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Is It Smart to Allow Unmoderated Blogs on a Presidential Candidate's Site?

Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:28:00 am PDT

At Instapundit, a reader weighs in on the hate speech and antisemitism at the Obama web site, and of course insinuates that all of that stuff might have been planted:

The Community Blogs at Obama 08 are no more “official” than the rantings of BDS sufferers at an Obama rally. I have a blog there, just to prove how easy it is to get one, and Senator Obama has ZERO chance of getting my vote. You could have one. It’s as simple as signing up. There’s no vetting process of any kind.

Any nut with an axe to grind can post any offensive material on the Community Blogs, and the Obama campaign will be unaware unless someone raises a stink. In fact, it’s entirely possible that a McCain operative could go on the site, create a blog, post offensive material, and then leak the URL to LGF to “prove” how disreputable the Senator’s supporters are. Shades of Dan Rather!

The very fact that anyone can post whatever they want is a gigantic problem, and extremely unwise for a presidential candidate’s web site. All you have to do is look at the insane garbage posted every day in Daily Kos “diaries” to see what will happen if you don’t moderate these blogs.

By the way — no one “leaked” anything to me. And so far, only one of the blogs I wrote about has been exposed as a spoof—and a rather obvious one.

UPDATE at 6/9/08 10:35:20 am:

Please note this interesting point, made by the person who posted the “Jemaah Islamiya” spoof blog: The My Barack Obama Web Site « The Urban Grind

I decided to try a little experiment. I went to the Obama site, and just for fun, tried putting up a page called Jews Against Obama. Naturally, I received a message saying that my page would have to be approved by an administrator. (Sorry I have no screenshot.) So after waiting a few hours with my page not going live, I decided to try something else.

So apparently, they are watching what gets posted.

Hit the tip jar!

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Tags: Election 2008, Barack Obama, Antisemitism, Hate Speech

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Honorary Yooper Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:29:20am

It would not be the first stupid thing the Obama campaign has done.

loppyd Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:29:23am

It's not a good idea.

But the more it exposes him and hurts his chances, the better.

Ward Cleaver Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:29:52am

John Kerry thought it was. Remember the fun people had with that?

Sharmuta Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:29:53am

Is It Smart to Allow Unmoderated Blogs on a Presidential Candidate's Site?

Short answer- no.

rawmuse Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:30:23am

Three words, Leave It Up.

jcm Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:31:13am

N∅B☭m☪!

Honorary Yooper Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:31:37am

To be honest, the insane rantings over at the Great Orange Satan (aka dKos) are very similar to the anti-semetic diaries at the Obama campaign site. Plants? Maybe, but more likely just Obamatons showing the world what they are, and what they stand for.

It's disgusting.

JammieWearingFool Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:31:53am

They just can't admit Obama is so incompetent, it must be someone else's fault.

Let them keep behaving like this, it's so much fun to behold.

Little Boomer Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:32:03am

Maybe not smart-but it is revealing!

Honorary Yooper Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:32:52am

What I find most interesting is that a diary called "Jews Against Obama" was disallowed while the anti-semetic ravings go unmoderated.

Fat Jolly Penguin Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:33:26am

re: #6 jcm

N∅B☭m☪!

What's the symbol for the second A?

bianchi_roadie Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:33:33am

The Community Blogs at Obama 08 are no more “official” than the rantings of BDS sufferers at an Obama rally. I have a blog there, just to prove how easy it is to get one, and Senator Obama has ZERO chance of getting my vote. You could have one. It’s as simple as signing up. There’s no vetting process of any kind.

And that's what should freak out the Obama campaign. It's like opening a bar and letting anyone stand up on tables shouting whatever they like. Pretty soon you'll be known as "That bar owner who must support those nuts that believe X". Regardless if you actually believe them or not - since you allow them to do it under your roof, you are allowing them to use your credibility to support their message.

For all the talk of the Obama campaign being the cutting edge of the new information age, they sure are making a lot of freshman mistakes.

Kragar (Proud to be Kafir) Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:33:35am

Funny how whenever you expose the Left as being Left, it has to be a right wing plot.

zmdavid Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:33:38am

Shades of Rather

So the Instapundit reader thinks Dan was set up? Heck, the Instapundit reader could be Dan himself for all we know.

Render Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:33:43am

Moderation is the difference.

They knew that crap was there.

They approved it being there.

They left it there for months.

