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The legitimate, and the hatemongers

Post Date: Aug 02, 2008 5:22 p.m.
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The ever-shifting field if political communications could give the fits to a student of advanced geometry, but one comment about it this week calls out for a little review. The comment grew out of reaction to a video posted on 43rd State Blues , a Democratic-supporting group blog; it showed Lieutenant Governor (and Republican Senate nominee) Jim Risch speaking, with his voice speeded up to a whine, and with a dunce hat added. (We don’t note it on every Senate-related post but will here: Your scribe worked on the 2002 campaign of a candidate who ran against Risch.) We couldn’t find Risch’s personal comments, but his son Jason (who works on the Senate campaign) offered this by way of explanation to Idaho Statesman blogger Kevin Richert : “(Jim Risch) draws a very distinct line between legitimate media and the bloggers that are left-wing hatemongers . . . The blogging done by legitimate media sources are not in the same c...

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