ABC News Note: Gang of 500: 'no one beats the Freepers, not even Kos' (Freepers get mentioned)

ABC News/Note ^ | 2/16/05

[Cableguy]

The Democrats have finally learned how to communicate with their bloggers — to their advantage. But no one beats the Freepers, not even Kos.

[add925]

The Free Republic is definitely a FORUM.

Forumers just doesn't sound cool......;)

[polymuser]

"Private accounts for Social Security are dead in the water;"
"The Federal Marriage Amendment is dead, dead, dead..."
"Air America is not half bad to listen to;"
"The Gang reaffirmed that while everything it believes to be true is in fact true..."

And they know that FR is a blog.

Their knowledge is...just...unfathomable.
Of course, none of this affects their output in the least.

[kipita]

I don't think it is a putdown, but I think they have the wrong idea on what FR is. FR is a forum, not a blog. As I understand it, a blog is a journal written by a personality for others to read, while forums are more interactive and enable an almost unlimited number of people to communicate back and forth.

Excellent analysis. It also represents the constituencies; the Democrats want to speak for "lesser", "quite" people who they perceive as not being equal whereas the Republicans are a party of FREEDOM-RESPONSIBILITY where people in society are more or less equal.

[cake_crumb]

"I don't think it is a putdown, but I think they have the wrong idea on what FR is. FR is a forum, not a blog."

IMO, they're using "blog" to convince themselves that 80,000 conservatives, sick to death of being lied to by the media, are harmless crackpots (we're giving them nightmares) AND to redefine us as something they think the FCC will regulate (they're after alleged "blogs" that illegally coordinated to political campaigns)

[YummiBox]

The Free Republic is definitely a FORUM.

Forumers just doesn't sound cool......;)

Here's a vote for FReeper over Blogger.

Maybe we should put this up for a vote on the main page? Wonder how that's done?

"Do you consider yourself a:"

Freeper

Blogger

Fox hound?

or...

[bayourod]

"I dont' know who or what KOS is! "
"Okay, so I'll ask.......what is Kos? "

I'm not going to admit that I don't know.

[ChewedGum]

Right, FR is not a blog, but I find Kos more of a forum as well. (Remember, these are media types - they haven't quite figured out the whole 'internet' thing yet.)

Gum

[kipita]

Okay, so I'll ask.......what is Kos?

I study left-wing blogs everyday. They are simple---one person manages the complaints against America (Republicans) and never ever mentions what they would do. Furthermore, the will of that one person is the authority figure and the "King" of the Blog. It represents why we rebelled against England and why our model of governance has been adopted worldwide.

[Guillermo]

Daily Kos is a blog from some Howard Dean ass-kisser who actively cheers on the "Insurgents" in Iraq.

Typical, left wing hate site.

[add925]

I think FReeper says it all.

Blogger groups us with too many others and we're s-p-e-c-i-a-l.

Despite what primary Teachers say, not everyone is s-p-e-c-i-a-l.

[AmishDude]

I dunno, I view FR as my blog and the rest of you are just supporting staff.

[OldFriend]

Ugh, wouldn't want to be in the same sentence as creeps like that.

[sanjacjake]

They can follw the Dean..to obscurity...LOL..Jakeo

[AmishDude]

Daily Kos is a blog from some Howard Dean ass-kisser employee.

[Howlin]

15. The Democrats have finally learned how to communicate with their bloggers — to their advantage. But no one beats the Freepers, not even Kos.

[Mo1]

I don't think it is a putdown, but I think they have the wrong idea on what FR is. FR is a forum, not a blog. As I understand it, a blog is a journal written by a personality for others to read

Exactly

ONE of these days they'll figure it out

[Mo1]

Kos is a Left that was once paid by the Dean Campaign

He's a mouth piece for the Dems

http://www.dailykos.com/

[bannedfromdu]

Blog Smog, you guys are missing the point,

WHICH IS

FREEPERS RULE AND THEY ALL KNOW IT

[My2Cents]

Great graphic! I love old "Hairplugs."

[My2Cents]

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