thanks for the bump, Chris!

xposted at my blog, D-Day (now experiencing its seasonal "anniversary of D-Day" traffic spike!)

Republican iPod? Is there a picture of this thing? This is obviously something they made with spray paint seeing as though Apple CEO Steve Jobs was KERRY'S TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR.

Steve is a liberal guy (crazy too) but I still think he's one of the best folks in the tech industry.

Look at the number of contributors.  There were actually only three real house parties, nationwide.  Pretty much all the rest were single contributors (except for one who got a second contribution for a total of $100, and two others who got second contributions but raised $50 or less in total).

You should keep an eye out to see if they repeat the promotion and try to win an GOP iPod at cost ($300). Then auction off the iPod among the vibrant Democratic Netroots for a far higher amount, demonstrating the pathetic GOP presence online.

1. Get a free hotmail or yahoo account for registration.

2. Register with MyGOP.

3. Post picture of GWB flipping off the camera or flag-draped coffins or Ken Lay with GWB or Rummy with Saddam or ...

4. rinse; repeat

Have Dean's Personal Fundraising pages done much better?

Castrophile is right. It's a standard iPod (don't know if its 30 or 60Gb) with an American Flag decal on it. Can't recall where I saw it, but I did.  I really did.

Ah...here you go:

http://www.gop.com/Party/
(You have to watch the flash ad. I particularly like how Step 3, "Earn Earn Your Special Edition iPod Video*" has an asterisk that goes nowhere. In other words, "there are some legal thingees, but we don't know what they are."

Or here:
http://www.savethegop.com/archives/2006/ 05/11/get-your-gop-ipod/

Oh wait - here's where I first saw it, on Gizmodo:
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable- media/republican-ipod-173030.php

Also, didn't they care that Al Gore is on the Board of Directors at Apple?

Also, I remember back in the 90s, Rush Limbaugh was a big Apple supporter. Talked about them on his show all the time. I wonder if he is still.

Of Nelson (from the Simpsons) going "Ha, ha!"

Wait, weren't we all just singing the praises of the amazing bottom-up, self-organizing emergent behavior that is web-based political organizing? No-one points out the fact that its very possible that people-powered politics could equally benefit the conservative agenda. Or at least, we're trying very hard to convince ourselves that this could never happen.

There's this myth on the left that conservatives aren't really populist, they only use deception and manipulation to make it seem like they are. And by no small co-incidence, the right populists make that same argument. This fact suggests to me that populists everywhere make stupidly grandiose claims that their agenda is universally endorsed by all people everywhere, except for a few who have been tricked and lied to. This leads populist organizers to believe that its just a matter of empowering people to make their voices heard, and our manifestly obvious people-powered agenda will win in the end. The effect is that political organizers underestimate the effort that needs to be made, and promise their supporters easy victories that don't arrive.

This myth is also problematic because it leads people to behave condescendingly toward the deeply held beliefs and motivations of voters, believing them to be mere illusions that can be easily shaken off, or at least intimidated by a good protest and some rousing political chanting. We certainly don't need to make the case or address concerns people have of our self-evidently superior agenda. This is true whether you believe that a small band of rogue feminists have hijacked the country, or that a small band of rogue christians have hijacked the country.

This is why they have to steal elections, they just don't have the numbers to win outright.

So, I'm reading this and suddenly had the thought, "WWJ'sGD?" - that is, "What would Jesus's General Do?"

Recalling some of the General's excellent book reviews on Amazon, I immediately signed on to MYGOP and am now qualified to offer Colbert style commentary to the faithful!

Anyone else game?

maddoxie, welcome to my world.

Well, I am "Brian Bridgeforth" mentioned in the MyGOP post above.  I would just like to share that the ipod is a regular video ipod.  It's pretty nifty. I can listen to George Bush pod casts anywhere I go now.  Sometimes I listen to Anne Coulter or Rush for desert.  I can even watch on it CNN coverage about my MySpace Republican Group and MyGOP (http://youtube.com/watch?v=DJIA3NjfU5Y).  But the best part is, after all this complaining about how MyGOP is lame... the Republicans still raise far more money than the Democrats... about $100 million more for the midterm elections.  Meanwhile I am grooving to some itunes and chilling to the fact that I have personally raised 130 volunteers to help with Republican campaigns all over the country and helped register more than 80 voters because of MyGOP.  I will be thinking about all that and listening to my ipod while pulling the lever for the Republican candidates when I go vote on November 7th comfortable in the fact my vote is weighted.

P.S.

The leading Democrat group on MySpace only raising $30 on their fundraising page, 0 volunteers, and registered 0 voters.