NO
EXCUSES,
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Fat Jolly Penguin Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:33:47am

re: #11 Fat Jolly Penguin

Oh wait, I can see it in my post -- star and crescent.

Iron Fist Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:33:49am

re: #2 loppyd,

Feeling a little vindictive today? Me, too. Anything that soils the Obamessiah's Halo is a good thing. I hope they keep the open and "unmoderated" format.

Maybe we can get the Ku Klux Klan to endorse Obama in a blog on his site :-)

loppyd Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:34:05am

re: #3 Ward Cleaver

John Kerry thought it was. Remember the fun people had with that?

He is being facing his first Dem primary challenge in 24 years.

LOWELL - A defiant Gloucester lawyer Ed O'Reilly garnered enough support yesterday from party officials to ensure that he will give US Senator John F. Kerry his first Democratic primary challenge in 24 years.

"Party officials said this campaign is a nuisance. And it is. It's a total nuisance," O'Reilly said at the convention, held at the Paul E. Tsongas Arena in downtown Lowell. "Democracy is a nuisance. People said the American Revolution was a nuisance - and it was."

Isn't that beautiful?

Sharmuta Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:34:11am

The problem is the nuts, not the mobys. It's the people who are legitimate obama supporters and the other supporters who are attracted to them. It's elementary- you don't let the lunatics run the asylum.

itellu3times Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:34:13am

So we rate his web site 57/100?

Ringo the Gringo Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:34:28am

John McCain is so old that when he heard the word blog he thought they were talking about his favorite monster movie from the 1950's.

Shug Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:34:30am

Barack Obama can't be trusted with internet security.

but go ahead, put him in charge of Homeland Security

loppyd Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:34:35am

re: #17 Iron Fist

,

Feeling a little vindictive today? Me, too. Anything that soils the Obamessiah's Halo is a good thing. I hope they keep the open and "unmoderated" format.

Maybe we can get the Ku Klux Klan to endorse Obama in a blog on his site :-)

It's time to go to the mattresses. LOL

CIA Reject Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:35:11am

"Is It Smart to Allow Unmoderated Blogs on a Presidential Candidate's Site?"

Smart? No. Amusing? Hell yes!

/...and after all, it's all about amusement- right?

brainwizard73 Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:35:21am

Apparently the college students are running amok at the Obama '08 campaign. This whole situation just smells of a slavish attempt to curry favor with college students and other young adults who have so much invested in facebook, youtube, myspace and other forums, that they can't understand why every website wouldn't let them express themselves and communicate.

So if Senator Obama is elected, along with creeping Marxism and daily doses of the Shrew, a.k.a. Michelle, can we expect a government mandated "single-payer" [called "single-server"] online community where everyone must have a page and check it each day...twice?

Didn't check your page for instructions from the glorious leader? [CRACK of the whip] You vill obey!

loppyd Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:35:22am

re: #8 JammieWearingFool

They just can't admit Obama is so incompetent, it must be someone else's fault.

Let them keep behaving like this, it's so much fun to behold.

Isn't it?

Pass the popcorn. Extra buttah and salt, please.

loppyd Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:35:57am

And now it's time to get back to work.

BBL

Render Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:36:18am

re: #17 Iron Fist

Nah, they're all that's left of the RP campaign. For obvious reasons they didn't follow RP's Leftist fanbase over to Obama world, and never will.

FULL
LOAD,
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doppelganglander Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:36:24am

re: #18 loppyd

That's fantastic. Does Mass. have open primaries?

brainwizard73 Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:36:29am

re: #12 bianchi_roadie

Haven't modern campaigns figured out (after Clinton in 1992) that staying "on message" is critical...

...unless this is the message.

zmdavid Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:36:40am

re: #14 zmdavid
I just checked instapundit, and the reader is Martin Shoemaker, not Dan Rather.

WrathofG-d Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:36:47am

I believe the Left is be honest. I do not believe they understand what has become of their party.

Democrats: γνωθι σαυτόν ("Know Thyself")

~Exhibits Courtesy of Zombietime.com

MandyManners Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:37:03am

re: #17 Iron Fist

,

Feeling a little vindictive today? Me, too. Anything that soils the Obamessiah's Halo is a good thing. I hope they keep the open and "unmoderated" format.

Maybe we can get the Ku Klux Klan to endorse Obama in a blog on his site :-)

There was something very much like the KKK on his site yesterday.

