How Liberal blogs are blowing GOTV on election day

[DeBunk]

There is nothing positive, affirming, or motivational coming out of the liberal blogosphere today.

Yes, it's important to expose GOP dirty tricks. But, it is even more important to motivate the base.

The liberal blogosphere has an obligation to not overwhelm voters today with negativity. If we lose there will be plenty of time for that tomorrow. There should be a 25% to 75% balance. 25% of stories should point out the dirty tricks, 75% should be positive affirming stories about candidates, turn out, and agenda.

Where is the warm fuzzy?

[Lautremont]

1. If you can't find it, you're not looking.

[DeBunk]

6. If you have to look, no one will find it

First rule of the internet.

[Lautremont]

11. I mean literally not looking.

As in: your eyes must be closed.

[DeBunk]

17. There's no need to be hostile

I'm looking at kos and C&L.

Kos has one story about dems being good for the market.

[Lautremont]

35. I'm not meaning to be. But I've seen so many

fuzzy, encouraging posts here alone that I honestly didn't know what you meant. I haven't checked kos or too many other places, to be honest, but from what I have seen, there's very much a mutually encouraging "get out to vote, it's a good thing, a right thing and the only thing to do" spirit. Michael Moore has that going on on his website, for instance, and DU is lousy with it (in the best way)!

So anyway, no hostility here, just a little incomprehension.

[DeBunk]

40. I'll be more specific

Say you are just getting off work and you are thinking of running by the polls on your way home. You have to make a couple other stops too, but you want to check the news before you go. You see:


MELTDOWN 2006: PROBLEMS ACROSS US


In huge font. Are you more likely to go, or are you less likely to go?

[Lautremont]

42. Me? More. But I take your point.

[uppityperson]

16. how can you see if if you don't look? How can you hear if you don't listen?

first rule of seeing is you must look. Open your eyes. Look. See. See debunk look. Look debunk look.

[DeBunk]

20. Why would you attack me?

I'm just pointing out my first hand observations from the two biggest liberal blogs.

[uppityperson]

27. not attacking, just trying to motivate. In answer, look post#12

no warm fuzzies are driving me to vote, trying to undo the harm, or at least stop it is. The GOP is doing all sorts of nasty tricks and those nasty tricks are motivating me further. That is all. Peace and thank you for helping gotv.

[DeBunk]

30. It's not about you and I. It's about the millions of Americans

Who need to jump on a winning bandwagon to jump at all.

When your local baseball team is winning there seams to be so many fans huh?

When they are losing, only the faithful care. We are the faithful.

[Old and In the Way]

2. okey dokey

[meegbear]

3. Well bunkport.blogspot.com doesn't seem to all warm and fuzzy either

[DeBunk]

5. No one reads my blog

I've been blogging for years, I get less then a dozen page views a week.

I'm not kos.

[meegbear]

18. Well brighten it up and maybe, just maybe, people will

[aquart]

4. Thank you for your concern.

[DeBunk]

10. You are welcome.

It's a real concern. Take a look at the Repub blogs.

They are far more GOTV driven.

[Nikki Stone1]

7. VOTE, GODDAMIT! VOTE! VOTE! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

How's that?

:evilgrin:

[DeBunk]

8. Good

I'm on my way right now.

I'm more worried that news of dirty tricks will suppress our vote then the GOP suppressing our vote.

[Nikki Stone1]

37. Good on ya! Go make us proud!

Persistence WILL win out.

[bowens43]

9. Anyone who votes today has already made up his mind to do so.

Nothing that is posted on liberal blogs or any other blog today is going to effect voter turnout.

[DeBunk]

13. I hope you're right

I'm more worried our folks will just stay home because they heard their vote won't count then I am about GOP dirty tricks.

[ellenfl]

15. amen. eom

[Norquist Nemesis]

22. Agreed! Anyone who is still on the fence or undecided today

is looking for an excuse not to vote, and will like use anything not to do it.

[uppityperson]

12. here are 2 for you.

Now go get busy motivating people. Search is instructive.

Edited to add, I am not voting, or motivating people to register and vote to be warm and fuzzy but to stop the goddamn occupation of Iraq, harm to the world, oppression of the people and to save our constitution from this fucked up administration that we have. Warm fuzzy? bah.

[bryant69]

14. The liberal blog-o-sphere has no obligation to do anythin specific

There's no liberal bloggers handbook or guideline - you just do what you think is best. And while obviously it's important to vote (and a lot of bloggers do seem to be punching that mantra) it's just as important to keep track of the Republican Assholes and their tricks.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[DeBunk]

24. Really?

I feel obligated to spend the rest of my day volunteering to get out the vote.

Why wouldn't everyone else?

[bryant69]

Well I think because they are immoral jerks

who don't measure up to your high standards.

Bryant

[DeBunk]

33. No Haggard is immoral

For being a lying sack of shit. I don't care about his sexual business.

I'm just a true blue liberal who thinks this thing is all about turn out.

I have to run. I have to vote, then go to work and then I am working GOTV in my area.

I want to win! I'm sure you do to.

[SF Bay Area Dem]

19. Voted absentee --- to make sure!

I am giving rides to people who need them in the Los Angeles area today so they can vote... I am doing my part an hope everyone else is as well. This election is NOT a give-me and everyone needs to do their part!

[Beelzebud]

21. People who check liberal blogs all day, already voted this morning.

[high density]

23. Do you really need somebody to tell you to vote?

If you're reading a political blogs and forums on the internet then chances are that you already have that motivation inside you.

[DeBunk]

25. People need a possitive affirming reason to get off their asses

It's always been like that and it always will be like that.

Sorry, You and I are self motivating, but millions of others are not.

[Orangepeel]

26. anyone interested enough to read a political blog has already voted.

IMO, anyway.

[DeBunk]

28. That may be. I think most of us here have.

But, I post on a lot of boards where people think the world is already lost and any effort is a waste of time.

I'm sick of that negative mentality.

As a movement we need to break out of that, or we will never be effective.

[ChiciB1]

29. Hey, Let them Tell Us We're Down... It's Keeps People Voting!!!

Just ignore them for now! JUST GOTV!!

[DeBunk]

31. I'm leaving to vote and go to work right now.

I'll check back later.

If we don't win I might consider jumping out of my window. Not to kill myself or anything (second floor window), just to take my mind of f the pain.

[WilliamPitt]

32. If ANYONE in the base needs to be motivated today

they should fucking well stay in bed. Damn.

[symbolman]

34. Uh

it's the MEDIA, using only whatever they can find that's NEGATIVE and pushing it..

Watch the word smithing, basically when they put a sentence together it's arranged to sound like the REPUBLICAN SHOULD WIN, pay attention to THAT.

it's called SPIN, and you should be used to it by now..

Rememeber when half a million protesters came out against the war and the media called it "Tens of Dozens" or bullshit like that?

SPIN.

Sorry about your blog.

[lectrobyte]

36. Seems like I see a lot of "get off your ass and vote" messages in

the blogosphere.

[AnnInLa]

38. Hate to DeBunk you, but you are wrong

I've been reading them since early this morning....the exortations to go vote are constant....along with reports on problems....which is what we want from them today.

I call Bull.

[DeBunk]

39. I see your bull and raise you

I'm looking for more then "everything is fucked up, but I'll vote anyway".

I know we've gotten beaten a few in a row, but we have to get out of the negativity.

We need hope to win.

[readmoreoften]

41. Anyone who needs smiley faces and lies to get their asses off the couch to press a button

is a spoiled fucking moron.