Comments on: How the Internet Changed the World, For Good and Bad http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/10/how-the-internet-changed-the-world-for-good-and-bad/ A Wide Open Weblog for Big News, the Big Picture Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Glynn Wilson http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/10/how-the-internet-changed-the-world-for-good-and-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-3487 Glynn Wilson Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:54:32 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=4953#comment-3487 Thanks Sally. Now we'll see if it works... Thanks Sally. Now we’ll see if it works…

]]> By: Sally Albright http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/10/how-the-internet-changed-the-world-for-good-and-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-3486 Sally Albright Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:02:29 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=4953#comment-3486 Great article. Glad to know someone down there is thinking. Great article. Glad to know someone down there is thinking.

]]> By: Yana Davis http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/10/how-the-internet-changed-the-world-for-good-and-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-3485 Yana Davis Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:54:46 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=4953#comment-3485 One further comment: I have no illusions and therefore no hope for the Libertarian Party to ever emerge as a serious contender for major party status. A lot of factors go into that, primarily the LP's predeliction for endless debate that would bore political scientists, much less the voting public, and their deserved reputation for running little-known activists with kooky personalities for president. And, of course, the LP's lack of a solid and widespread fundraising base helps keem them at 1/2 percent or so of the national vote. The Greens will come closer to being a major challenge in years ahead and perhaps there will be another party that emerges with wide appeal based on some elements of Dewey-pragmatism. But the LP, in its current configuration anyway, is a lost cause. One further comment: I have no illusions and therefore no hope for the Libertarian Party to ever emerge as a serious contender for major party status.

A lot of factors go into that, primarily the LP’s predeliction for endless debate that would bore political scientists, much less the voting public, and their deserved reputation for running little-known activists with kooky personalities for president. And, of course, the LP’s lack of a solid and widespread fundraising base helps keem them at 1/2 percent or so of the national vote.

The Greens will come closer to being a major challenge in years ahead and perhaps there will be another party that emerges with wide appeal based on some elements of Dewey-pragmatism.

But the LP, in its current configuration anyway, is a lost cause.

]]> By: Yana Davis http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/10/how-the-internet-changed-the-world-for-good-and-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-3484 Yana Davis Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:48:28 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=4953#comment-3484 OK, I will concede an electoral landslide. But not a popular vote landslide. Bill was lucky twice - Ross Perot ensured his election in 92 and the hapless Dole ensured his re-election in 92. But he never got a majority of the popular vote. Al Gore did in 2000, but the election was, ahem, misappropriated from him in Florida. I will restrain further nitpicking. OK, I will concede an electoral landslide. But not a popular vote landslide. Bill was lucky twice – Ross Perot ensured his election in 92 and the hapless Dole ensured his re-election in 92. But he never got a majority of the popular vote. Al Gore did in 2000, but the election was, ahem, misappropriated from him in Florida.

I will restrain further nitpicking.

]]> By: Glynn Wilson http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/10/how-the-internet-changed-the-world-for-good-and-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-3483 Glynn Wilson Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:44:53 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=4953#comment-3483 I would say 379 electoral votes to 159 is a major landslide, an avalanche even... <a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1993_1997.html#1996" rel="nofollow">Electoral College 1996</a> I would say 379 electoral votes to 159 is a major landslide, an avalanche even…

Electoral College 1996

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