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Blogger Launches 'Google Bomb' At McCain
hhavensteincw writes "A liberal blogger has launched a 'Google bomb' project aimed at boosting Google search results for nine news articles showing Sen. John McCain in a negative light. The Computerworld article notes: 'Chris Bowers, managing editor of the progressive blog OpenLeft, is launching the Google bombs by encouraging bloggers to embed Web links to the nine news stories about McCain in their blogs, which helps raise their ranking in Google search results. Bowers is reprising a similar Google bombing effort he undertook in 2006 against 52 different congressional candidates. "Obviously, it is manipulating, but search engines are not public forums and unless you act to use them for your own benefit, your opponent's information is going to get out there," Bowers said.'"
Just wait until the skeletons in Obama's closet in Illinois start coming out. It's a contest to see if the national media can keep the local media (Sun-Times, Trib, Herald) and prosecutors quiet long enough.
Whitewater and the Clinton-esque cover-up was *nothing* compared to this stuff.
Just like publishing a newspaper is manipulating. Just like casting a vote is manipulating. Just like running ads is manipulating. Republicans aren't able to run on facts and policy so they run on identity and process.
One vote for the democratic party of america is one less vote for the republican party of america, but is it really a vote to the left?
I don't think it's unreasonable to say that most all left vs. right discussions are meaningless and religeous in nature. Unless, of course, they're engaged in by political science majors, historians or otherwise learned observers whose outlook isn't so narrow as to be constrained by US geography or the day's headlines, and whose vocubulary extends beyond buzzwords. Thankfully, in this election cycle, most of the idealogues and nutcases have retreated or otherwise dispersed, leaving the rest of us with the ability to focus on real issues for a change.
That said, I'll postulate that a vote for the Republican party, at since Nixon's time, has become a vote for folks who, if elected or given power, tend to be very dangerous people. McCain would fit in nicely with that illustrious group.
"But now they seem to be feeding you the idea that all parties should be striving for the same thing"
And the value you should see there for "same thing" is "good of the American people".
Please explain why expecting both parties to strive for the good of the American people is "bullshit".
When we expect them to be unified, it's in pursuing what is best for our country, not fucking over the other party just to gain political advantage.
Perhaps if you were smarter you'd understand that.
Oh, but they do when your choice is limited.
Obama may not be anybody's ideal candidate, but he would be far better for the country than McCain.
And after the Republican sleaze campaigns of the past, I simply don't give a damn how Obama wins (as long as it's legal).
Are you on crack? Leftists are thugs, fascists and liars living in a fantasy land where truth, reason and facts are outlawed as heresy. Whenever leftists have the choice, they try to beat their opponents by silencing them using any and all means at their disposal. On Slashdot they downmod you, on Digg they bury you, on forums they ban you, and in the real world they enact laws that restrict freedom of speech. In Europe they even use violence, and have on one occasion attempted to assassinate people who were just a little bit too conservative for their tastes. These people call themselves anti-fascists, which is not suprising since leftists always claim to oppose fascism even when they're doing the polar opposite.
You are assuming that 1) there will be any dirty articles about Obama, and 2) McCain has supporters.
Dark Reflection
I smell a bit of unthinking bias there.
The way I see it, conservatives think that business is the end goal of all things, and that we need a healthy underclass to keep things profitable. Thus they want to hand money to corporations, since it should, in theory, move down the ladder. If it doesn't, thats okay, since the CEOs are happy.
Liberals want to accept any populist notion as a good thing, but generally think that the poor needs more support than the rich.
Basically, conservatives steal from the poor and give to the rich, while liberals do the opposite.
Conservativims is generally also tied to ideas of theocracy, while liberalism is tied to PC ideologies, and as stated (somewhat innacurate, since a theocracy is ALSO a nannystate) intituting a nanny state.
So basically we have the relio-fascists versus the nanny-socialists.
Neither seems that... good. Though in practice, they generaly amount to the same thing, turning America into a third world-country though greed, graft, and corruption. Not to mention unrealistic dogmatism.
I'd prefer we had a real progressive party, and a real libertarian party. Convervativism, and Liberalism are a hoax. People who put one above the other are brainwashed. Both sides are equally evil, and both sides are capable of having some good ideas.
What is needed for America is lots of ideological opposition. Open minded opposition.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. -edward abbey
Uh, I think you need to look up the "Fairness Doctrine" as it's the Democrats that are pushing for it.
You see, like all socialists/communists, they can't win in the arena of ideas. So, they attempt to drag the competition to their level in order to mask their own failure.
Air America was a total and complete failure. The left cannot let that happen again in the free market. So, they must use the power of the government to force it down our throat.
Life is not for the lazy.