Weblogs and the presidency

[Nick Parker]

Has anyone noticed recently that many of the 2004 presidential candidates have weblogs? Initially I found this rather interesting, assuming they would be used as most people use a weblog, discussing a personal account of "something" in their life they would like to share with others. Interestingly enough, many of the blogs don't have posts made by the candidates themselves but by their "supporters". Now I don't consider myself so naive to think they might possibly have time to (or want to) continually post to a personal "political" blog, but I would think they might at least make it appear as if it were the candidate directly posting. Again I see this as another indirect form of advertising for their candidacy. Here are a few links of 2004 candidates weblogs I have put together from Politics1 - Presidency 2004[^]. Interestingly enough, President Bush's blog contains many RSS feeds. :) George W. Bush weblog[^] Wesley K. Clark weblog[^] Howard Dean weblog[^] John Edwards blog[^] John Kerry weblog[^] Joe Lieberman weblog[^] - Nick Parker
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[zeta_theking]

i think its great...atleast the candidates don't have an excuse anymore,for not being able to make a personal touch.

[Colin Angus Mackay]

George W. Bush's "BLOG" states 317 days to election day!!!! ¡Ay qué mucho tiempo! Here in Britain the election race lasts a few weeks at most and about half way through I am so dulled by it that I have to resist apathy to actually go and vote for one of them. No wonder that so few Americans vote, most appear to be beaten into submission by the whole electoral process. (In case you're wondering: I've developed a curious habit of exclaiming in Spanish for some reason...) --Colin Mackay--

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[Roger Wright]

Colin Angus Mackay wrote: I've developed a curious habit of exclaiming in Spanish for some reason... Perhaps you should cut back on your consumption of Spanish Fly[^]. It does have side effects, you know...:sigh: "Another day done - All targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly" - Jennie A.

[JWood]

What boggles my mind is that some states are thinking of using a caucus instead of a primary. When did this start? I thought primaries were an important part of the election process.

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[Gary R Wheeler]

You can't seriously believe that any of these blogs are anything more than part of the overall 'get our guy elected' strategy, and are as carefully scripted as any campaign speech. There is no way a contemporary campaign 'wrangler' would let their prospect get anywhere near to posting their unadulterated opinions on a web page.

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[Nick Parker]

Exactly, that's why I said I thought it appears like another form of indirect advertising for the candidate. - Nick Parker
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Last time I checked, all programmers have selective ignorance. I know nothing about 3D graphics. I know a lot about COM. VB gets under people's skin because one can be ignorant of computer architecture and ASM and still get a lot done. - Don Box