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Fri May-29-09 01:36 PM
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How popular is DU among politicians? Does anybody know? |
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I guess what I'm wondering, is if they are aware of the site - and if they peruse it.
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Fri May-29-09 01:39 PM
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1. I would think that many are aware. |
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Fri May-29-09 01:42 PM
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In the world of political message boards, this is one of the biggest. I've often wondered if they are familiar with it - and if they, or their aides, look in from time to time.
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Fri May-29-09 01:41 PM
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2. well, you'd have to assume a politician is a somewhat busy person |
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and a person who has any kind of schedule wouldn't have time to spend half their waking life farting on a message board.
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Fri May-29-09 01:44 PM
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6. Of course they're busy. |
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At the same time, though, I would *think* that they would be curious as to what their voters are talking about.
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Fri May-29-09 01:44 PM
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7. they get that from polling data |
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Edited on Fri May-29-09 01:54 PM by datasuspect
DU is a bit too unscientific.
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Fri May-29-09 02:16 PM
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16. and politicians are scientific types --generally? |
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do you know who you are referring to here?
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Fri May-29-09 02:15 PM
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Fri May-29-09 02:14 PM
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14. that's different than keeping tabs on some of what's said here |
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and i'm sure they do.
and don't forget politicians spend a lot of waking time going to all sorts of things most of us would consider a waste of time.
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Fri May-29-09 01:41 PM
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3. Well my wife Michelle loves it. So do my children Malia and Sasha. |
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We especially love the LOLcats.
But I would have no idea whether actual politicians enjoy it or not.
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Fri May-29-09 01:46 PM
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Fri May-29-09 01:41 PM
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4. Elizabeth Edwards (John's wife) joined up during the last primaries |
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so DU must be fairly well-read.
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Fri May-29-09 01:48 PM
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10. I had seen that mentioned before, but didn't know if it was true. |
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Fri May-29-09 01:52 PM
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She seemed very nice. Naturally, some DUers took it upon themselves to be assholes. IIRC, Skinner confirmed that it was indeed actually her.
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Fri May-29-09 01:47 PM
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9. After reading GDP today, I hope NOT that popular |
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:scared:
My thinking is that some staffers/interns probably have the job of perusing the blogosphere to see what people are thinking. DU is probably one of them. I would think the actual politicians don't surf the internet very often. I also know that alot of the senior politicians are not all that ummm technology oriented and prefer to have their younger staff members handle that area.:)
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Fri May-29-09 01:50 PM
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11. I was kinda thinking along the lines of aides doing the job. |
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Edited on Fri May-29-09 01:53 PM by BeachBaby
I'm just curious as to whether the politicians get any feedback on what they find here.
And you're right - sometimes that scares me, too.
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Fri May-29-09 01:53 PM
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13. This is actually an interesting question |
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I will ask my Uncle about it as he is one of the experts on media and politics.
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Fri May-29-09 02:24 PM
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17. Are you kidding? I'm a big topic of discussion with the Washington elite. |
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