Dear GOP: Keep Doing What You're Doing (Heh)

[DainBramaged]

http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article_id=129709

If you want us to vote for you, buy from you, read you or enter your contest, we want to hear your point of view, and then we want you to listen and respond to what we think. Social = two-way street.

The Republican Party's clueless new video contest demonstrates how new-media principles continue to elude the red team.

Republicans, says Finance and Commerce, are combatting "the Obama campaign's ability to excite people through the Internet," and therefore, "the Republican National Convention announced an online video contest in partnership with YouTube."

The national contest encourages participants to create a video that answers the question "Why are you a Republican in 2008?" The winner will be invited to attend the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, where the video will be played during proceedings.

Who decides the winners? The Republicans. Not the public: the Republicans. (Excuse me, I was breathless from laughing for a moment.)

Dear Republicans: Please keep doing exactly what you're doing now. You're doing everything exactly the right way.

Brought to you by one of those damn liberal bloggers.


Full disclosure: I'm not a Republican.

http://www.finance-commerce.com/article.cfm/2008/07/15/Republicans-link-up-with-YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RSaYVgd7yk&eurl=http://www.google.com/reviews/polls/contest/user/gopconvention2008/app?size=large&gadgetType=gadget&lang=en&coun

[patrice]

1. They have NO idea how OBSOLETE they are. nt

[DainBramaged]

2. Yes they do, they are like a train wreck in a tunnel

They can see the light of the other train, and there is nothing they can do to stop it

[patrice]

5. I think they're actually kind of enchanted by "the light of the other train".

Catastrophe, blood and suffering, sturm und drang give meaning to their Emptiness. They LOVE it.

[patrice]

6. It's the same buzz anyone gets off of doing something that's dangerous. nt

[Labors of Hercules]

3. Are all their leaders old southern white men?

not the most up-to-date demographic, are they?

[tabatha]

4. Obama's website is still superior to the RNC Convention website.

Why Google? I hope they are not republican.

[grantcart]

7. The most exciting event of the summer - The Republican National Convention

From the Republican youtube announcement


They must have a heads up on some great protests on their way to Saint Paul.

[vaberella]

9. I'm happy it's not NYC. You know what a Repub said when she

came to New York City. She said, "I can't wait to get back to America." Apparently it's too "ethnic" up in our neck of the woods for her. I almost did something volatile.

[DainBramaged]

10. I wish it WAS In NYC

I'd take my vacation JUST to protest every day.


Can you imagine the Bramaged one screaming at Rethugs close up?


I have a bullhorn. (heheheheheheh)

[vaberella]

11. Hah..A fellow NY'er I'll presume. Or NJite.

I couldn't stand them. I don't even know if protesting is worthwhile they sort of look at you as though we're zoo animals. Short of something physical (which I'm not advocating) they ignore us...keep in mind for many we're not America. "Ethnics that we are..."

[DainBramaged]

12. Joisey, (what exit?)

All I want to do is repeat over and over;

BUSH LIED, OUR CHILDREN DIED

[Howler]

8. lOL! I for one am enjoying the GOP train wreck!

I was on a mixed board today and one of the freepers actually said that he hoped McCain would pick Newt Gingrich as VP.
I told him I certainly hoped so too! HHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!
It's like watching a Shakespearian comedy or maybe just Macbeth.:headbang: