tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post572700795069504201..comments2023-10-26T04:05:58.497-07:00Comments on Red State Impressions: The McCain Campaign--A Typical Scooby VillainRic Carichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12715258697811131789noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post-34100050641697736142008-08-01T13:24:00.000-07:002008-08-01T13:24:00.000-07:00I do have sympathy for Goldstein's situation. He ...I do have sympathy for Goldstein's situation. He does have a real talent for blogging, but he's also too literary for the right-wing mainstream which means that he's never going to be a hugely popular blogger. Consequently, he must wonder why he's spending so much time blogging.<BR/><BR/>I basically have the same problem except that my blog's a lot less popular than Protein Wisdom. So, I have even more reason to wonder why I'm spending so much time with it. <BR/><BR/>And sometimes I do. <BR/><BR/>But you're right about Goldstein being a prima donna about the whole thing.<BR/><BR/>I didn't see the article and my Ph.D. is in interpreting social theory rather than polls. But I think you're right about the polls not having a good grasp on likely turnout for the fall election. It's been obvious that the pollsters haven't had a good grasp on things since the New Hampshire primary.Ric Carichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12715258697811131789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post-26517853570562338642008-08-01T12:14:00.000-07:002008-08-01T12:14:00.000-07:00Except Favre was exceptionally good at one point!I...Except Favre was exceptionally good at one point!<BR/><BR/>I understand the sympathy, but he rally got around to mis-treating his co-bloggers and commenters in later posts when they were not sufficiently deferential. he's an odd sort.<BR/><BR/>Did you see this article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/27/obama-mccain-matchup-blow_n_115232.html<BR/><BR/>Now, you have the doctorate in this sort of thing, but as an amateur historian cum law student, it made me feel much better. Obama will win Ohio and Pennsylvania and should win Florida. When you add the percentage of Americans without land line phones (like my wife and me), you have two-three points unaccounted in even these polls.timbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11840503196010960235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post-50075605563114409722008-07-31T11:23:00.000-07:002008-07-31T11:23:00.000-07:00Having dealt with minor league blog stalkers mysel...Having dealt with minor league blog stalkers myself, I have some sympathy for Goldstein's issues with harassment. But Jeff does seem to keep a lot of drama going. Maybe he should start referring to himself as "the Brett Favre of bloggers."Ric Carichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12715258697811131789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post-29721458702801107102008-07-31T08:41:00.000-07:002008-07-31T08:41:00.000-07:00hey, Doc, OT, but you should the happenings at Gol...hey, Doc, OT, but you should the happenings at Goldstein's place lately. Simply put, he put in his resignation (again) so he could do family time and write a book and then took umbrage in the comments when commenters claimed that they enjoyed other things about the site other than him. Obviously, the obligatory jerk dropped in and then it was two people making offensive comments, which caused Goldstein to end the retirement so he could track down the offending weirdos and beat them up.<BR/><BR/>This resulted, as binges often do, in another round of self-pity and self-hatred projected on to his friends no less, and finally into a second retirement.<BR/><BR/>I love comedy and this is the most hilarious display of uncomfortable, can't you see the truth comedies I have seen since Napoleon Dynamite. If it were a novel, it would have been written by Joseph Heller. Just amazing.timbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11840503196010960235noreply@blogger.com