alone or modded up.

Perhaps there's a time-period I'm missing, but this looks like a case of Republican-persecution-complex to me.

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