Bill's Nibbles, Open Post Contributed by Bill Faith
Today at Bill's Bites:
More Gitmo catch-and-release
Hasty Iraq pullout seen as high risk
Pakistan Reforming?
Asian Cup soccer final: Iraq beats Saudi Arabia
The Naivete Sweepstakes
Some things worth knowing about that I didn't devote separate posts to:
Ed Morrissey: The Republican reluctance to engage in the scheduled September YouTube debate has created a fierce debate in the blogosphere, including something of a civil war at Hugh Hewitt's Townhall blog. Hugh himself has that Republican candidates eschew the substanceless spectacle of the YouTube/CNN enterprise as a media setup. , his co-blogger, insists that a refusal will show an unwillingness to engage directly with citizens. I argued that the YouTube debate amounted to a political equivalent of the game show Let's Make A Deal, while casts it as a test of political courage. and agree with Rick, while Jasmius at says the whole thing is a tempest in a teapot. ... So what's the solution? How can we engage voters in a national forum through the New Media, while keeping the debate substantive and serious? I have a simple solution: ...
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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 29, 2007 at 12:23 AM |