Crossposted at The Yankee Doodler.
No, contrary to popular belief, the blogosphere is not one big echo chamber. Blogs cover things that the MSM don't, or won't. If they are lucky , they can make the MSM notice and then make news of what wasn't.
(Exhibit A, below the fold)
I have been focusing on NH-02, a
winnable district with a vulnerable Republican, pretend-moderate Charles Bass. Because he mostly likes to hide in the shadows these days, hoping not to be associated with the radical extremists who have taken over his party (and whom he has enabled these past 12 years). Because of this, I scour news engines for news of this mystery Congresscritter every morning.
That's why I was so delighted this morning to find this LTE from Nashua, an area of the state much more populous than mine:
I recently ran across a press release from Congressman Charles Bass. It said: "Absent some control by Congress, I am certain that this war will escalate to a point when costs and measures will grow out of control."
Of course, Bass' statement was from April of 1999 and he was talking about President Clinton and Kosovo, a war that concluded successfully with no American deaths in battle and a budget surplus. If only Congressman Bass would show the same backbone in standing up to President Bush on Iraq, a war whose costs in both blood and treasure truly have grown out of control.
Now thousands of Granite Staters will read this very well-written summary of Bass' steaming pile of hypocrisy. I am humbled to think that the idea for this LTE likely got its start from this earlier post of mine, crossposted on dKos here.
Blogs work. Let's use them effectively and relentlessy for these upcoming elections, the ramifications of which will be profound on our lives.