By the way, I'm a big Blog junkie and I've seen a chain of evidence developing these past 9 months or so: Stories first appear here, they're vetted and discussed, they are picked up by bloggers where they are then picked up by guys like Hugh Hewitt.
So, yes, I do believe positive community synergy here can make a real difference. I really think the SwiftVets mission gained critical mass here on FR.
Why do you think I posted those memos on their own thread earlier tonight?
And I know people "grab" stuff from here -- and it gripes me when they don't give US credit for it.
One that comes to mind immediately is the "Kerry just sat there for 35 minutes"!
One was a Newsmax story......I know they got it from here......they took credit for it...it was a big deal....and never a word about us.