Bloggers at Dole Center Tonight
So this kind of slipped under my “cool stuff in Lawrence” radar but the girlfriend happened upon this press release while checking if school was scheduled to be cancelled today (we got some snow again last night).
Long story short, 5 very influential political bloggers will be presenting a round table on the topic of “The Impact of Political Blogs on the 2008 Election.” The event starts at 7:30 at the Dole Center but unfortunately I have a video/sound test until 8. I’m hoping to make it for the second half, maybe see you there?
Oh, and this event isn’t just some joe schmo bloggers, these people are the real deal including:
- Joan McCarter (contributing editor at Daily Kos)
- Scott Johnson (co-founder of the blog Powerline)
- Patrick Hynes (Consultant for Sen. McCain and author of Ankle Biting Pundits)
- Jerome Armstrong (MDD and architect of Dean’s Internet campaign)
- Rick Erickson (Managing editor of RedState.com)
As you can see both sides of the aisle will represented tonight, and it is yet another cool thing that living in a university town offers. For more info check at lawrence.com’s preview of the event.
Update: I didn’t make it last night as the gf has fallen ill with some kind of sore throat/head cold…no fun at all. However, here is a great live blog of the event. It’s almost like being there. I just wanted to add that I don’t support or promote the general content/pov on that site, I just felt that their coverage of the event was to good to pass up.
Hey Matt! Happy to be of service - but just *what* do you think my POV is from your probably cursory examination of the site?
I suspect that I don’t quite fit the template that your POV filter slapped up from the visuals.
8^)
BTW - the post above the one you linked to has a link to the video archive - so you can watch the whole thing and not have to contaminate yourself (or your fellow readers here) moving amongs the musings of a far more varied blogger than I’m betting you assume…
Cheers,
John of Argghhh!
February 14th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
John,
You pretty much hit the nail on the head, and no offense was intended.
I believe a link to someone else’s site to be a tacit admission that I agree with what that blogger(s) has to say. While I can say I’ve really enjoyed reading through your site (I’m sure you’ll notice all the hits from Lawrence), I wanted to delineate the difference between the content of your specific post and the content of your general site for my readers.
Personally, I enjoyed your site and the very conversational writing style that was contained in your live-blog. I have since subscribed to your RSS feed as I whole heartily enjoy reading and absorbing multiple points of view, and I’m always on the look out for more local and regional bloggers to read.
So I apologize if I offended you in regards to my disclaimer. It is something that I have an unwritten rule about when I link to sites with which I feel might not reflect, whether it is political or not, my views. As this is my blog, and more importantly to google my name in the url, I feel that everything I do on the site reflects upon me and the image I present to the world. So in essence I am the gatekeeper of what people perceive about me and my views. Of course making a decision about any site, especially a weblog, is a snap judgement on my behalf as I have not read your entire site and do not fully grasp your opinions upon every issue…however, that editorial control is something that I love about blogging and make very few apologies for.
However, as I said above, I do apologize in regards to my assumptions and if any offense was taken it was not my intention.
Thanks for furthering the online conversation and questioning my use of the disclaimer, and I look forward to continuing to read your site.
p.s. I can’t wait to check out the video, very cool of the Dole Center to post that so quickly.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:21 am
I wasn’t offended - that’s what the emoticon was for…
I am, most definitely on the right, but it’s far more center-right than right-center, so to speak.
I too make a point of reading people who don’t look at the world the way I do.
Sometimes my head explodes, but that’s why the wallpaper is vinyl.
And the only reason I gently prodded was because I know *exactly* what it’s like to make the snap judgement based on the template.
But I wasn’t offended, just suffering from my usual bemusement, I assure you!
Cheers,
John
February 15th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Excellent, well I’m glad to hear I have another friend out in the blogosphere. :)
p.s. stupid wordpress for not displaying your emoticon properly.
February 16th, 2007 at 8:48 am