http://www.blogpi.net/not-black-like-im-not-either Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.blogpi.net/not-black-like-im-not-either#comment-8862 Oppo Knocks? at Blog P.I. Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:35:25 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/not-black-like-im-not-either#comment-8862 <p>[...] Recall not just the blackface controversy in this year’s CT SEN race — where Ned Lamont unconvincingly blurted to reporters: “I don’t know anything about the blogs” — but the infamous “screw them” moment in 2004, where then-rising blog star Markos Moulitsas callously dismissed the deaths of American contractors in Iraq. [...]</p> [...] Recall not just the blackface controversy in this year’s CT SEN race — where Ned Lamont unconvincingly blurted to reporters: “I don’t know anything about the blogs” — but the infamous “screw them” moment in 2004, where then-rising blog star Markos Moulitsas callously dismissed the deaths of American contractors in Iraq. [...]

]]> http://www.blogpi.net/not-black-like-im-not-either#comment-756 Jane Hamsher: The Left’s Answer to Ann Coulter? « Dark Sun Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:23:11 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/not-black-like-im-not-either#comment-756 <p>[...] Blog P.I.: Not Black Like I’m Not Either. “She rejects “absurd charges of racism,” but then she also concedes: “I regret it and I invite them to take it up with the person who did it, namely me.” It’s not quite a Mel Gibson apology, but at least she didn’t call on Malkin and the Lieberdems to meet with her and help her to heal. I digress.” (added 10-02) [...]</p> [...] Blog P.I.: Not Black Like I’m Not Either. “She rejects “absurd charges of racism,” but then she also concedes: “I regret it and I invite them to take it up with the person who did it, namely me.” It’s not quite a Mel Gibson apology, but at least she didn’t call on Malkin and the Lieberdems to meet with her and help her to heal. I digress.” (added 10-02) [...]

]]> http://www.blogpi.net/not-black-like-im-not-either#comment-74 “I Don’t Know Anything About the Blogs” at Blog P.I. (beta) Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:56:38 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/not-black-like-im-not-either#comment-74 <p>[...] It also calls to mind Lamont’s absurd defenestration of Jane Hamsher late last week, for which he apparently paid no price in terms of blogger support (even from Hamsher). And let’s not forget Dem consultant Steve Elmendorf, who paid the ultimate price — excommunication from the left by Markos Moulitsas — for daring to admit: The bloggers and online donors represent an important resource for the party, but they are not representative of the majority you need to win elections. The trick will be to harness their energy and their money without looking like you are a captive of the activist left. [...]</p> [...] It also calls to mind Lamont’s absurd defenestration of Jane Hamsher late last week, for which he apparently paid no price in terms of blogger support (even from Hamsher). And let’s not forget Dem consultant Steve Elmendorf, who paid the ultimate price — excommunication from the left by Markos Moulitsas — for daring to admit: The bloggers and online donors represent an important resource for the party, but they are not representative of the majority you need to win elections. The trick will be to harness their energy and their money without looking like you are a captive of the activist left. [...]

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