Shug Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:37:14am

what he needs is an aural-oral based vwebsite.

cajunbelle Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:38:27am

Oh boy, here they go:

McCain's Web site talks about the anti-Christ being ‘a Jew,’ Hillary being a ‘bitch,’ Obama being a ‘Muslim fag,’ and America bringing 9/11 on itself — · Digg It! · — UPDATE: Jed finds more on other McCain sites, including a reference to Obama as a n*gger.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/06/mccains-web-sit e-talks-about-anti.html

SEETHING...

Honorary Yooper Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:38:54am

re: #19 Sharmuta

The problem is the nuts, not the mobys. It's the people who are legitimate obama supporters and the other supporters who are attracted to them. It's elementary- you don't let the lunatics run the asylum.

But that seems to be exactly what is happening. The site obviously is moderated to an extent; overwise, a diary for "Jews Against Obama" would have also been able to be posted to the site. It's not so much that the nuts have taken over the asylum as that they have been running that asylum from the get-go.

I'm still of the opinion that a lot of Ron Paul supporters switched to supporting Barack Hussein Obama. They switched due to the fact that Obama is the closest thing to what they thought Paul was, and Obama has a greater chance of winning than Paul. REVOLution, Hope, Change? They're all in the same vein.

Little Boomer Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:39:00am

re: #18 loppyd

Isn't that beautiful?

On the news last night they said O'Reilly's reasons for joining the race were to immediately end the war and because Kerry wasn't steadfast enough in his support of gay marriage. I was thinking, yeah, the economy, energy independence and terrorism are no way as important as homosexual marriage.

Kragar (Proud to be Kafir) Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:39:37am

Allowing all kinds of hate speech and anti-semtic content on his site just proves how tolerant Barry is.

Iron Fist Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:40:24am

re: #33 MandyManners,

Yeah, it's not really a big stretch. After all, Kleagle Robert C. Byrd endorsed Obama. He must have been endorsing his white half.

Sharmuta Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:40:40am

So apparently, they are watching what gets posted.

The spin's not sticking- tey do moderate. So they either approve of these posts or are too stupid to know they're problematic. Maybe both.

Cap'n DOC Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:41:14am

re: #11 Fat Jolly Penguin

Crescent & Star?

towm Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:41:22am

How can the Great Obamessiah be expected to monitor a mere website? The Extraspecial Extraordinary Barry is too busy driving the new bus

Fat Jolly Penguin Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:41:44am

re: #41 Cap'n DOC

Crescent & Star?

Pretty big symbol of Islam.

right wing zephyr Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:41:53am

Everyone knows the only people who need moderation are conservatives!

sheesh!

Honorary Yooper Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:41:54am

re: #40 Sharmuta

The spin's not sticking- tey do moderate. So they either approve of these posts or are too stupid to know they're problematic. Maybe both.

I'd bet on the former long before I'd bet on the latter. Obama's track record this campaign speaks for itself. He makes Ron Paul look like a piker.

EC Marm Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:42:24am

re: #36 Honorary Yooper

I'm still of the opinion that a lot of Ron Paul supporters switched to supporting Barack Hussein Obama. They switched due to the fact that Obama is the closest thing to what they thought Paul was, and Obama has a greater chance of winning than Paul. REVOLution, Hope, Change? They're all in the same vein.

I was watching RP on C-SPAN this morning. He was picking apart Obama's Hope and Change message and very much sounding as if he was still running. I'm just a little concerned that he's crazy enough to try a third party run.

Beobachter Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:42:27am

I just found this gem, but haven't read it yet:

[Link: www.thenextright.com...]

MandyManners Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:42:41am

re: #39 Iron Fist

,

Yeah, it's not really a big stretch. After all, Kleagle Robert C. Byrd endorsed Obama. He must have been endorsing his white half.

This claimed that all Jews are Khazars, that Teddy Roosevelt was Jewish and that Jews assasinated Pres. McKinnley...really out-there stuff.

Killgore Trout Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:42:42am

re: #35 cajunbelle

Notice how weak that is. The Jew comment was actually used to refer to a person of the Jewish faith, not as a slur. There's nothing wrong with the word Jew. The Anti-Christ stuff is silly so they have a point there. The other stuff about AIPAC and calling Obama a "fag" were posted by people opposed to McCain, not McCain supporters. There's a big difference.

