Comments on: Tweet the Vote! http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/10/31/tweet-the-vote/ A blog about politics. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:28:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Bryan Roberts http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/10/31/tweet-the-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-16608 Bryan Roberts Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:59:32 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=7703#comment-16608 Great article-- the variety of Twitter-based applications available in this election is just incredible. This morning as the polls opened on the East Coast, my colleagues and I at New Media Strategies got to roll out a new site from Tropicana called Fresh Squeezed Election Tweets-- it pulls Twitter messages in real time, crunches the numbers and displays pretty graphics to demonstrate connections from Tweet to Tweet. It's here: http://anorangeamerica.com/ Great article-- the variety of Twitter-based applications available in this election is just incredible.

This morning as the polls opened on the East Coast, my colleagues and I at New Media Strategies got to roll out a new site from Tropicana called Fresh Squeezed Election Tweets-- it pulls Twitter messages in real time, crunches the numbers and displays pretty graphics to demonstrate connections from Tweet to Tweet.

It's here: http://anorangeamerica.com/

]]> By: spob http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/10/31/tweet-the-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-14312 spob Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:44:15 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=7703#comment-14312 AMC, you are a disgusting human being. What a sick quote: "Little baby Trig must be so glad he wasn’t aborted for this, his first Halloween, because his parents dressed him up like a political party symbol to be carried around at snarling political events. Aww. Isn’t life just grand?" http://wonkette.com/404013/hey-kids-check-out-lil-trigger-in-his-elephant-costume The reference to abortion here is repulsive, you sick twisted harpie. AMC, you are a disgusting human being.

What a sick quote: "Little baby Trig must be so glad he wasn't aborted for this, his first Halloween, because his parents dressed him up like a political party symbol to be carried around at snarling political events. Aww. Isn't life just grand?"

http://wonkette.com/404013/hey-kids-check-out-lil-trigger-in-his-elephant-costume

The reference to abortion here is repulsive, you sick twisted harpie.

]]> By: drewdeal http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/10/31/tweet-the-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-14079 drewdeal Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:45:32 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=7703#comment-14079 Tweeting the vote is great. It is also great to participate in a direct petition to both God and man to stop the political hackery, and pledge to reward only honest debate points. http://vigilforcivility.com/ C'mon.. it takes just 3 minutes to join the parade. Tweeting the vote is great. It is also great to participate in a direct petition to both God and man to stop the political hackery, and pledge to reward only honest debate points.

http://vigilforcivility.com/

C'mon.. it takes just 3 minutes to join the parade.

]]> By: memekiller http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/10/31/tweet-the-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-13963 memekiller Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:46:21 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=7703#comment-13963 It's more than confusing terminology. It's an example of another unquestioning acceptance of a rightwing frame in direct opposition to reality. The GOP likes "fraud", because it says too many minorities are voting, and it must be illegal. Dems like "suppression" because if people vote, they win. So, the MSM ought to pick the one that best represents reality. Fraud is stuffing vote boxes. Suppression is purging voter rolls. How many non-existent voters are there? It's more than confusing terminology. It's an example of another unquestioning acceptance of a rightwing frame in direct opposition to reality.

The GOP likes "fraud", because it says too many minorities are voting, and it must be illegal. Dems like "suppression" because if people vote, they win. So, the MSM ought to pick the one that best represents reality. Fraud is stuffing vote boxes. Suppression is purging voter rolls.

How many non-existent voters are there?

]]> By: jayackroyd http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/10/31/tweet-the-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-13956 jayackroyd Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:40:16 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=7703#comment-13956 FWIW, I'm also jayackroyd on twitter FWIW, I'm also jayackroyd on twitter

]]> By: sqr1 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/10/31/tweet-the-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-13932 sqr1 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:14:52 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=7703#comment-13932 I think AMC is mostly guilty of confusing the terminology. Twitter Vote Report and Election Protection do deal with voter suppression. Although, if AMC has any evidence that "there as been a lot of potential for voter fraud", as opposed to voter suppression, I would love to hear it. I think AMC is mostly guilty of confusing the terminology. Twitter Vote Report and Election Protection do deal with voter suppression.

Although, if AMC has any evidence that "there as been a lot of potential for voter fraud", as opposed to voter suppression, I would love to hear it.

]]> By: Joe Bftsplk http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/10/31/tweet-the-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-13929 Joe Bftsplk Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:09:11 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=7703#comment-13929 Sorry, Libby: "Seventeen percent now say they’ve already voted, favoring Obama over John McCain by 59-40 percent. " http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2008/10/new-direction-v.html Sorry, Libby:

"Seventeen percent now say they've already voted, favoring Obama over John McCain by 59-40 percent. "

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2008/10/new-direction-v.html

]]> By: myrnatheminx http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/10/31/tweet-the-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-13925 myrnatheminx Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:03:55 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=7703#comment-13925 Don't forget that people can also add incidents and information about voter suppression to the Voter Suppression wiki: http://www.votersuppression.net Don't forget that people can also add incidents and information about voter suppression to the Voter Suppression wiki: http://www.votersuppression.net

]]> By: Tweet the Vote at CostPerNews http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/10/31/tweet-the-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-13922 Tweet the Vote at CostPerNews Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:02:01 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=7703#comment-13922 [...] accounts that voting activists groups have set up as well as Time’s own Twitter account: Swampland - TIME.com » Blog Archive Tweet the Vote! «: “Stepping up to the plate this year to make reporting concerns as easy and as public as [...] [...] accounts that voting activists groups have set up as well as Time’s own Twitter account: Swampland - TIME.com » Blog Archive Tweet the Vote! «: “Stepping up to the plate this year to make reporting concerns as easy and as public as [...]

]]> By: newliberty http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/10/31/tweet-the-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-13912 newliberty Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:51:23 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=7703#comment-13912 Early voting exit polls show an advantage for McCain in Florida and Nevada...even though Democrats outweight Republicans in early voting by 2 to 1 in both states. http://www.poligazette.com/2008/10/30/early-voting-mccain-the-advantage/ Early voting exit polls show an advantage for McCain in Florida and Nevada...even though Democrats outweight Republicans in early voting by 2 to 1 in both states.

http://www.poligazette.com/2008/10/30/early-voting-mccain-the-advantage/

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