Defend the GOP in the News
As one blogger pointed out, Republican Michigander, Defend the GOP was in the news on 1-28-07. The article, in the Press and Argus, told of Communication Guru and Matthew Cragg recent debate on this blog. Below is the article.
The elections have been over for three months now, but feelings on the political left and right are apparently still passionate — so much so that the vigorous debate in Livingston County's political blogosphere seems to have spilled over into a real-life shoving match.
According to posts on an Internet Web log called "Defend the GOP" — defendthegop.blog-spot.com — the blogger known as Communications Guru and one Matthew Cragg, co-founder of suburbanvoice.com, got into a heated exchange over something U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The debate devolved into name-calling, with Cragg accusing Guru of being an unmentionable part of the female anatomy, and being anti-war — Communications Guru apparently objected to the former rather than the latter, and challenged Cragg to meet him in person and call him that to his face.
According to the blog, they met, did some finger-pointing and shoving, but ended up actually shaking hands. Cragg's last post on the encounter offered some hope for reconciliation between the left and the right.
"I really dislike a lot of what the guy says, and even how he says it," the post said. "I suspect he would say the same thing about me. But actually meeting somebody makes you see them a little differently and, aside from the differences of opinion, he seemed like somebody I could get along with."
All the Buzz is saying, is give peace a chance.
Oh, by the way, if you don't think there are enough blogs for Livingston County politicos, there's one more to add to the mix — the Livingston County Democrats. The Dems have started up their own blog atlivcodemocrats.blogspot.com.
That article was from the Press and Argus, The Buzz.
The elections have been over for three months now, but feelings on the political left and right are apparently still passionate — so much so that the vigorous debate in Livingston County's political blogosphere seems to have spilled over into a real-life shoving match.
According to posts on an Internet Web log called "Defend the GOP" — defendthegop.blog-spot.com — the blogger known as Communications Guru and one Matthew Cragg, co-founder of suburbanvoice.com, got into a heated exchange over something U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The debate devolved into name-calling, with Cragg accusing Guru of being an unmentionable part of the female anatomy, and being anti-war — Communications Guru apparently objected to the former rather than the latter, and challenged Cragg to meet him in person and call him that to his face.
According to the blog, they met, did some finger-pointing and shoving, but ended up actually shaking hands. Cragg's last post on the encounter offered some hope for reconciliation between the left and the right.
"I really dislike a lot of what the guy says, and even how he says it," the post said. "I suspect he would say the same thing about me. But actually meeting somebody makes you see them a little differently and, aside from the differences of opinion, he seemed like somebody I could get along with."
All the Buzz is saying, is give peace a chance.
Oh, by the way, if you don't think there are enough blogs for Livingston County politicos, there's one more to add to the mix — the Livingston County Democrats. The Dems have started up their own blog atlivcodemocrats.blogspot.com.
That article was from the Press and Argus, The Buzz.
posted by Republican=Conservative | Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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