Pawn of the Oppressor Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:42:47am

re: #35 cajunbelle

Oh boy, here they go:

http://www.americablog.com/2008/06/mccai ns-web-site-talks-about-anti.html

SEETHING...

"You do it too! Nanny nanny boo boo!"

Except comments on a website aren't the same thing as registered blogs. I could forgive a few nutballs at Obama's website making crazy comments, but not registered blogs.

right wing zephyr Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:43:17am

re: #46 EC Marm

I was watching RP on C-SPAN this morning. He was picking apart Obama's Hope and Change message and very much sounding as if he was still running. I'm just a little concerned that he's crazy enough to try a third party run.

Clinton/ Paul indy ticket!

Shr_Nfr Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:43:43am

re: #12 bianchi_roadie

Yeah, its amazing. I wonder how long it would be before they were to take down a pro-McCain blog. I now have an account, so I may decide to find out as an experiment in blog management by our would-be pressident (sic since all he has going for him is a lot of msm happy horse hoo).

Killgore Trout Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:44:05am

re: #47 Beobachter

...the people on MyBO are building the most fearsome volunteer organization in the history of Presidential politics.

Heh.

cajunbelle Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:46:06am

re: #49 Killgore Trout

Notice how weak that is. The Jew comment was actually used to refer to a person of the Jewish faith, not as a slur. There's nothing wrong with the word Jew. The Anti-Christ stuff is silly so they have a point there. The other stuff about AIPAC and calling Obama a "fag" were posted by people opposed to McCain, not McCain supporters. There's a big difference.

My thoughts too. Pee Wee Hermanish.

brainwizard73 Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:46:47am

re: #50 Pawn of the Oppressor

Why the hell would any campaign allow people to even make comments on articles? How can that possibly help? What would McCain (or Obama '08) be thinking?

lawhawk Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:47:04am

As with anything, allowing that kind of interconnectedness has its pluses and minuses. As a plus, it gives people a sense of belonging - a community of like minded folks who will share in the collective goal.

Still, allowing unmoderated blogs means anyone can post anything and the dregs of humanity can post without regard for whatever the candidate stands for. You wont only get spoofers, but those who truly mean what they write - and do so because that is their genuine position. Trying to separate the two is a time consuming and from an administrative standpoint worthless - you have to rid the site of both.

Trying to excuse the behavior as though it was done by those who infiltrate into the website to damn the site attempts to shift blame to the right wingers (as ABC's Jake Tapper has writte), even though we have only one instance of an individual taking credit for spoofing the site - and that was in response to seeing something else posted there, ignores the basic problem of enabling anyone to post.

From a professional standpoint, it makes little sense to expose one's political futures to the even remote possibility of being sabotaged because of craziness posted on the official campaign website.

sngnsgt Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:48:51am

I argued on a different forum last night about the "Official Obama site", as opposed to the "MyObama site" not being an official site. If it's not an "official site," why are the Osamessiah web desigers allowing them to mirror the Obama site? Wouldn't there be some sort of ownership of the design on the "official" site and the "MyObama" site? Wouldn't that be like me designing a "Little Blue Footballs" blog?

cajunbelle Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:49:31am

re: #50 Pawn of the Oppressor

Except comments on a website aren't the same thing as registered blogs. I could forgive a few nutballs at Obama's website making crazy comments, but not registered blogs.

Exactly. Plus I doubt they'll find any jihadist posts. Even if someone posted a spoof, who'd believe "jihadists for McCain"?

DMays Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:49:32am

re: #22 Shug

I was wondering if Obama can't run a website than why should we trust him with running the government?

Look for Obama to come out say: "That's not the website I know".

realwest Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:50:07am

Charles - just so you'll know (although I did post this on a thread or two ago) I posted a rebuttal to the "readers" comments on Instapundit on the ABC news blog, the effect of which was that Obama's site is supposed to be moederated and as soon as you (LGF) exposed all the truly vile and vicious blogs there, the "moderators" who had left some of them up for months and months, took them down.
Just FYI.

Charles Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:50:11am

re: #57 sngnsgt

I argued on a different forum last night about the "Official Obama site", as opposed to the "MyObama site" not being an official site. If it's not an "official site," why are the Osamessiah web desigers allowing them to mirror the Obama site? Wouldn't there be some sort of ownership of the design on the "official" site and the "MyObama" site? Wouldn't that be like me designing a "Little Blue Footballs" blog?

