A lot of big bloggers on the right are linking to Barnett's article in the Weekly Standard which makes the case that the Daily Kos is somehow successful:
Some people on the right fear that the left has developed an insurmountable advantage in harnessing the power of the Internet. While the Daily Kos, YearlyKos, and other bastions of online liberalism have clearly become power players, conservatives have no comparable entities. The right-wing blogosphere doesn't hold conventions, doesn't win the attention of candidates, and more important, doesn't move voters the way the progressive blogosphere does. The progressive blogosphere is a hotbed of activism; the most prominent outposts of the right-wing blogosphere stick to punditry.THIS IS ALL WRONG.
First off... FREE REPUBLIC gets more daily traffic than the Daily Kos.
Second off... The Kossacks elected NOBODY to Congress and made not one whit of difference on the least election.
The Dems won Congress because of Foleygate, Abramoff, and Maccacca. END OF STORY.
If the Kossacks were en effective political machine worth emulating then we'd all be saluting Senator Ned Lamont.
The fact that Lieberman carried CT proves that the Kossacks are strictly an intra-party phenomena, a gang operating strictly within the Left.
The fact that the SHAMNESTY was defeated - and Miers and the Dubai Ports deal - all proves that the right-side of the blogosphere is VERY powerful - AND DOESN'T NEED TO TAKE ANY LESSONS FROM THE LEFT.
Great post, Reliapundit.
ReplyDeleteI agree with every word.
The Daily Kos is an embarrassment. I hope the Dems suffer many more such embarrassments. Lord knows they deserve it.
ReplyDelete(Oh, and by the way, for those who don't know, I am a lifelong Democrat, who never voted for a Republican UNTIL 2004.
Kos will be sucking the tits of the MSM as they wallow in an impression of the Titantic.
ReplyDeleteNow that truth is available and gaining in popularity, both Kos and MSM will sink.
KOS is a kind of top down phenomenon. The top 10 or so lefty blogs decide on a theme and distribute the marching orders (what they accuse the right of so often i.e. a projection of their own behavior)
ReplyDeleteOn the right there is no Central Command. Our intelligence is distributed. Opposing voices are encouraged and disputed.
The right encourages a kind of open source. The left is more closed. From Daily KOS to Real Climate opposing opinions are censored.
I like our way better.
BTW love your metaphor flanders.... Well put.