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Minnick, Dems Hold Online Edge

Posted by DFO

Feb. 27, 2009 11:07 p.m. • 1 comment

Minutes after President Obama finished his address to Congress Tuesday, Idaho Rep. Walt Minnick posted his reaction at Facebook, the ubiquitous social networking site. “These times are too tough and there is too much to be done to linger over the points where we differ. … And all of us, especially those who recently lost their jobs, are ready to roll up their sleeves and go to work. I join the president, my fellow Americans and Idahoans in standing up, ready to go to work.” Within minutes, the debate began: civil but pointed. Some of the 30-plus comments reminded the Democrat Minnick of his vote against the Obama economic stimulus bill . … Other commenters stuck up for Minnick: “Nothing like consistently letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. … Is Rep. Minnick a ‘traditional’ liberal Democrat? Of course not, and if he was, he could never have won Idaho’s 1st Congressional District.” For a political watcher, this is fascinating stuff. It pays to have a congressman for a Facebook “friend”/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: Democrats, like Minnick, have maintained an online edge over their Repub counterparts. Do you think the R’s are beginning to catch up? Or the gap is widening?

One comment on this post so far. Add yours!

JamesBond on February 28 at 5:29 p.m.
I think the gap is widening. I believe far too many Republicans have adopted this strange, holier-than-the-Internet attitude that is probably some kind of tumorous outgrowth of the phony “social conservatism” shtick that was sorta fresh back when The Dukes of Hazzard and BJ and the Bear were all the rage.

I, for one, as a Angry White Ex-South Park Republican (AWESPR), chalk this whole dynamic up on my “reasons to mock the stupid freakin’ Republicans” list. It’s so long that it’s now officially craptastic.

P.S. I am starting a “Let’s Harass Steve Hartgen Online” club, and anyone who joins now will be a Charter Member. Screw you, Steve!!!!

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.