Mike and I were discussing the option of creating a Digg brigade. If you are at all interested in joining up please send me an e-mail at CitizenSmith uniteformike com and I will add you to the list.
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Would you be able to set up a mailing list on uniteformike.com? Also, we can probably send messages to people who have dugg many Bloomberg stories recently, several of which I saw on the "Who Dugg this" page for the story you submitted.
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I'd sign up for this. More important than Diggs (or upmods on Reddit) is commentary, especially on more dedicated politics sites. We need people to have open minds, and if we have negative online coverage and commentary from now until a March/April announcement, we're in trouble, because people's minds will already be made up.
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Zach is right. I'd further suggest that any candidate who announces at this point will be facing a whole online army of people posting negative things. Foremost seems to be the Ron Paul people, who make the rounds on the net and basically trash everyone as a means of "owning" the internet space. They also make sure that Ron Paul is at the top of all net polls. It's an effective method, even if isn't a Paul supporter.
Putting this aside, I suspect we should develop a sort of "quick response" arsenal. Until Mike announces, the battle will be fought on the net. This being the case, we'd do well to make rounds of our own. When we see posts that, for example, claim that Giuliani did the "hard work" for Mike, we could correct them that it was Mike that was Mayor after 9/11 and Mike who had to get the city on its feet again. The "nanny state" claim is another one I see a lot. A good rebuttal there is that Mike is just doing what the people of the city want. New York is a very progressive city, and thus is the work that Mike must do.
I would ask (if not require) that we do a better job than the Ron Paul types. Let's avoid ALL-CAPS RANTING or nasty slander. Rather, let's be the cool, calm voice of reason. Let's be diplomats for reason, not fire-breathing revolutionaries.
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Indeed, we have to keep a civil tone. Also, it is very important for us to begin establishing a presence online. That includes commenting and trying to get links back here. The Ron Paul folks have done an excellent job of getting the word out. Even if the MSM doesn't regard him as a serious candidate, he has such a passionate group of supporters (and a large bank account) that he is hard to ignore. I certainly believe that we can use their methods as a blueprint for how to move forward, however, being number one in online polls isn't enough. We need people on the ground!
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I don't get the appeal of Ron Paul. Basically, what I get from his message is "let's just stick our heads in the sand and pretend it is 1789 again." The founding fathers are great - the constitution is great - but the world is a lot different in 2007-2008!
Pure libertarianism and isolationism is not the answer.
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Sign me up for the Digg brigade and/or anything else I can be of help with online.
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My user name on digg is AndrewMacRae please friend me if you want to get Draft Mike Bloomberg shouts
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Sign me up for the Digg Brigade as well. IMO we also need to try to get alliances with some good Centrist Organizations who have cranked big-time on these key Centrist issues that could give Mike real traction and are already organized at the grass-roots level - ( Concord Coalition - http://www.concordcoalition.org and http://www.facingup.org ). There are scores of similar types of groups we could tap into and form alliances with that would give us real traction in the Center on these key Centrist issues!
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