Ron Paul's pointless Internet presidency

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Ron Paul's pointless Internet presidency
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The grassroots support Paul lavishly enjoys is either illusory—"astroturfing" by a campaign determined to make its marketing initiatives seem organic—or real.

 

[Aratus]

the article just went past the whole small contribution moneybomb approach to campaigning even
though it drives the bandwagon we have rolling. simply winning online polls does not cut it totally.

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

Media spin.

 

[bunklocoempire]

Yahoo Pravda

Interesting. The TV news never mentions Ron but the internet does... I've only been able to use the internet to promote Paul video speeches and such. Yahoo fail. Again. Always.

Ron Paul. Elfin ob-gyn goldbug. Ayn Randian. Foe of war, abortion and government. Texan. Rejector of Medicaid, rejector of Medicare. Climate-change skeptic. Keeper of odd company. Espouser of tendentious views.

Virginia Heffernan is a tool.

 

[digitaldean]

This persons twitter is @page88 so tell her what you think.

 

[time4change]

Sickening hit piece...which is why of course, it's on top of the front page of Yahoo! now with the worst photo of Paul I've seen. Yahoo! news is garbage.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

I like to consider these things as sheer desperation on the opposition's part.

 

[mport1]

The grassroots support Paul lavishly enjoys is either illusory—"astroturfing" by a campaign determined to make its marketing initiatives seem organic—or real.

Wow, I'm speechless.

 

[time4change]

Also, is it just me, or did the cowards at Yahoo turn off comments for this article...while leaving them on for every other Yahoo news piece?

Cause at the moment, this is the only article I see on Yahoo with no comments or comment form.

 

[kill the banks]

the corrupted media at their virtual reality game again

 

[LisaNY]

she has a book coming out! Let's be sure to review it


Virginia Heffernan @page88
National Correspondent for Yahoo! News. Book in the works - Magic and Loss: The Pleasures of the Internet, for Free Press.

New York, NY · ht t p://news.yahoo.com/

 

[Jonathon]

Read This If You Wanna Get Mad (or Don't Read This If You Don't Wanna Get Mad)!

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[Origanalist]

Heck, you could spend all day reading this stuff. Just go to Townhall and announce you're a Ron Paul supporter.

 

[jeremiahj13]

Disgusting yahoo article

http://news.yahoo.com/ron-paul-s-pointless-internet-presidency.html



By Virginia Heffernan

 

[jbauer]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, someone remember when her book comes out. I will gladly review it. What a bumbling bitch.

What she fails to realize is its the message not the man.

she has a book coming out! Let's be sure to review it


Virginia Heffernan @page88
National Correspondent for Yahoo! News. Book in the works - Magic and Loss: The Pleasures of the Internet, for Free Press.

New York, NY · ht t p://news.yahoo.com/

 

[jacmicwag]

The actual article is not as bad as the title which sucks big time.

 

[SamuraisWisdom]

Though it is rather snarky, there was some truth to it. We don't realize it of course because we are one of the people she's talking about, but for someone on the outside who doesn't pay all that much attention to the news, that is probably what we look like. It's unfortunate, and just a matter of fueled perception, but it's the truth.

 

[jeremiahj13]

Though it is rather snarky, there was some truth to it. We don't realize it of course because we are one of the people she's talking about, but for someone on the outside who doesn't pay all that much attention to the news, that is probably what we look like. It's unfortunate, and just a matter of fueled perception, but it's the truth.

They said it was the newbies with the negative attitude, lol.

 

[SamuraisWisdom]

They said it was the newbies with the negative attitude, lol.

My view has nothing to do with negativity, just what I've gathered from talking to regular people who aren't avid Ron Paul supporters. Ron Paul's support started in 2007 with word spreading around the internet and largely remained there for most of that election cycle. This year things have been a little different, but the image is still there in the minds of many people.

 

[Lord Xar]

I will remember