Rest assured, I am not entirely filled with bile and bad juju today, despite all evidence to the contrary. To prove it, here are some words of praise for a GOOD idea that stumbled into the old e.politics bunker this week: the DNC’s “WhichMitt” website, a fun way to get across the idea that Mitt Romney may have changed his mind a time or two over the years.
The site follows the ever-popular quiz format, presenting you with two possible-but-contradictory Mitt Romney quotes at a time and asking you to choose which one the presumed Republican presidential front-runner actually said. Surprise! In each case he said both, which the site proves with video evidence. Nice work all around — though a simple idea, it’s well executed (example: you can either take the quiz in order or skip directly to all the answers, a user-friendly touch). It works particularly well because it reinforces an impression voters and the political commentariat already have of Romney, that he might lack a certain amount of political consistency (i.e, his ideological compass is perpetually set on “spin”).
And Loyal Readers, please note — conservative online ideas may have fared poorly here earier today while a Democratic one received praise above, but that’s no sign that Epolitics.com will be going easy on the Left in the coming months. I’m on the liberal side myself, but bad ideas come from all directions, and this site is firmly on the side of equal-opportunity ridicule. E.pol sez, bring it on.
– cpd
October 12th, 2011
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Update: For contrast, c.f. today’s actual GOOD online idea, WhichMitt.com.
The internet is a really good place to spread ideas. Unfortunately, some of those ideas are really, really bad. Today’s examples of the latter:
- The Politico Primary: “The public has had it with Washington and conventional politics. It has lost trust and respect in the conventional governing class.” So what does Politico do? “Nominate” Condi Rice, Erskine Bowles, Jon Huntsman, perennial “centrist” love-target Michael Bloomberg and other members of the conventional governing class to be its dream candidates to lead us to the promised land of policy goodness. Bah! And, Bah, again! What mushy-middle, un-self-aware drivel.
- We Are the 53%, Erick Erickson’s utterly painful, unintentionally ironic “answer” to the Occupy Wall Street-aligned We are the 99% blog. Watch as everyday people who are actually getting screwed by the system worship their slave-chains in front of us all! Learn about creativity from the almost-immediate online spoof response (via Alex Pareene)! Find why Erickson’s whole site’s raison d’etre is based on a misconception! (Hint: EVERYONE pays taxes, even if they don’t pay federal INCOME taxes.) It’s so brave of Erickson to take on the parasites among us — you know, the people who make so little money that the government gives them a pass on taxes, except for when they pay sales taxes, payroll taxes, gas taxes, property taxes, etc., ad nauseum. Don’t forget the old people on Social Security! Granny, you and your cats are a stalking-horse for communism.
Please, please, somebody save me — I don’t think I can take much more of this.
– cpd
October 12th, 2011
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