Comments on: Mike Gravel Dominates First Democratic Candidate Debate

By: Anderson

Anderson — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:06:00 +0000

Thanks for the corrections, JJ & Dave; the posts originally smacked of "see HOW crazy those stupid Dems are?"

By: Tano

Tano — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:33:32 +0000

Hey but it gets you a link!

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:34:25 +0000

OK, to be fair, I should have said that the COMMENTERS on the lefty blogs were more pro-Gravel than reasonable people might expect.

I thought we all learned that using the posts of blog commenters to draw any sort of conclusion about anything is a darned foolish thing to do.

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Final Look at Dem Debate » The American Mind — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:06:09 +0000

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By: David Weigel

David Weigel — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:11:38 +0000

OK, to be fair, I should have said that the COMMENTERS on the lefty blogs were more pro-Gravel than reasonable people might expect. None of the major lefty bloggers were. Fine, my bad. But the MyDD diary threads were thick with pro-Gravel chatter, including one thread proposing Gravel as a 2008 U.S. Senate candidate in Alaska.

Anyway, thanks for the link!

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:40:04 +0000

James, Here is the full MyDD post Dave links to:

Mike Gravel is channeling a very angry activist. Rock out, Mike!

This isn't quite saying "he won". The comments in that linked thread are a mix. Some people liked him. Some thought he was crazy. Some liked him but still thought he was crazy (personally, I fall into this last category - it was fun to hear him speak his mind in an otherwise boring event). Here's what John Aravosis of AmericaBlog had to say:

Gravel, loony, but fun as hell. He's the new General what's-his-name (Who am I, why am I here?!)

By: thomas

thomas — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:36:48 +0000

Are you stupid? Can't you recognize mockery when you see it? And you post to *one* open thread to prove that "lefty blogs" think Mike Gravel won, and that one thread is making *fun* of Mike Gravel? No wonder you guys can't run a country, you can't even recognize a little humour. Yeesh.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:36:46 +0000

Heh. I get a few from left-leaning interest groups but nothing from the candidates.

BTW, not sure why you and other co-authors are suddenly winding up in the spam queue when you comment. Ed Burns is going to look into fixing it for me when he gets back from a business trip.

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:45:34 +0000

Thankfully, I’m not on their mailing lists. I expect a similar deluge after the first GOP debate, though.

You should straddle the fence more, James. I get all the DNC releases, the Presidential candidate releases, AND all the GOP releases...

By: Planet Moron

Planet Moron — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Duncan Hunter: The Congressman from Calif… wait, are we thinking of Sam Brownback again? This is really getting embarrassing. [IMG Ron_paul_debate_1] Ron Paul: The Texas representative is the GOP’s answer to Mike Gravel, but further along in his court-ordered anger management program. Unfortunately he engaged in some transparent pandering when he tried to wrap himself in the mantle of that revered Republican Party hero:

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memeorandum @ 4:55 PM ET, April 27, 2007 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

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