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by auntdeen

Sat Feb 12, 2005 at 09:00:34 PM PDT

I'm still trying to do some research at FreeRepublic and found a thread there tonight discussing an article written by Michael Barone for the 2/21/05 issue of USNews.com (the online edition of the US News & World Report), Blogosphere Politics.  He talks extensively about dKos:

The Democratic Internet constituency was and is motivated by one thing more than anything else: hatred of George W. Bush. To see that you only have to take a look at dailykos.com, run by Democratic consultant Markos Moulitsas, which gets 400,000 page views a day--far more than any other political weblog--and which received funding from the Dean campaign (which Moulitsas disclosed). It seethes with hatred of Bush, constantly attacks Republicans, and excoriates Democrats who don't oppose Bush root and branch.

Pull us in? Or push us out?

by auntdeen

Sat Jan 08, 2005 at 09:32:50 PM PDT

I'm sure that most folks here are tired of the whole controversy over Kos' post earlier this week, and the "Democrat Party" one from yesterday, and many perspectives have been given.  But with no small amount of trepidation, I would like to offer one that I didn't see elaborated in any of the postings (or perhaps I just missed it in the sheer volume).

I found dKos a few days after the election when trying to find an explanation for the exit polls that I could understand and believe.  Although I had come across some blogs before, my general opinion of them was that bloggers were using the net as a vehicle for narcissism.

This site seemed different, and seemed to exemplify the slogan "political analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation".  I found that I spent increasing amounts of time here, while following the news/information/thoughts about the election irregularities.  I stayed to listen...learn...and think.  


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