Comments on: Newt attacks attacks http://prezvid.com/2007/03/26/newt-attacks-attacks/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:52:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Shelby http://prezvid.com/2007/03/26/newt-attacks-attacks/#comment-359 Shelby Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:23:16 +0000 http://prezvid.com/2007/03/26/newt-attacks-attacks/#comment-359 Well, I've viewed the responses thus far to Newt's "Save the Goose" video challenge, and they aren't exactly enlightening ways to move this country forward, either. Capital is the sun and taxes are a shield that blocks it, oooh; capital is like water and taxes are the drain, aaahhh; and then there's the creepy guy in the baseball cap who I couldn't understand for a second. I made my own response but I'm really not sure he'd appreciate my adding it to his group feed. If these conversations aren't serious or helpful, it isn't YouTube's fault. The lack of substance in the national dialog about elections has been endemic since the 24 hour cable news cycle, and the paramount goal of the media buzz is the reason anyone who can't raise hundreds of millions of dollars is considered "second tier." YouTube is just a low-cost trampoline that people can try to use to vault themselves into the national spotlight if only for a few moments (thanks to dedicated internet reporters on CNN) without mortgaging the farm. Well, I’ve viewed the responses thus far to Newt’s “Save the Goose” video challenge, and they aren’t exactly enlightening ways to move this country forward, either. Capital is the sun and taxes are a shield that blocks it, oooh; capital is like water and taxes are the drain, aaahhh; and then there’s the creepy guy in the baseball cap who I couldn’t understand for a second. I made my own response but I’m really not sure he’d appreciate my adding it to his group feed.

If these conversations aren’t serious or helpful, it isn’t YouTube’s fault. The lack of substance in the national dialog about elections has been endemic since the 24 hour cable news cycle, and the paramount goal of the media buzz is the reason anyone who can’t raise hundreds of millions of dollars is considered “second tier.” YouTube is just a low-cost trampoline that people can try to use to vault themselves into the national spotlight if only for a few moments (thanks to dedicated internet reporters on CNN) without mortgaging the farm.

]]> By: Alex Hammer http://prezvid.com/2007/03/26/newt-attacks-attacks/#comment-351 Alex Hammer Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:39:13 +0000 http://prezvid.com/2007/03/26/newt-attacks-attacks/#comment-351 Link to this post is our 200th post at Politics 2.0 (What's now and what's next!) Link to this post is our 200th post at Politics 2.0 (What’s now and what’s next!)

]]> By: ABC Digital Futures » Blog Archive » Views differ on US presidential campaign viral videos http://prezvid.com/2007/03/26/newt-attacks-attacks/#comment-348 ABC Digital Futures » Blog Archive » Views differ on US presidential campaign viral videos Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:30:28 +0000 http://prezvid.com/2007/03/26/newt-attacks-attacks/#comment-348 [...] couple of weeks ago and has now spawned a minor industry in rebuttals, remixes and ruefulness (see Newt Gingrich’s cautionary words, which draw grudging support from [...] [...] couple of weeks ago and has now spawned a minor industry in rebuttals, remixes and ruefulness (see Newt Gingrich’s cautionary words, which draw grudging support from [...]

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