https://freerepublic.com/tag/blogspolitics/ en-us Tue, 5 Nov 2013 18:14:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3087783/posts Not long ago, Barack Obama gave a highly publicized speech in which he disparaged bloggers as a class of people who, along with lobbyists and talk-radio hosts, ought to be ignored. Just what Obama holds against bloggers was never entirely clear, especially since he is known to occasionally meet with us (or so I have read). Today, Obama has a blog item of his own in the Huffington Post, urging Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. A consideration of its polemical merits makes clear the source of his mysterious resentment of bloggers: rank envy. What’s noteworthy about Obama’s blog... New York Magazine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3087783/posts#comment Tue, 5 Nov 2013 18:14:36 GMT