Comments on: Soren Dayton, John Sasso and the Twitter Election http://www.blogpi.net/soren-dayton-john-sasso-and-the-twitter-election Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:58:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Todd Zeigler http://www.blogpi.net/soren-dayton-john-sasso-and-the-twitter-election#comment-132240 Todd Zeigler Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:48:54 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/soren-dayton-john-sasso-and-the-twitter-election#comment-132240 <p>If you work for a Presidential campaign in this day and age, you are essentially a public figure. Everything you write/say/do is going to be combed over by bloggers/wonkette/whoever whether you are the campaign manager or a low level staffer. This should be the expectation of people going in at this point. Every tweet could be on the front page of the NYT.</p> <p>Bullshit or not, that's the way it be.</p> <p>Todd</p> If you work for a Presidential campaign in this day and age, you are essentially a public figure. Everything you write/say/do is going to be combed over by bloggers/wonkette/whoever whether you are the campaign manager or a low level staffer. This should be the expectation of people going in at this point. Every tweet could be on the front page of the NYT.

Bullshit or not, that’s the way it be.

Todd

]]> By: Things I would have blogged about if I had more time…. » The Bivings Report http://www.blogpi.net/soren-dayton-john-sasso-and-the-twitter-election#comment-132234 Things I would have blogged about if I had more time…. » The Bivings Report Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:54:29 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/soren-dayton-john-sasso-and-the-twitter-election#comment-132234 <p>[...] yesterday for linking to an anti-Obama video from his Twitter account.  Townhall, Mike Turk , William Beutler and Patrick Ruffini all have good posts up on the matter.  I would just add that if you work [...]</p> [...] yesterday for linking to an anti-Obama video from his Twitter account.  Townhall, Mike Turk , William Beutler and Patrick Ruffini all have good posts up on the matter.  I would just add that if you work [...]

]]> By: Free Soren Dayton/Lesson Learned « NM3: New Media, Music, and Muckraking http://www.blogpi.net/soren-dayton-john-sasso-and-the-twitter-election#comment-132213 Free Soren Dayton/Lesson Learned « NM3: New Media, Music, and Muckraking Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:14:37 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/soren-dayton-john-sasso-and-the-twitter-election#comment-132213 <p>[...] all the buzz about Soren Dayton’s suspension from the McCain Campaign you can catch up with Blog PI’s insightful post on the issue from yesterday. The conservative blogger’s problem, as a result of a Tweet, [...]</p> [...] all the buzz about Soren Dayton’s suspension from the McCain Campaign you can catch up with Blog PI’s insightful post on the issue from yesterday. The conservative blogger’s problem, as a result of a Tweet, [...]

]]> By: William Beutler http://www.blogpi.net/soren-dayton-john-sasso-and-the-twitter-election#comment-132134 William Beutler Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:36:46 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/soren-dayton-john-sasso-and-the-twitter-election#comment-132134 <p>I follow you. And I'll say it for you: It's bullshit. And, it kind of is. But it's not unreasonable bullshit given McCain's (perhaps misguided) determination not to participate in personal attacks.</p> <p>On the other hand, you also say that your support for McCain hasn't changed. Same here. And I bet that's the case with most in the rightosphere. So while Soren got the shaft, it's very unlikely to cost him any support. Given that, it's all the more difficult to call this decision a mistake.</p> I follow you. And I’ll say it for you: It’s bullshit. And, it kind of is. But it’s not unreasonable bullshit given McCain’s (perhaps misguided) determination not to participate in personal attacks.

On the other hand, you also say that your support for McCain hasn’t changed. Same here. And I bet that’s the case with most in the rightosphere. So while Soren got the shaft, it’s very unlikely to cost him any support. Given that, it’s all the more difficult to call this decision a mistake.

]]> By: Beth http://www.blogpi.net/soren-dayton-john-sasso-and-the-twitter-election#comment-132114 Beth Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:14:24 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/soren-dayton-john-sasso-and-the-twitter-election#comment-132114 <p>Okay, that's complete BULLSH. What, now that people's every move can be tracked online, suddenly it's not okay to share links? Like this sort of thing hasn't been done since the dawn of mankind?</p> <p>Was it unfair to Soren? Hell yes. Did the campaign overreact? Hell yes. And I say this as a devout supporter of John McCain. BAD, BAD decision on the part of the official campaign, and pointless at that. They're going to shoot down every supporter who's ever shared a link to something about what's possibly the biggest campaign story of the year? They're going to end up scolding probably the entire internets, supporters or not--and including Obama's supporters, at that. For what?</p> <p>My support for McCain hasn't changed a whit, but I think his campaign people are taking the PC sensitivity thing to a level of absurdity. I don't think even the Obama or Clinton people are that hung up on this stuff.</p> Okay, that’s complete BULLSH. What, now that people’s every move can be tracked online, suddenly it’s not okay to share links? Like this sort of thing hasn’t been done since the dawn of mankind?

Was it unfair to Soren? Hell yes. Did the campaign overreact? Hell yes. And I say this as a devout supporter of John McCain. BAD, BAD decision on the part of the official campaign, and pointless at that. They’re going to shoot down every supporter who’s ever shared a link to something about what’s possibly the biggest campaign story of the year? They’re going to end up scolding probably the entire internets, supporters or not–and including Obama’s supporters, at that. For what?

My support for McCain hasn’t changed a whit, but I think his campaign people are taking the PC sensitivity thing to a level of absurdity. I don’t think even the Obama or Clinton people are that hung up on this stuff.

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