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.

Spam for McCain!

[jeiler]

I think not. The old fart can go stump for himself.

Slashdot is not on their suggested blogs list...

[Yetihehe]

Slashdot is not on their suggested blogs list. Can't imagine why.

Just imagine beowulf cluster of those McCain blogs, [...] they do nothing!

Yikes

[mrphrtq]

Republican Web 2.0 consultant

This is a terrifying job title.

Har har

[Rinisari]

McCain has supporters who have blogs? Clearly the Internet belongs to Ron Paul [xkcd.com], and we don't take too kindly to flippy-floppy neocons around these parts.

Dailykos?! Seriously?

[Shajenko42]

Sending McCain's supporters into the DailyKos is like sending lambs to the slaughter.

effluent with praise...

[Anonymous Coward]

...not an inappropriate word choice, considering what "effluent" usually refers to...

Yeah, that will make lots of friends

[The G]

"Spam lefty blogs with righty ranting to win points!" -- it's like someone created Internet Troll: The MMOG.

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

[dkf]

Joking aside I'd really like to know how this dramatic change came about.

He was replaced by a robot from Neocon Central Command as soon as it looked like he might actually win the nomination. The real McCain is probably being "entertained" in some dark cellar in deepest darkest Utah...

His wife doesnt have the time

[DeeQ]

He would do the blogging himself but his wife doesn't have the time to help him with the puter. McCainlol [digg.com]

Re:You can't plan...

[Miseph]

"He'll just end up coming across as creepy and forceful."

I believe that in the biz that's referred to as "Mainstream Republican".

"Effluent" ?

[iguana]

Uh, effluent?

"Republican Web 2.0 consultant David All was effluent with praise"

From the MacOSX Dictionary:
liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea : the bay was contaminated the effluent from an industrial plant.

See also:
http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+effluent [google.com]

Oh, wait. Politician talking about a propaganda plan. I guess effluent is the correct word then. Carry on.

Re:Spam for McCain!

[nycsubway]

I don't think the parent should be considered a troll. He's merely voicing his opinion of the old fart.

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

[Creepy]

or the MOST evil

If it weren't for the citizenship issues, I'd say Cthulhu in 2008!

effluent with praise?

[Anonymous Coward]

Quote: "Republican Web 2.0 consultant David All was effluent with praise..."

Is that something like farting with praise?

Or defecating with praise?

Oh, and MOD PARENT UP. It's a reasonable opinion.

NOTICE

[larry bagina]

due to the Incumbent Re-election Act of 2002 (also known as McCain/Feingold Campaign Finance Reform), blogging about John "Wipe my ass with the first amendment" McCain within 60 days of an election is illegal.

When McCain Was a Boy...

[WamBam]

People actually wrote little journal entries on wooden logs and then would roll them down a hill or street. Eh, that's the best I could come up with. Someone else give it a try.

Re:I wonder why...

[ivan256]

That's 'cause Slashdot is Web 0.9.

(And we like it that way! Get off our lawn!)

Crooks and Liars? What an odd choice

[gringer]

Crooks and Liars? Really?

I mean, look at a few carefully cherry-picked blog posts from there:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/11/would-mccain-want-cheney-in-his-cabinet-hell-yeah/ [crooksandliars.com]
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/12/john-mccain-wont-let-the-war-stop-him-from-golfing/ [crooksandliars.com]
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/11/new-moveonorg-ad-featuring-john-cusack-take-the-bushmccain-pop-quiz/ [crooksandliars.com]
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/11/mccain-showcases-his-foreign-policy-expertise/ [crooksandliars.com]
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/11/mccains-evangelical-problem/ [crooksandliars.com]

I didn't have to hunt far to find those, and I knew I'd find them even before looking, having seen a few posts from C&L in the past. Maybe McCain's old friend Putin, the president of Germany, tipped them off about that site.

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

[smilindog2000]

The *real* reason to vote for Obama:

MaCain's web site runs on Windows and uses HTML Tables. Obama's web site runs on Linux, and uses XHTML/CSS.

Re:" Slashdot is not on their suggested blogs list

[Chris Burke]

Maybe because /. makes the DailyKos look moderate at times?

Look, for the last time, the fantasies you have while masturbating after dropping acid do not count as "at times".

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

[arb phd slp]

The *real* reason to vote for Obama:

MaCain's web site runs on Windows and uses HTML Tables. Obama's web site runs on Linux, and uses XHTML/CSS.

...and I thought my brother voting on the basis of lapel pins was frivolous.

I'll counter-attack his defense

[jollyreaper]

If you want the white house you've got to take the louse; McCain.
He appeals to your whackjob base, they set your pace; McCain.
He's not right, he's not right; McCain.

Hollywood's in the news, you wanna show them Jews; McCain.
Show them Muslim's too, a few bombs'll do; McCain.
He's not right, he's not right; McCain.

Hate radio is scared, they're saying their prayers; McCain.
Dont forget this fact, Chipmunk Cheek's is whacked; McCain.
He's not right, he's not right; McCain.

He's not right, he's not right; McCain.

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

[Anonymous Coward]

Experience

Bush came into power with an all-star team of experienced Washington masters. Everyone's favorites like Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, etc.

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

[turly]

My fave Cthulhu one is "Vote for me and be eaten last!"

Re:Spam for McCain!

[gfxguy]

The problem is that McCain has moved left; in 2000 he was fairly solidly conservative. Since then, like the rest of the republican party, he's betrayed his roots. The republicans were left with little choice. Nearly every single elected republican official proved they weren't conservative.

Re:Spam for McCain!

[mhall119]

I'm pretty sure that calling the voters shallow and lazy isn't the kind of internet promotion the McCain campaign was hoping for.

Re:ugh, dailykos......

[toddhisattva]

I'm particularly concerned with the O'Reillyization of our political discourse. The manufactured anger. The one-sided reporting. Automatically assuming the absolute worst intentions of your opponents instead of assuming that they just have a principled disagreement with you.

This was a problem before O'Reilly had his entertainment program.

Tim Russert worked for Moynihan. Chris Matthews worked for Muskie. Ever since the 1920s duh left has controlled political discourse with one-sided reporting and manufactured anger. PBS allowed us our singular token non-lefty Buckley, and that was it.

Want a modern example? President George W. Bush. If you can't see the vast majority of reportage about him is one-sided manufactured anger then you're a complete imbecile.

If a Democrat had done everything President George W. Bush has done, he would be lauded by Duh Media as the best President in American history.

Re:Spam for McCain!

[gfxguy]

Wow, one whole issue to complain about?

Secondly, no one WANTS us to stay in Iraq for 100 years, stop making stuff up.

Re:Spam for McCain!

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

"Republican != Sata" - troll

Everybody knows republicans ARE sata and democrats are ide.

Re:Spam for McCain!

[treeves]

Duh! ALL politicians are SCSI!

Re:Spam for McCain!

[Chris Burke]

I still think Obama's going to flame out

Oh great. First, he's a scary Muslim. Now he's a pervy homosexual!

When will this FUD end?!