The MyObama site is absolutely part of the official Barack Obama campaign site. It's not even debatable.

right wing zephyr Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:51:49am

re: #57 sngnsgt

I argued on a different forum last night about the "Official Obama site", as opposed to the "MyObama site" not being an official site. If it's not an "official site," why are the Osamessiah web desigers allowing them to mirror the Obama site? Wouldn't there be some sort of ownership of the design on the "official" site and the "MyObama" site? Wouldn't that be like me designing a "Little Blue Footballs" blog?

nope. it's the same shit.

Beobachter Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:52:59am

Charles, you are being mentioned on The Next Right web site.

FWIW:

The Obama campaign is right and Charles, Hot Air, Malkin, and the rest of the conservative blogosphere are wrong. Stories like this win tactical, one-day skirmishes but lose us the broader war. The damage to the Obama campaign will last 24-48 hours, and by then we'll have moved on to the next line of attack. But in the meantime, thousands more people will sign up to My.BarackObama.com. They'll form groups, RSVP to events, and yes, maybe write an off-color blogpost or two. They'll solidify their commitment to a community that's fanatically dedicated to electing Barack Obama president. And while the pundit-blogosphere may dismiss them, the people on MyBO are building the most fearsome volunteer organization in the history of Presidential politics.

[Link: www.thenextright.com...]

right wing zephyr Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:54:57am

re: #63 Beobachter

This is what I get for hanging out here more frequently.

sngnsgt Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:55:12am

re: #61 Charles

The MyObama site is absolutely part of the official Barack Obama campaign site. It's not even debatable.

Thanks Charles, you just settled an argument for me, I didn't just fall off the same turnip truck yesterday.

Dahveed Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:55:55am

Why do people find it so hard to believe that the same people that post the anti-Semitic or anti-American crap on Kos or DU would stop themselves from posting on their favorite candidate's blog? And couldn't it be that those that "moderate" Kos and DU just might be the same people that "moderate" Obama's blog?

Honorary Yooper Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:56:05am

re: #63 Beobachter

Charles, you are being mentioned on The Next Right web site.

FWIW:

[Link: www.thenextright.com...]

A lot of websites seem to have taken notice of Charles's work. Congrats, Charles, on finding and exposing this. It needs to see the light.
Thanks.

brainwizard73 Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:57:35am

re: #63 Beobachter

And while the ~~pundit-blogosphere~~ rest of the political world may dismiss them, the people on ~~MyBO~~ the march are building the most fearsome volunteer organization in the history of ~~Presidential~~ German politics.

I bet that is what some people said about the SA in 1930s Germany.

Shr_Nfr Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:58:38am

"So apparently, they are watching what gets posted." - Give them a week, they will take their eyes off the ball. I will run my experiment then.

Catttt Mon, Jun 9, 2008 10:59:28am

What got me about that obvious spoof blog was that it was so obvious even I knew it was fake, yet there were four or five welcome messages and a few that politely disagreed with Fatima. They all took it seriously. And the blog is still up.

see bs Mon, Jun 9, 2008 11:01:56am

It is not smart.....

To reiterate what was posted earlier, this shows an insight into the modern & future Democrat party and the mindset of its membership.

The fact is that this kind of anti-Israel, anti-military, etc...etc... is so prevalent on a majority of the left's websites should be a wakeup call to middle of the road dems. Its time for a review of what your party has become and encompasses...its become more mainstream that you think.

zmdavid Mon, Jun 9, 2008 11:03:56am

re: #63 Beobachter

Just my impression, but I don't think Charles is doing this for tactical reasons. I think he is offended by what is on that site and is exposing it because it is right to do so, regardless of how it impacts the election. Charles can correct me if I'm wrong about his views.

wannabuyaduck Mon, Jun 9, 2008 11:05:20am

Interesting article, with ironies abounding considering the klutziness of the Obama website situation: [Link: www.theatlantic.com...]
Quote from same: “But more than any policy, the idea of Obama and the world he speaks for seemed to excite something deep within the limbic system of the Valley brain that manifested itself through the early and continuing financial support that was crucial to launching Obama’s campaign. Getting behind Obama, especially for those who did so early, appealed to their self-image as discerning seers. Though she ultimately went with John Edwards, Nadine North captured this better than anyone: ‘Obama was the new, new thing, and that’s what we’re all about here.’”

wannabuyaduck Mon, Jun 9, 2008 11:10:19am

re: #73 wannabuyaduck

My link didn't work, but it is easy to find on the Atlantic Monthly website -- [Link: www.theatlantic.com...]
The Marc Ambinder article in the right-hand column links to it, the article is "The Amazing Money Machine" by Joshua Green.

