tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post115004922041009631..comments2023-09-29T06:57:06.991-07:00Comments on Anglachel's Journal: Democracy? No, Just Business As UsualAnglachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110546252851760414noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-1150090671681317642006-06-11T22:37:00.000-07:002006-06-11T22:37:00.000-07:00Thank you. I want to emphasize that I don't think ...Thank you. <BR/><BR/>I want to emphasize that I don't think Warner (or any other candidate seeking office at any level) should *not* take the internet community seriously, or fail to treat them as a constituency as real as any other trans-national organization. I'm objecting to the presumption that showing up at the conference and dropping a chunk of change somehow means that a candidate is making some kind of substantive commitment to your policy goals.<BR/><BR/>People said that Warner was the only presidential candidate at YK06, but they overlook Wes Clark, who was much more deeply involved in the conference and who is a more substantial figure to my mind. Gen. Clark, however, does not have a major blogger deliberately promoting him as a candidate the way Mr. Warner does, nor did he drop $100K on booze and sushi, so he did not get the same kind of rah-rah press.<BR/><BR/>Overall, I think it is a shame that the YK06 conference was taken over by the asinine litmus test of "Do you swear to support Ned Lamont and not Joe Lieberman?" because it sounds like the non-candidate activity was much more productive.<BR/><BR/>AnglachelAnglachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110546252851760414noreply@blogger.com