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Web forum shapes political thinking
SFGate.com ^ | 1/15/04 | Rob Morse - SF Chronicle

Posted on 01/15/2004 4:45:28 PM PST by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:45:29 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

On a modest street in the flats of Berkeley there's a little yellow bungalow behind a shabby fence. It's one of those places you expect to find a pit bull, but instead you find a bright young mayor of a city of about 70,000 liberal activists, writers, kibitzers, kidders and some folks who clearly have a lot of time on their hands.


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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 70000zots; blog; blogosphere; dailykos; instapundit; netocracy; newdemocratnetwork; politicalthinking; shapes; webforum; weblog

1 posted on 01/15/2004 4:45:30 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Discussing politics online??? How bizarre.
2 posted on 01/15/2004 4:47:47 PM PST by evolved_rage (All your base are belong to us.)
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To: evolved_rage
LOL.. Who'da ever thunk to do that?

blog IS a 4-letter word, yaknow? :-]

3 posted on 01/15/2004 4:48:34 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ...... FoR California Propositions/Initiatives info.. Check Muh Profile..)
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To: NormsRevenge
bump
4 posted on 01/15/2004 4:52:15 PM PST by erasmus605 (Posting without a license since 2003.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Moulitsas also laced into a dismissive "Meet the Press" panel discussion about blogs and drew several hundred comments from the Kos community.

Wow! lol

5 posted on 01/15/2004 4:58:38 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: evolved_rage
It's a passing fad, I'm sure. {{{grins}}}
7 posted on 01/15/2004 5:22:52 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture (DEAN PEOPLE SUCK)
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To: NormsRevenge
Daily Kos

Who?

8 posted on 01/15/2004 5:50:17 PM PST by Drango (NPR is the tax funded propaganda wing of the DNC.)
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To: NormsRevenge
"A lot of bloggers say we're not that important. I say we're that important."

Yeah, but can you make Tipper Gore play dolphin music?

9 posted on 01/15/2004 6:05:31 PM PST by angkor
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