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Dishonesty In Blogging

January 7th, 2007 13 Comments

Yeah, it’s just blogging, but Matt Stoller gets more and more ridiculous in his attacks on Barack Obama. Even his readers think it smells.

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13 Responses to “Dishonesty In Blogging”

  1. Richard says:
    January 7, 2007 at 8:23 pm

    That’s one of the unfortunate things I have noticed about bloggers on both sides of the equation. I would never vote for Obama, but it has to do with his politics rather than any other made up garbage that is being spouted.

  2. vwcat says:
    January 7, 2007 at 11:27 pm

    His rants are getting so they look more like Edwards fanboy posturing. it’s fine for someone to support who they want but, a responsible blogger would give legit credit to the other hopefuls as well.
    To single Obama out for some sort of irrational bashing makes him seem like he wants to copy Sirota and look just as silly.
    As for myself, I am a supporter of Obama. He is my senator and he is alot deeper and better informed on the issues than many give him credit for. His record is impressive. But, why would he give alot of his ideas on issues if he has not announced. many criticize him for this but, none of the other candidates who have not announced. It seems like many bloggers have a separate standard for Senator Obama.

  3. benny05 says:
    January 8, 2007 at 12:57 am

    One of the tags is John Edwards. I didn’t see John Edwards in the post.

    Stoller is clearly a Clarkie, but yet I’m surprised he’s hitting on Obama.

  4. benny05 says:
    January 8, 2007 at 1:05 am

    “His rants are getting so they look more like Edwards fanboy posturing. it’s fine for someone to support who they want but, a responsible blogger would give legit credit to the other hopefuls as well.”

    Stoller is anything but an Edwards supporter. Your post is so wrong. He dislikes Edwards.

  5. James E. Powell says:
    January 8, 2007 at 2:54 am

    I don’t have the brief against Obama that Stoller does, but I do think Obama has the White House Disease. The most irritating symptom: a marked tendency to care more about Beltway Conventions than Democratic voters.

    It’s pretty harsh to call it dishonesty. You can argue that he is singling out Obama for the same thing that other Democrats say, but that’s hardly the same as lying. And I didn’t see him praising those other Democrats.

  6. craig says:
    January 8, 2007 at 3:41 am

    What I haven’t heard explained is how stopping funding will do anything but backfire on Democrats.

    I have to admit I really know nothing about the budget process… but is it not possible (or likely) that Bush will send in more troops regardless of what money congress gives him, and then the troops will be undersupported, have even less body armor, etc., and then Bush will get to blame that on the Democrats?

    Somebody please explain to me how that does NOT happen. I’m not saying that there isn’t some reason that it doesn’t, but I haven’t heard anybody explain how it doesn’t (or even broach the subject.)

  7. A Pilot says:
    January 8, 2007 at 5:31 am

    Stoller may be a bit over the top, but he does have a point. Could Obama please stop with the triangulation bullshit? It’s so early 90s.

    Why exactly must Obama keep saying that civility is the most dire need in Washington? Civility is quite easy: roll over and do nothing when the people’s treasury is plundered, for example. He can do a lot better.

  8. liza says:
    January 8, 2007 at 8:29 am

    Well, you know Oliver, Clinton entrusted him with the job of promoting diveristy in the blogosphere …. yah.

    TOTALLY OFF-TOPIC : Proof positive that loyal readers use RSS : You’re now on TypePad?!?!? WTF, dude!

    I have been reading you for so long I’ve known this site to be on … hmmm … 4 different platforms? MT, Drupal, WordPress, and now TP? And I can’t remember if you ever were on Blogger.

    You change blog publishing platforms like I change panties. Wassup with dat?

  9. Sean says:
    January 8, 2007 at 9:28 am

    Dishonesty? Damn that’s harsh.

    A few posts earlier, you mentioned Pelosi’s warning about cutting off funding for escalation in a favorable light.

    Now Stoller is just being dishonest for raising questions about Obama’s negative take on the possibility that Democrats could cut off funding?

    I guess it is silly season.

  10. Wellstone says:
    January 8, 2007 at 10:01 pm

    I am getting v-e-r-y tired of Sen. Obama.

    Like Stoller, I got pissed at him for weakening our brand by posturing for the religious right in the middle of our war with the right-wing religiosity retards.

    I got a VERY big whiff of “It’s my time to SHINE, boys, it’s now or never!!!” from Sen Obamamama.

    And, like Stoller, thought it unseemly , premature, and definitely dividing, not uniting our new Progressive caucus.

    He’s going to have to come a LONG way back to progressive values to have me jump on his bandwagon.

    Right now? To me? Barack’s just another opportunist, with more “audacity” than most.

  11. Zython says:
    January 9, 2007 at 3:46 am

    Like Stoller, I got pissed at him for weakening our brand by posturing for the religious right in the middle of our war with the right-wing religiosity retards.

    I don’t get that vibe from him (Howard Dean, OTOH). I think he’s just trying to dispell the myth that conservatives have a monopoly over religion.

  12. Reitred Catholic says:
    January 9, 2007 at 1:56 pm

    Until I see Barack Obama actually take substantive stands on issues that manner and separate himself more the CW of the DLC, I will continue to distrust him. I don’t feel particularly critcal of him at this point, but so far he has shown very little by Elmer Gantry talent for speaking.

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