tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post115510960462006957..comments2023-08-05T09:36:31.185-04:00Comments on New York's 24th District Independent: Lamont Memo to Michael Arcuri: The Internet Matters24thIndependenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411599694795845193noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1155206949431855762006-08-10T06:49:00.000-04:002006-08-10T06:49:00.000-04:00What all "this" means? Gee, it wasn't discussed h...What all "this" means? Gee, it wasn't discussed here by anyone before.<BR/><BR/>A planted question - but fine, I'll bite.<BR/><BR/>It's all about nothing. The donation wasn't illegal, and there is no evidence of wrongdoing.<BR/><BR/>District Attorneys make back room deals all the time, and so do state senators.<BR/><BR/>It's a summertime artificial outrage that amounts to nothing but innuendo.<BR/><BR/>Notice how everyone describes the situation, and then stops at saying "My, but it <I>looks</I> suspicious..."? That's because that's all the Republicans really have on this: Suspicions.<BR/><BR/>Here's a dirty little secret: When politicians rise beyond the level of dogcatcher, they get unsoliticited political donations from people who expect things in return. When it's proven that money was given in exchange for specific government action, that's a bribe. When that's not proven, it's just a rotten, corrupt political system that needs fixing - and Arcuri and Meier both are in the thick of it, as will any other candidate who makes it as far.24thIndependenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411599694795845193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1155175122125193172006-08-09T21:58:00.000-04:002006-08-09T21:58:00.000-04:00Can someone up here tell me what this all means? I...Can someone up here tell me what this all means? <BR/><BR/>Im no political bug, so I want help. I heard that Mr. Arcuri took shady contributions, but gave them back. I'm ok with that part, but what did the "Anderson" fellow expect for all the money? And should a DA be talking back-room deals? Mike never explained that, he just said it was a mistake, and said it was an oversight, and that just looks suspect to me. I believe the criminal can't vote so this just looks really bad, and we dont know who to believe!<BR/><BR/>Please Mike, Ray, SOMEONE!explain this to everyday people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1155144968488022942006-08-09T13:36:00.000-04:002006-08-09T13:36:00.000-04:00Word on the street says that Arcuri's campaign has...Word on the street says that Arcuri's campaign has hired a new media guru and a new field person. It is possible that this will bring change for the better. Or worse. We'll just have to see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1155135799747911232006-08-09T11:03:00.000-04:002006-08-09T11:03:00.000-04:00Glad to see that, after I posted this article, the...Glad to see that, after I posted this article, the Arcuri campaign put up two new "breaking news" articles (one over ten days old). I have a feeling that they're getting this same message from other people, expressed in private.<BR/><BR/>It's a shame to see that so much of these two articles was consumed with Arcuri being defensive over the whole campaign donations issue. <BR/><BR/>A campaign shakeup is in order. Arcuri's campaign is being managed into the ground.24thIndependenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411599694795845193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1155134317894628692006-08-09T10:38:00.000-04:002006-08-09T10:38:00.000-04:00Mainstream journalists are typically quite resentf...Mainstream journalists are typically quite resentful of bloggers, so to see the positive attention that bloggers are getting today, even when it's grudgingly positive, is remarkable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1155132936167795282006-08-09T10:15:00.000-04:002006-08-09T10:15:00.000-04:00Here's some of the text from that ABC News article...Here's some of the text from that ABC News article someone linked to from here:<BR/><BR/>There is also no question that bloggers — those online diarists simultaneously celebrated as a bold, new generation of citizen activists and derided as nasty socially challenged scribblers on a virtual bathroom wall — played a major role as well.<BR/><BR/>On highly trafficked national Web sites such as the Daily Kos, bloggers sent Lamont money, roused activists, drew attention, and influenced public opinion.<BR/><BR/>Their love was not unrequited.<BR/><BR/>Lamont featured Daily Kos' Markos Moulitsas in one of his TV ads and had a special suite for bloggers at his Meriden, Conn., victory headquarters Tuesday night.<BR/><BR/>"The best benefit that blogs can provide a campaign is actually to build buzz," Moulitsas said on "Nightline" last month. (LINK)<BR/><BR/>"We write about them. We talk about them. The traditional media now start picking up on races, you know, and generate local stories. … We're really a buzz machine, and if you create enough buzz, then … one of the side effects of buzz is money."<BR/><BR/>Other blogs and liberal Web sites provided bloggers with lists of voters, so as to encourage "Get Out the Vote" activities.24thIndependenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411599694795845193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1155130070629305752006-08-09T09:27:00.000-04:002006-08-09T09:27:00.000-04:00http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Technology/story?id...http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/<BR/>Technology/story?id=2291085&page=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1155125657358248182006-08-09T08:14:00.000-04:002006-08-09T08:14:00.000-04:00The Arcuri campaign's sloth in the use of the web ...The Arcuri campaign's sloth in the use of the web is a reflection of the economic and political sloth that upstate is stuck in. Good old boys doing things the same old way for their personal benefit. Never try anything new. Seldom see an opportunity and even less often take advantage of it. More of the same old, same old.<BR/><BR/>On a regional economic and political leadership level, the time is growing ever closer for a revolutionary change. The only question is whether it will be a progressive revolution or a reactionary revolution.<BR/><BR/>I don't get the sense that Mike Arcuri is anyone special. No one has ever described Arcuri as "the real deal" as one of Ned Lamont's supporters said of him. I get a sense that the progressives are just going to have to carry Mike Arcuri the best they can, as you are now doing.<BR/><BR/>BTW, John Walsh has a summer home in Cayuga County.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com