Sometimes I think the blogosphere is just a giant, distributed game of "gotcha."
At other times, I think it represents the apotheosis of liberal democracy, free thought, and public accountability.
With those perhaps competing conceptions in mind, here launches the beta edition of The American Footprint Quote Engine, which really is a distributed game of gotcha.
With any luck, it may metastasize into something beyond its currently humble origins.
Today's featured topic: Medicare.
Thanks to Kevin Hayden, Billmon, Uggabugga, Zizka, Atrios, Josh Marshall, David Sirota, Slate, Kos, and poputonian for the legwork, inspiration, suggestions, and/or encouragement.
Feel free to add your own quotes, and email me with problems, suggestions, or errors.
And please, no pranks.