Perplexed Mon, Jun 9, 2008 11:12:37am

The very fact that anyone can post whatever they want is a gigantic problem, and extremely unwise for a presidential candidate’s web site. All you have to do is look at the insane garbage posted every day in Daily Kos “diaries” to see what will happen if you don’t moderate these blogs.

Well, like many others have already pointed out, BHO, lacks wisdom, shows an incredible lack of discretion when selecting both friends and associates, all the while seeking an office that requires both wisdom and discretion.

Empty suit, thy name is Obama.

mean Gene Mon, Jun 9, 2008 11:14:16am

[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]
According to this Obama said he will try the Bush administration for War Crimes if he is elected.
I think sometimes all he is aiming for is the BDS vote.

incanus Mon, Jun 9, 2008 11:18:35am

re: #76 mean Gene

[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]
According to this Obama said he will try the Bush administration for War Crimes if he is elected.
I think sometimes all he is aiming for is the BDS vote.

If we elect a president based on the BDS vote, we're in deep shit.

sngnsgt Mon, Jun 9, 2008 11:33:23am

re: #76 mean Gene

[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]
According to this Obama said he will try the Bush administration for War Crimes if he is elected.
I think sometimes all he is aiming for is the BDS vote.

At a time of war like this, I think it would be more of a war crime to elect an appeaser like Barack Obama or any other cut-and-run Democrat.

Charles Mon, Jun 9, 2008 11:53:39am

re: #63 Beobachter

Charles, you are being mentioned on The Next Right web site.

FWIW:

[Link: www.thenextright.com...]

I know and I emailed Patrick to tell him that I think he's completely wrong.

It's a bit ironic that he's lecturing me on what "works." I go down the front page of his site and see "1 comment," "3 comments," "6 comments," etc.

Seems to me that LGF is working quite well, thanks, Patrick.

Robert Schwartz Mon, Jun 9, 2008 12:20:11pm

Is It Smart to Allow Unmoderated Blogs on a Presidential Candidate's Site?

No. But, who will moderate the moderators?

Millie Woods Mon, Jun 9, 2008 1:09:24pm

The heateful blogs on the site are just the tip of the iceberg. Obama's 'friends' are quite another. Imagine what would happen to Angela Merkel if it were revealed that her close friends were ex Baader-Meinhof murderers. Yet Obama gets a pass on his Ayers and other similar if not quite murderous connections albeit criminal and hate spewing- Rezko, Farrakhan, Wright et al and one must not forget his dear wife.
The Ayers got away with plotting murder of innocents. They have adopted and brought up the son of a murderous couple who actually were successful in slaughtering innocent individuals going about their work. And this son hilariously named Cheka - another reference to murder for political philosophy - is now in Venezuela helping Hugo reduce prosperous Venezuela to a basket case a la Robert Mugabe's Zimbawe. Can you imagine what would happen to Republicans who ranked amongst their nearest and dearest neo nazis and genocide enthusiasts?

wannabuyaduck Mon, Jun 9, 2008 1:23:30pm

Chesa Boudin – [Link: www.slate.com...]
not named after the cheka, although he may as well have been. Some of the articles say that the name "chesa" comes from Swahili for "dancing feet."

Sure is odd how these people who consider American so eeeviiilll somehow end up continuing to reap the rewards -- Rhodes Scholar, in this case.

Toki-chan Mon, Jun 9, 2008 1:46:12pm

re: #25 brainwizard73

It is really true. To function in college you have to have Facebook (and maybe Myspace). No college student emails between each other, they'll Facebook or IM (though now that there is a application that lets you do that now on Facebook), so if you wan to know what is going on you better use it. Plus most girls and some guys are completely hooked. They cannot get on the internet without Checking their facebook. And the sad thing is most of them don't even have a chance, because they have no real concepts of politics (or if they do it's right leaning). (though at my school we have a little more sense, Thank God, mostly due to home schoolers and rednecks) I can't stand Facebook though... I spend my time surfing political blogs :)