Comments on: Puffingate and the partisan bubble http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/09/10/puffingate-and-the-partisan-bubble/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lipsticked Pigs and Poopin’ Puffins - Le Petit Émerillon http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/09/10/puffingate-and-the-partisan-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-40958 Lipsticked Pigs and Poopin’ Puffins - Le Petit Émerillon Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:01:46 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=2592#comment-40958 [...] Shout-out to Fagstein. [...] [...] Shout-out to Fagstein. [...]

]]> By: Shawn http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/09/10/puffingate-and-the-partisan-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-40927 Shawn Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:16:55 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=2592#comment-40927 Agree with you 100% about Olbermann. I recently subscribed to MSNBC just to see what all the fuss was about, and was appalled. IMO, he's just a liberal version of a Foxnews blowhard. I'm a liberal, and would certainly be for Obama if I lived there. But to see those views delivered with such demagoguery was sad. I canceled MSNBC asap. if I want to hear intelligent American liberal discourse, I guess it's PBS or nothing. Agree with you 100% about Olbermann. I recently subscribed to MSNBC just to see what all the fuss was about, and was appalled. IMO, he's just a liberal version of a Foxnews blowhard. I'm a liberal, and would certainly be for Obama if I lived there. But to see those views delivered with such demagoguery was sad. I canceled MSNBC asap. if I want to hear intelligent American liberal discourse, I guess it's PBS or nothing.

]]> By: Pierre JC Allard http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/09/10/puffingate-and-the-partisan-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-40922 Pierre JC Allard Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:03:01 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=2592#comment-40922 It proves that political thinkers in Canada opinate that the average voter is a moronic, "neoconpoop" titillated by images of pooping birds. Has the concept been imported from the USA ? Did me did it to ourselves, just looking, gaping, smirking and aping stupid behavior ?... I'm toying with the idaa of retiring to Europe. Winds from Texa are blowng to strong nowadays in this country Pierre JC Allard It proves that political thinkers in Canada opinate that the average voter is a moronic, "neoconpoop" titillated by images of pooping birds. Has the concept been imported from the USA ? Did me did it to ourselves, just looking, gaping, smirking and aping stupid behavior ?... I'm toying with the idaa of retiring to Europe. Winds from Texa are blowng to strong nowadays in this country

Pierre JC Allard

]]> By: Geneviève Lefebvre http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/09/10/puffingate-and-the-partisan-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-40921 Geneviève Lefebvre Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:57:23 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=2592#comment-40921 For a minute there, I could have sworn you were writing about the media groups... For a minute there, I could have sworn you were writing about the media groups...

]]> By: Jean Naimard http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/09/10/puffingate-and-the-partisan-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-40913 Jean Naimard Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:03:58 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=2592#comment-40913 > And the media, desperate for a scandal/process/horse-race story because they’re too lazy to research platform points and analyze actual policy issues, sucks it all up. Researching issues is time-consuming. The owner of the printing press is rather loath to pay journalists to dig through political platform issues, especially if that digging is likely to expose shit that would decrease the chance of the printing press owner’s favourite candidate to be elected. So this is why there is no proper research being done. > And the media, desperate for a scandal/process/horse-race story because they’re too lazy to research platform points and analyze actual policy issues, sucks it all up.

Researching issues is time-consuming. The owner of the printing press is rather loath to pay journalists to dig through political platform issues, especially if that digging is likely to expose shit that would decrease the chance of the printing press owner’s favourite candidate to be elected.

So this is why there is no proper research being done.

]]> By: Josh http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/09/10/puffingate-and-the-partisan-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-40912 Josh Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:38:29 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=2592#comment-40912 I watched Olbermann last night too, and I had the exact same reaction. So infantile. I watched Olbermann last night too, and I had the exact same reaction. So infantile.

]]> By: plam http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/09/10/puffingate-and-the-partisan-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-40911 plam Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:37:16 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=2592#comment-40911 While I do agree that the nasty attacks are a problem, I'm not sure what the politicians can actually do about it. Attacking seems to be effective, or perhaps more importantly, not attacking back seems to lead to losing, as the US Democrats have experienced. I'm really concerned that the Canadian Conservatives are bringing US-style mean politics to Canada. While I do agree that the nasty attacks are a problem, I'm not sure what the politicians can actually do about it. Attacking seems to be effective, or perhaps more importantly, not attacking back seems to lead to losing, as the US Democrats have experienced.

I'm really concerned that the Canadian Conservatives are bringing US-style mean politics to Canada.

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