Comments on: NRSC: Hey, maybe we should reach out to right-wing bloggers

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Report: Stirrings in South Carolina to dump histrionic McCain crony

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:38:49 +0000

[...] Ace is talking smack even though he knows full well 99% of the people vowing to sit out if the shamnesty passes will bite down and vote Republican in ‘08 anyway. So let’s stop talking about some Grand Boycott as a reaction to the Grand Bargain. It’s not going to happen. Let’s instead identify a single object of scorn on whom to focus, and then beat his ass red in a primary challenge. I’m still skeptical that the, ahem, “rightroots” will ever play a major role in defeating any candidates, particularly an incumbent senator, but the practice will be good for us. [...]

By: Freelancer

Freelancer — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:26:45 +0000

gekkobear has it.

The RNC and the NRSC don’t want to pay that kid the $5, they want the solid conservative bloggers to do the work for free. Absolutely they will expect the Rightosphere to suddenly become their sounding board, and in this they are as clueless as about anything else.

If they bothered to read the blog posts and comments on the right, they’d have to face their mistakes that the loyal Right holds them accountable for. But like nearly all politicians, they want the good without the bad, so they’ll expect to USE the Rightosphere to parrot their talking points, without any negative feedback when those talking points aren’t what conservative citizens want.

The only real way for the RINOs to reach out to conservative bloggers is to agonizingly reappraise their positions and priorities, and fall in line with their base.

By: def Sparse(Matrix):

def Sparse(Matrix): — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:33:54 +0000

Uh huh….

Like I said here, the right-wing ’sphere is really a coalition of hawks, not right-wingers; if pushed to choose between a statist with a muscular foreign policy, like Joe Lieberman, and an anti-war neo-Bircher like Ron Paul, I suspect most of us woul…

By: JammieWearingFool

JammieWearingFool — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:19:42 +0000

Sure, reach out. Is that why I get emails from John Edwards?

By: BacaDog

BacaDog — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:06:30 +0000

maybe we should reach out to right-wing bloggers

Ya think?

By: gekkobear

gekkobear — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:33:31 +0000

Why do I suspect this is more about getting the RW Bloggers to report what they want; rather than any possible two-way street or actual interaction with the RW Blogs?

Must just be my natural cynicism… which as Obama has mentioned, is the real problem with America.

The question is… do I trust Politicians to fix the problems with cynicism and a troubling lack of trust?

Not without more drugs than are legally available.

By: right2bright

right2bright — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:38:50 +0000

Do you want to reach the conservative bloggers? Secure the border. We will all shout your name from the mountain top.

By: Dean Barnett

Dean Barnett — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:12:18 +0000

Ha!!! Victory!! Don’t talk to me about little things like traffic, orginality, appearance, etc. The people that hired Liddy Dole to run the show in ’06 know what they’re doing!

However, and I hate to say this, no one has reached out to me yet. So ronery…

By: jummy

jummy — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:10:42 +0000

It is almost as if they are afraid to voice a different opinion. Oops my mistake. That is because if you do step out of line or question the party line they bring out the banning stick.
So Republicans need to be careful what they wish for because the right side of blogosphere doesn’t take prisoners, but they as a general rule allow all voices to be heard.

hmm.

By: LakeRuins

LakeRuins — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:04:28 +0000

The right side of the blogosphere does not work the same way as the left side. The left stays in lock step. It is funny because all you need to do is read the first 10 comments on any left wing blog and those comments set the tone for all that follows. So really the only ones who have a voice on the left are the first few posters, which if you look closely are normally made by the same 3 posters. It is almost as if they are afraid to voice a different opinion. Oops my mistake. That is because if you do step out of line or question the party line they bring out the banning stick.
So Republicans need to be careful what they wish for because the right side of blogosphere doesn’t take prisoners, but they as a general rule allow all voices to be heard. Normally the ones I see get kicked off on the right are those who use abusive language or attack another poster.

By: TheBigOldDog

TheBigOldDog — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:59:30 +0000

Hey, they left out Free Republic – nuff said.

Anyone have the net ratings? What are the top 10 (in traffic) conservative web sites?

