OK, I find this a little disturbing. There was a diary on the Rec List for most of the day concerning another Dem Capitulation in their denunciation of the fact-based MoveOn Betray Us ad. It had to do with funding and message control. The diary was well referenced IMHO. Lots of links, it seemed to me the general standard that larger claims be backed with more referenced evidence. Everything I will say about it will have to be from memory, as it was yanked from the TOP of the Rec List.
Update: the diarist notimportant, deleted the diary due to vitriolic discourse in the comments. Damn sad. Please Rec this diary so we can continue the discussion here, if anyone is interested.
Also, does anyone recall why people/which people got upset over a diary?
It essentially said that the DLC centrists didnt like that during the last election cycle, George Soros (amongst other wealthy donors) helped direct fundraising, message, volunteering, and other very vital campaign processes in ways arguably more successful than the DLC and Kerry campaigns. Many of you probably made some very lucid well thought-out comments on this well thought-out diary.
Not only did the diarist obviously put a lot of time and effort into writing this diary, but the community had a very lively disscussion going regarding the influence of establishment politics co-opting grassroots and netroots activism.
Does somebody know if this diary is posted on another site? The diary was posted Here. Why was it deleted? Did the diarist suddenly have a change of heart? I'm guessing somebody had their arm twisted somewhere. I have only two questions that I hope the community and hopefully the author can help me with. I've added all the tags that were associated with the deleted diary.
WHO had their arm twisted?
WHO did the arm twisting?