Get off your asses. Seriously. This is Pathetic.

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(Anyone working offline on a Dem campaign can skip this thread, It isn't directed at you.)

Why the hell is YouTube full of awful right wing smears that have five star ratings? It only takes a few rates to knock those ratings down.

Why do hack freepers still have buttloads more comments than reasonable voices on several major websites? Even a dissenting snarky two-liner lets lurkers know the left is alive and kicking.

I'm all for DUing and kossaking around, but if you aren't going to leave your seat to go canvass neighborhoods, the LEAST you could do is sign up for some accounts on popular websites where the swing voters are hanging out.

Even if you are the shy type you don't even have to leave comments to rate stuff. That's just an anonymous click of a button.

So stop stalking your single-issue pet peeve on progressive blogs and get out there and put your shoulder to the wheel.

(Hint -- learning to use the search engine to sort by date added on YouTube is a good first step.)

(Other hint -- if you don't sign up to be able to post comments on your local newspaper or TV station website, don't expect someone from the other side of the country to do it for you.)


(EDIT to add: http://people-press.org/report/384/internets-broader-role-in-campaign-2008)

[napoleon_in_rags]

1. I'll tell you why:

Because conservatives, naturally repulsive, are repulsed by each other so they go out to make other people's lives miserable. Liberals naturally enjoy each other, so they clusterfuck together on websites like this and in cities like San Fransisco and New York.

But seriously, point taken. Rec'd

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2. Heheh...

...they do have a lock on the mom's-basement-dweller market for sure. But not a monopoly, thankfully. :-)

[swishyfeet]

3. I think you're over stating it

You've got the right attitude, but really, the only Rethug videos with stars are from John McCain dot com, and I they've probably got all their staffers rating up the videos.

YouTube is very pro-Obama.

But for good measure, I just rated up every Obama and down every McCain vid I could find in 5 minutes.

I just hate having to add one more view to the McGramps videos to do it.

[rurallib]

4. Lotsa time on their hands in Mom's basement.

[SwampG8r]

5. i agree i come here but i also

do hands on, on the street work in my area
it makes it easier to ignore the personal attacks being generated by the concern crowd here in that while they are concerned enough to be assholes online i am concerned enough to go door to door and try to build change



go-bama
yes
we can

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. RW Freepers are lost souls

[Runcible Spoon]

7. no offense, but I really don't think DUing Youtube is really gonna do much.

A better way to spend extra time is just to research and talk to people who are on the fence IMO.