Web Notes Issue 3, Volume 6

Issue 2, Volume 6; July, 2004
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GENERAL POLITICAL SITES

http://www.uspoliticstoday.com US Politics Today. All politics. Updated every 30 minutes. Covers Members of Congress, Governors, the Supreme Court, the States, issues by presidential candidates op-ed commentators. Some original material by editor Joe Rothstein. .

http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/ Univ. of Virginia Center for Politics analyzing every single national gubernatorial and Senate race and the “nifty 50”, the most competitive House races. Founder/editor is political analyst/professor Larry Sabato. Register to have the Crystal Ball emailed to you.

http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/index.php The Living Room Candidate has presidential commercials from 1952 to 2004. A great opportunity to compare then and now. There are 4 hours of TV commercials on the Website, with lots of background analysis and commentary.

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2004

http://www.thenaderfactor.com The Nader Factor Convincing 2.8 million Americans who voted for Nader in 2000 to vote against President Bush. Their Nader Poll Watch will analyze national and state public polling to determine Nader’s impact.

http://www.badnarik.org/ - Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik.

http://jibjab.com/ - A laugh on the back of the right and the left.

Check the Bush & Kerry website for their blogs:

http://georgebush.com/blog/

http://blog.johnkerry.com/dbunker/

CONVENTION 2004

http://www.dems2004.org/site/pp.asp?c=luI2LaPYG&b=92959 2004 Democratic National Convention Site.

http://www.2004nycgop.org/ 2004 Republican National Convention Site.

THE KETCHUP WARS

http://www.wketchup.com Marketing to Republican consumers not to support Democrats with ketchup purchases. Part of the money raised goes to scholarships for children of fallen veterans.

http://www.bushcountryketchup.com Marketing to Republicans/Conservatives as “100% conservative condiment…the official ketchup of right-thinking Americans.” Bushcountryketchup has questioned whether Wketchup is really a conservative or a nonpartisan condiment because The Washington Times had characterized Wketchup founder Bill Zachary as “middle-of-the-road”.

RIGHT & LEFT

http://www.rightmarch.com Umbrella for many conservative organizations, to develop the grassroots “silent majority” to action. RightMarch.com was formed in March of 2003 and organizers include William Greene (Conservative Alerts.com) and Phil Sheldon (ConservativePetitions.com).

http://www.emergingdemocraticmajority.com/ The Emerging Democratic Majority, an “electronic strategy center for building the new majority”. The Website includes commentary, analysis, dialogue, resources, blogs, a strategy center, recent polls and more. Produced by political analyst Ruy Teixeira.

BLOG REPORT
A blog, short for web log, is an interactive online personal journal, with the most current entry on top. There has been an exponential internet blog growth. In fact, the Democratic and Republican Convention will provide credentials to a limited number of bloggers. The following are some sample blog web sites, a blog tracking service and a way to start your own blog.

http://dailykos.com liberal political analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation from Markos Moulitsas Zuniga. Worthwhile commentary on the 2004 Senate races.

http://www.blogsforbush.com/ Not affiliated with the official campaign to re-elect Bush. The site was launched in November, 2003 to help George Bush’s presidential campaign.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/ Journalist blogger, Joshua Micah Marshall

http://www.instapundit.com/ - top blogger

http://blogstreet.com/biq100.html Most Important 100 Blogs are tracked and followed. You can check on the blog author, rank, review and then locate other related blogs you might want to log onto.

http://www.blogger.com Blogger is a web-based tool that helps you publish to the web instantly and free. You can post your own message to the web, create your own log.

FAHRENHEIT 911

http://michaelmoore.com - contains reviews and notations about the movie. The war room responds to specific criticisms regarding the movie’s content.

http://www.davekopel.com - Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm Fifty-nine Deceits in Fahrenheit 9/11 is an article by Dave Kopel published by National Review Online.

http://citizensunited.org - Citizens United has filed a complaint to the FEC against Fahrenheit 911 that

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