Comments on: On Marcotte and Edwards http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/02/07/on-marcotte-and-edwards/ Illinois, From Misery Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:39:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jerry 101 http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/02/07/on-marcotte-and-edwards/comment-page-1/#comment-1732 jerry 101 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:00:46 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/02/07/on-marcotte-and-edwards/#comment-1732 I don't know how the Edwards campaign can possibly spin this well at this point, at least in terms of how I look at him. If he fires them, he loses big points with me for giving them the heave ho. If he comes in and announces he won't back down, it'll feel like a cynical ploy to seal the netroots support, once and for all. Come in as the white knight saving his bloggers from the ravenous hordes of the hard right. That'll cause him to lose points with me, because it'll look like he did his homework, expected the attacks, and pre-scripted his response. I think the best way for him to deal with this, in my opinion, is a brief release saying that the opinions of his bloggers are their own, and not necessarily reflective of his own (kinda like the commentary disclaimer on DVD's with directors/actors talking about the movie). That he respects their abilities, and that he is proud to have them on his staff. I don’t know how the Edwards campaign can possibly spin this well at this point, at least in terms of how I look at him.

If he fires them, he loses big points with me for giving them the heave ho.

If he comes in and announces he won’t back down, it’ll feel like a cynical ploy to seal the netroots support, once and for all. Come in as the white knight saving his bloggers from the ravenous hordes of the hard right. That’ll cause him to lose points with me, because it’ll look like he did his homework, expected the attacks, and pre-scripted his response.

I think the best way for him to deal with this, in my opinion, is a brief release saying that the opinions of his bloggers are their own, and not necessarily reflective of his own (kinda like the commentary disclaimer on DVD’s with directors/actors talking about the movie). That he respects their abilities, and that he is proud to have them on his staff.

]]> By: vwcat http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/02/07/on-marcotte-and-edwards/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 vwcat Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:57:47 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/02/07/on-marcotte-and-edwards/#comment-1731 It is funny to see the Edwardites going nuts on the blogs. The blogs who pushed Edwards into the second coming image and the followers who became overwrought fans were bound to be in for a let down. You never loose site of the fact that your candidate is, when all is said and done, a politician and a human being. The missteps recently of the Edwards campaign have put the supporters through a complete bi-polar experience several times. This would have not been the case if the bloggers who rooted for Edwards and the followers who built him up to an impossible stature, would have remembered who Edwards is. I even saw one blogger call him the embodiment of Camelot and sir Arthur. Please. That kind of thinking and writing will set everyone up for a let down when he turns out to not be made of fairydust. For all our talking about Obama's magic, I believe we who support him, know that he is mere mortal. And so when things like him being "oh the shock!' a smoker, the supporters either said so or laughed. We know he is not some god from on high. We understand him for a human being with flaws and apt to do stupid things. It is funny to see the Edwardites going nuts on the blogs. The blogs who pushed Edwards into the second coming image and the followers who became overwrought fans were bound to be in for a let down.
You never loose site of the fact that your candidate is, when all is said and done, a politician and a human being. The missteps recently of the Edwards campaign have put the supporters through a complete bi-polar experience several times. This would have not been the case if the bloggers who rooted for Edwards and the followers who built him up to an impossible stature, would have remembered who Edwards is.
I even saw one blogger call him the embodiment of Camelot and sir Arthur. Please. That kind of thinking and writing will set everyone up for a let down when he turns out to not be made of fairydust.
For all our talking about Obama’s magic, I believe we who support him, know that he is mere mortal. And so when things like him being “oh the shock!’ a smoker, the supporters either said so or laughed. We know he is not some god from on high. We understand him for a human being with flaws and apt to do stupid things.

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