Reactions to story from guardian.co

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  Friends Like These

  http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/09/07/friends-like-these-2...
  86 days ago in Blue Crab Boulevard · Authority: 139

  A scathing analysis of the venomous, unhinged attacks on Sarah Palin and her family by the American left and the American media (yeah, I know thats redundant), appears in The Guardian today. Nick Cohen neatly dissects the response of the left to the
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  UK Guardian Chides American Leftist Media: See, Here's What You Did Wrong, Dummies

  http://ace.mu.nu/archives/272723.php
  87 days ago in Ace of Spades HQ · Authority: 1,096

  Ace Great piece. Must-read. My colleagues in the American liberal press had little to fear at the start of the week. Their charismatic candidate was ahead in virtually every poll. George W Bush was so unpopular that conservatives were scrambling around
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  How left-wingers destroyed Sarah Palin

  http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/2418
  41 days ago in Pickled Politics · Authority: 195

  Discussing the rise and then sudden collapse of support for Sarah Palin is likely to be the biggest story if John McCain loses the American election in less than two weeks time. When she was unveiled as the candidate, right-wingers mostly swooned over her (incl. Iain Dale and Guido Fawkes) while the left went on the attack. I was amongst the most scathing. Now here is the interesting thing. In America there was clear agreement in the left-wing media (the blogs, some shows on MSNBC) on how to regard her and approach her: with contempt. They highlighted every mistake and played up every bit of stupidity. Her supporters in the USA and UK responded to that by essentially saying: hah! Under-estimate her at your own peril. You’re just elitist of making fun of this family woman. This is why liberals keep losing elections. The key difference is that even some left-wingers in the UK were making that argument, scared as they are of criticising anyone on the right in case they look a bit elitist. One of the key articles was this by Nick Cohen, which now looks rather silly doesn’t it? And there was Shuggy’s post too. The numbers for Sarah Palin have blown up in their faces. According to the latest polls, her ratings her very negative. Furthermore, a huge number of Democrat women have been turned off by potentially voting Republican because of Palin. Except for one old lady who was wavering, every woman I spoke to otherwise said she was “scared” of a Palin vice-presidency. The polls support this. So there are three key points here. First, give the American public a bit more credit, eventually they see through bullsh!t. Second, McCain’s naked play for annoyed Clinton supporters has definitely backfired in his face. Thirdly and most importantly - the popular perception of Palin wouldn’t have turned negative if Democrats had resisted going on the attack and highlighting her inexperience. Going negative has clear benefits and during this election cycle the Sarah Palin angle has been one of the few times the Democrats have hit the target properly. If “left-winger” warn against being angry at made right-wing politicians because you may be out of touch, then ignore them. As I said then, Democrats should go on the attack. They did, and now they’re winning. Political strategy vindicated. And by the way, do you know how much Sarah Palin wasted on clothes?
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  Tweets for Today

  http://leftsider.vox.com/library/post/tweets-for-today-228.h...
  68 days ago in leftsider · Authority: 1

  07:56 great article: www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/07/uselections2008.republicans2008 Obama's fans are what keep me from him. # 09:55 @J1 see my last tweet # 11:28 @Jessie I'm with you. Who do we vote for? ;) # 11:30 @J1 Middle Class Outrage replaces Upper Class Supremacy. Incorrect replacing Incorrect, though more people onboard now. # 11:32 @J1 didn't lose it; never had it. I'm a skeptic; outrage is for the newly disillusioned. :P # 11:36 @J1 no need for apologies; say what you feel. But your approach is more polarizing than, say, @esc1144, imho. # 11:43 @J1 hopefully beyond skepticism; I'm longing to be convinced. But is there really anything gained from polarization. Don't be ok with that. # 11:45 @everyonewhousestwitterandalltheirvotingfriends: our country's foundation is based on a republic and a democracy working together. TOGETHER! # 13:55 @camba haha unless he's making it. :) # 14:02 @camba don't believe him, I had to go get him for lunch today. But he did pay so I'm eternally grateful ^^ # Twitter roundup via LoudTwitter
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  Reversal of fortune

  http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/00289...
  81 days ago in Ministry of Information · Authority: 3

  Reversal of fortune I'm not sure what caused me to read as far as the sixth paragraph of a Guardian article about the US presidential election, as I don't remotely share the paper's political leanings and I find the domestic politics of some distant nation deeply boring.
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  How to win lose win lose (___?) an election

  http://yarnsandyarns.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-to-win-lose-wi...
  83 days ago in just muttering · Authority: 9

  Obama "understands better than his supporters that it is not a politician's enemies who lose elections, but his friends." "Hatred is the most powerful emotion in politics." Both sentences are from an article by Nick Cohen in the U.K.'s Guardian/Observer (by the way, when did they become part of each other??) that hits several nails on the head all at once (h/t duff and nonsense). The article provides insights that cannot help but help in the 50+ days ahead in terms of understanding the ups, downs and utter madness that is going on. Both Obama and McCain vowed to stay away from nastiness but I guess no one can hold onto that idea for long with how much is at stake. It's really too bad but common wisdom is that angry and nasty is more effective than calmly discussing issues.

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