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Plaid Adder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-04 11:48 AM
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Poll question: How Do You Like Your Political Commentary?
I'm talking about form here, not content. When you're reading an opinion piece, do you want it to be...
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-04 11:49 AM
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1. long and funny
or

short and somber
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Triple H Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-04 11:50 AM
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2. Well thought out...
and fact-based (with sources). Sometimes nasty attacks can go overboard. I don't exactly like long commentary either. :shrug:
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pmbryant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-04 12:12 PM
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7. Similar to what I'd say, though I'd also add 'original'
Or 'from an original point of view'.

But I'm very picky. :-)

Definitely I don't find length to be a particular good quality in political commentary.

Peter

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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-04 11:51 AM
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3. Straight up!
Tell you where they're coming from and where they get their "facts".
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Bill McBlueState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-04 11:52 AM
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4. nasty, brutish, and short
Well, short anyway. Writing succinctly is becoming a lost art. Unfortunately *I* tend to take this too far, and often fail to say enough to make myself clear.
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Goldmund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-04 11:53 AM
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5. Don't mean to stroke your ego...
...but your articles are exactly the kind of commentary I like.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-04 12:03 PM
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6. Oooh, I like
clicky things!!!!! <mashes mouse buttons> hehehehehehehehe :silly:
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-04 12:39 PM
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