Comments on: Closing the Book on YearlyKos http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/ Conservative blogger and journalist with a passion for politics, sports and family Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:34:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bluey Blog | Robert B. Bluey » Let’s Stop Fawning Over the Netroots http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/comment-page-1/#comment-980 Bluey Blog | Robert B. Bluey » Let’s Stop Fawning Over the Netroots Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:59:54 +0000 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/#comment-980 [...] Dean Barnett writes in the Weekly Standard about the “Lopsided Netroots,” an analysis of why there’s no YearlyKos on the right. It’s a question that Mark Tapscott and Patrick Ruffini addressed last month, and one I remarked on more than once. [...] [...] Dean Barnett writes in the Weekly Standard about the “Lopsided Netroots,” an analysis of why there’s no YearlyKos on the right. It’s a question that Mark Tapscott and Patrick Ruffini addressed last month, and one I remarked on more than once. [...]

]]> By: Bluey Blog | Robert B. Bluey » We Have the Eyeballs, Just Not the Activism http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/comment-page-1/#comment-985 Bluey Blog | Robert B. Bluey » We Have the Eyeballs, Just Not the Activism Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:04:42 +0000 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/#comment-985 [...] Their piece appears in Politico and quotes extensively from a Patrick Ruffini blog post that I linked last week. Here’s an excerpt from Rasiej and Sifry’s op-ed: What all this means is [...] [...] Their piece appears in Politico and quotes extensively from a Patrick Ruffini blog post that I linked last week. Here’s an excerpt from Rasiej and Sifry’s op-ed: What all this means is [...]

]]> By: Bluey Blog | Robert B. Bluey » A Busy Afternoon on Internet Radio http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Bluey Blog | Robert B. Bluey » A Busy Afternoon on Internet Radio Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:49:10 +0000 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/#comment-984 [...] Hunter of Americans for Tax Reform and Amanda Carpenter of Townhall about YearlyKos. I offered these thoughts about it yesterday. (Click here to [...] [...] Hunter of Americans for Tax Reform and Amanda Carpenter of Townhall about YearlyKos. I offered these thoughts about it yesterday. (Click here to [...]

]]> By: Patrick Ruffini :: When Does Movement 2.0 Get Started? http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Patrick Ruffini :: When Does Movement 2.0 Get Started? Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:59:14 +0000 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/#comment-983 [...] Coming on the heels of the YouTube debate fight, YearlyKos has sparked a lively conversation on the right about what needs to be done to reinvigorate our movement online. The leading lights on this are Mark Tapscott, Soren Dayton, Amanda Carpenter, and Robert Bluey. [...] [...] Coming on the heels of the YouTube debate fight, YearlyKos has sparked a lively conversation on the right about what needs to be done to reinvigorate our movement online. The leading lights on this are Mark Tapscott, Soren Dayton, Amanda Carpenter, and Robert Bluey. [...]

]]> By: Rob Bluey http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Rob Bluey Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:57:07 +0000 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/#comment-982 You're right, we do "hate" the terrorists. But frankly, you'd have a hard time convincing me to like anyone who wants to kill me. No doubt there are people on the right who harbor hateful feelings, but in my experience the online left is much more focused on <a href="http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/07/13/no-reason-to-celebrate-plan-b/#comments" rel="nofollow">personal attacks</a>. Again, I'm speaking from my own personal observations. You’re right, we do “hate” the terrorists. But frankly, you’d have a hard time convincing me to like anyone who wants to kill me.

No doubt there are people on the right who harbor hateful feelings, but in my experience the online left is much more focused on personal attacks. Again, I’m speaking from my own personal observations.

]]> By: Bart Bartleson http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Bart Bartleson Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:29:56 +0000 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/08/07/closing-the-book-on-yearlykos/#comment-981 "These individuals have been motivated by their hatred for President Bush and pretty much everyone who subscribes to conservative principles." Garbage. Flawed premises lead to flawed conclusions. Perhaps the riding roughshod over law, reason, the Constitution, etc. might have had something to do with it. "Hate," is the province of the Right. Or haven't you been reading? “These individuals have been motivated by their hatred for President Bush and pretty much everyone who subscribes to conservative principles.”

Garbage. Flawed premises lead to flawed conclusions. Perhaps the riding roughshod over law, reason, the Constitution, etc. might have had something to do with it. “Hate,” is the province of the Right. Or haven’t you been reading?

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