Sen. Allen day 2- the first YouTube election + full spin control

[underpants]

The First YouTube Election: George Allen and “Macaca”
http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/?p=426
What does this YouTube revolution mean for politics? It’s far too early to tell. One might hope that the omipresence of handicam reporters would mean that all of the artifice of advance teams and printed backdrops and hand-picked crowds of supporters only will be erroded. Unlike the professionals at CNN who play along and film the fakeness because it makes for pretty TV, the YouTubers out there are dedicated to exposing such artifice as an embarassment. And embarassing it is.

On the other hand, this YouTube threat could also hurtle the stage management of politics into hyperdrive, curtailing the kind retail politics and informal “Listening Tours” like the one Allen was on yesterday. Every candidate suffers from foot in mouth disease occasionally, if left alone without a script in front of a live audience. The consultants and advance men may stop deploying their candidates to the real world to every extent practicable.

Whatever the case, it’s clear that YouTube is already changing the game. And politicians of all stripes had better watch out.


Apologizing for George Allen (Fox News)
http://www.newshounds.us/2006/08/16/apologizing_for_george_allen.php

Allen on Damage Control After Remarks to Webb Aide
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081501210.html

ABC: Allen To Be 'Haunted For Years to Come' By 'Macaca' Comment
http://newsbusters.org/node/7006 <--- Newsbusters is dedicated to exposing the liberal media

[eleny]

1. The great leveling

Just when the "haves" thought they had power and control pretty much sewn up - along comes the internet with all it's possibilities. The internet allows us all to be players in our government. Democracies a "bitch", eh Georgie?

[underpants]

2. Aside from the lame "Mohawk" excuse and aside from the "Real world"comment

He clearly saw the guy with the camera. He REMARKED on it and then went on to say what he said.

My God if the people around here don't take this as a sign they never will. :eyes:

[eleny]

5. Even Tweety commented on that last night

He talked about how Allen was speaking directly to the guy holding the camera. I'd say that there was a huge does of arrogance involved, too. I had to wonder if he knows the machines have his election sewn up no matter what he says. But no matter what, Allen is a major dufus. And like my mom always used to say "More gall than brains".

[unpossibles]

3. why do you think they want to regulate it?

if they do, they have effectively removed the final stop in us being able to get real information and news.

Well, that and funny videos of morans making asses of themselves....

[demnan]

4. Don't you just love it when they make asses of themselves!

This is a gift to Jim Webb. I hope he hires Mr. Sidarth full time for his staff in the Senate. And Mr. Sidarth gets a bit older and runs for Congress!!!