While MDE has always been the site of “let’s throw this mostly-inaccurate-spin out there and see if it sticks with the media,” things keep getting worse and worse. It’s now flat-out lies from MDE, most from Luke Hellier, and it’s widely documented. By the way, if you haven’t figured it out yet, the site they’re linking to today goes to a parody site of the Communist Party, not the official site.
MDE was incredibly effective for the GOP with Michael Brodkorb at the helm as he’s incredibly media savvy and disgustingly manipulative. Brodkorb was able to use MDE to get the media and the public to believe things that weren’t true and have that spin reported. Now I don’t know if MDE is more of a joke than a failure.
HA! You can tell from the screen capture that it’s a blogspot blog. Has he lost his mind?!
Look at the advertising. Where do politicians put their money? That is a big tell. Their is one, very plain ad for Seifert at the top, and nothing else. If primary contestants aren’t wasting their money on it, it probably isn’t even reaching the base anymore!
Contrast that with the advertising here in the past few weeks or at mnprogressiveproject.
The socialism/communist attacks don’t work anymore, anyway.
Reminds me of this Yglesias post:
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/04/the_declining_unpopularity_of_socialism.php
IS AL FRANKEN RECRUITING COMMUNISTS?
March 3, 2010 10:50 am
Editor’s update: The following post was published yesterday afternoon. The web source was a parody. I made a mistake and I’d like to apologize to my readers. Finally, I would like to apologize to Sen. Franken for the post.
Instead of publishing obvious bullshit, then having to eat crow, perhaps the authors over at MDE should do a little homework AHEAD of time.
Minnesota Democrats Exposed is nothing more than the National Enquirer of Right-Wing Political Blogs.
Those that support this blog and believe what is written are nothing short of idiots. Those posters of differing opinions do not fall into that category.
Does anyone seriously entertain the notion that wildly inaccurate information damages a conservative with their base? *cough*Death Panels*cough*
Isn’t is ironic that Franken, the former king of parody, is now the recipient. The idea of parody being that there is just enough truth to make it funny.
Linking to a parody Communist Party website and then citing it as having factual information is slander, plain and simple!
No, it’s stupid. The stupidity is either believing it to be true, or believing the lie won’t be found out.
You are right WBS. That is exactly why parody of the right wing is so effective: Daily Show, Colbert Report, etc. and parody of liberals always falls flat on it’s face. The Democrats certainly deserve to be parodied sometimes, as exemplified by last nights Daily Show. As a long last genre, parody of the right wing is really the only thing that works. Specifically because the right wing is a parody of humanity.
You need a definition of irony don’t you? Maybe you should be silenced while you do a little reading.
Ironic is not just an Alanis Morisette song. It is a comedian like Franken is made fun of.
Ironic is not just an Alanis Morisette song. It is when a comedian like Franken is made fun of.
10:33 and 10:34 is a DJZ wannbe. Not me. I’m the real David J. Ziegler
There is NO truth to this so it isn’t funny.
What do you expect from a former employee of Michele Bachmann — the truth??? At least he’s not (yet) publishing links to kiddie porn and death threats on MDE like Brodkorb was known for. But give the little boy time.
Wow, MDE must be kicking all the liberal bloggers butts in traffic and advertising. Otherwise, why would you care.
“Wow, MDE must be kicking all the liberal bloggers butts in traffic and advertising. Otherwise, why would you care.”
That’s really sound reasoning.
Now *that’s* satire.
If there is traffic over there, its the first sign of life since Luke took over. Its been a sad joke. A blog that I used to fear seeing my candidates name in, is just a mere shell of itself.
I would hardly characterize the bloggers here as “liberal”….Just sayin’
How about progressive, does that label work for you. I think everyone would agree that MDE is conservative and MNPublius is liberal. Why are lefties afraid of the liberal label. I wear my conservative label proudly.