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:27:30 +0000

I like to think that conservative ‘net roots’ bloggers don’t appreciate being seen as a ‘commodity’. The allure of blogging is that we get to say what we want, whether or not we agree with the RNC or President Bush. I’m amazed that so many of the left side of the blogosphere are in lockstep in their denunciations of President Bush, the War on Terroristic Islam,
Conservatives, etc. They may be part of ‘groupthink’ but we mostly think for ourselves, though we do agree on many principles.

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:18:16 +0000

Here’s your first piece of friendly advice, boys: nothing productive ever can or ever will come from “engaging” the nutroots.

…or Ted Kennedy…or Henry Reid…or Jack Murtha…

By: libertarianuberalles

libertarianuberalles — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:10:46 +0000

Glenn shows the usefulness of connecting with a big blog, but also the difference (I hope) in the major right/libertarian/republican blogs: they’re VERY independent, not good on action alerts, and usefully critical of party organs. Frist does well personally on Glenn’s site, but was rotuinely beat up for his work in the Leadership.

Rudy and Fred are liable to do well on the sites listed, while the others won’t (especially McCain). If they’re looking for a friendlier reception, they’d need some socially conservative sites.

As to LGF: all islamism, all the time (other issues only get play as they relate to GWoT). Rudy is the only guy who could play there (Fred needs to show much more) and even then would face a fairly critical/hostile audience (so exactly how many days after inauguration would you invade Iran? bomb Syria? fence, wall, and mine the Mexican border?).

I think that the vast majority of readers and writers in the right side of the sphere would line up behind Joementum even before McCain, never mind Hagel/Paul. Paul’s mostly right on domestic politics, but Libertarian foreign policy isn’t fit for a dangerous world. It’s Hobbesian out there, but big L’s don’t recognize/accept that while the rightosphere does (Hit & Run and some Paleocons excepted).

All this means that Pat Ruffini needs a BIG promotion and a HUGE amount of money. Not enough people are really listening to him, but he’s setting himself up for a BIG, big role in the future.

By: saint kansas

saint kansas — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:04:55 +0000

Agreed, that excerpt from the 2007 manual would be funny if it weren’t so frightening.

Here’s an outreach plan, RNC: pay some neighborhood kid five bucks to fire up Mosaic on the x86 PC in your office and pull up one of those sites you list (or better yet, LGF or Hot Air or, best of all, mine).

Step 2: Remove head from rectum and READ the f#$*&ing site.

By: Rustyw

Rustyw — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:55:02 +0000

the right-wing ’sphere is really a coalition of hawks, not right-wingers;
Well, I would consider my self a center right libertarian, which I suspect Charles, Glenn, Allah et al would also. MM would fall in to the right wing though…….
Considering the make up of the libertarian party, that makes me a republican I guess. My support for Fred sort of cements the deal.

By: LakeRuins

LakeRuins — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:49:18 +0000

In fairness I wouldn’t classify LGF, Charles’ site as a political blog. More like a Islamic Revolution Watchdog site.

By: SSG Fuzzy

SSG Fuzzy — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:43:43 +0000

The clear cluelessness to suggest working with Michelle Malkin at the same time as pushing this shamnesty is just unbelievable! They have obviously never read her site!!

By: AlexB

AlexB — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:43:16 +0000

The horror.

When I first saw that link this morning I didn’t think it was “horror” in a comical sense. It was a very good idea, and I immediately thought how it is something Fred could/should use, and how this website might give Hillary a huge advantage over other Dem candidates.

By: commonsensehoosier

commonsensehoosier — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:37:23 +0000

Good LT…Based on the amnesty shamnesty deal, I’d say not only are they NOT reading right wing blogs, they aren’t even reading the frickin’ newspapers!

By: RushBaby

RushBaby — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:31:34 +0000

And here’s your second piece of friendly advice: any senator who helps push this amnesty bill through and wants some “help” from HA had best confine their outreach to MM or Bryan. Although I doubt you’ll find them much more receptive than I am, if at all.

I would love to be a fly on the wall…or at least get a peak at that particular correspondence! Hahahahahaw!

By: Kini

Kini — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:31:08 +0000

Blog outreach program. Sounds like a 12 step program.

By: Good Lt

Good Lt — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:28:02 +0000

Given the amnesty deboggle, they surely aren’t reading right-wing blogs.