RNC Bloggers

What a waste of time. Here, the RNC Bloggers, in their own words, sum up the convention:

Scott Sala: Finishing the War on Terror trumps all!

David Adesnik knows who's really in charge. (Hint: It's not about Laura. Shhh...)

Captain Ed was fascinated by nothing more than politically incorrect drink options.

Hugh Hewitt: Cops everywhere. Can't swing a dead cat without hitting a cop.

Karol Sheinin: Maybe so Hugh, but there were amazing security breeches.

Roger L Simon: Gay rights! I'm an alienated, one issue guy! Also I put lipstick on a pig!

See? If you weren't following the blogger's coverage of the RNC you certainly didn't miss much. I mean really, who needs that sort of info? First-hand confirmation that Bush is stupid and Cheney and Rummy are actually running things is okay, but what did these other fools bring to the table?

Thanks Hugh - Republicans are so despised they need cops. We know that, it's in all the papers. And Karol, of course the cops are incompetent - if they were competent they wouldn't be cops.

And Roger.. er.. whats that you say Roger?

An interesting (but small) example is how I have been distorted. In tomorrow's Newsday there will be a number of quotes from those who blogged at the Republican Convention. While crossing the country yesterday, I received two urgent emails from a gentleman named Seifert from that newspaper. My email box gets rather clogged and, despite dodgy WiFi connections, I could easily have missed them, but I did manage to read them. They asked permission to excerpt my blog, without providing the excerpts they had in mind (a normal and professional thing to do - I would have). I smelled a rat, but gave them permission to do so as a test. And guess what? They chose the most anti-Bush remarks I made, highlighting my firm opposition to the President on the social issues. You would have to read these excerpts very closely to realize that I unequivocally support Bush in the election and would no more vote for John Kerry for President in an era of terrorism than for a protester on Seventh Avenue. (I will provide the Newsday link tomorrow, if it is available.)

Oh. Well, in that case... never mind. (/Emily Latella)

And here's the link.

Update: David - I see your condescension and raise you one agenda - yours was the only substantive political quote worthy of serious consideration - (Roger's arguably too, but I think he'd admit it was a throwaway) - the other selections were fluff bits from bloggers who also provided some rather excellent commentary throughout the week. Not unlike choosing the Sunday Home and Garden section as representative of any major daily.

But yes, condescension was the overall theme, and I believe "old media" (or legacy media, if you will) is exhibiting a fear response to a burgeoning competition.

And I'll add this:

As an American overseas I followed as much as possible all the blogs coverage of both conventions, and found the insights valuable and informative.

My thanks to all who were so fortunate to participate in that endeavor, I think you did your fellow bloggers proud.

Update 2: Ed, I'm going to disagree with you, too. They made everyone look silly. Well, okay, maybe you more so.

But at least they didn't dis Jeff Goldstein - but then, his coverage was superb. ;)