<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	>
<channel>
	<title>Comments on: Yes, We Are Activists At RedState. So Is &#8220;Talking Points Memo&#8221;</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/</link>
	<description></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>By: olsmithie</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4339</link>
		<dc:creator>olsmithie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4339</guid>
		<description>Thanks for being part of the solution, not the problem...


Regards</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for being part of the solution, not the problem&#8230;</p>
<p>Regards</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: lthurwitz</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4333</link>
		<dc:creator>lthurwitz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4333</guid>
		<description>It's time these donors wake up and realize TV and Radio are holes to throw their advocacy dollars into.  The real movement of opinion happens online, is trackable, immediate, and leads to real action.  TV ads are a great way to get my tivo going.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s time these donors wake up and realize TV and Radio are holes to throw their advocacy dollars into.  The real movement of opinion happens online, is trackable, immediate, and leads to real action.  TV ads are a great way to get my tivo going.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: lthurwitz</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4332</link>
		<dc:creator>lthurwitz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4332</guid>
		<description>Dan,  actually you were quite accurate.  I misread the post.  I agree, the staff was being truthful to the inquiry.  In the grand scheme of things, the trust that was most significantly breached was that to the Govenor's closest allies - his own staff.  Much like Clinton's army of supporters or Edwards supporters who took them at their word before their respective scandals.  The lesson - always do the right thing and these messes don't mushroom into innocent people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan,  actually you were quite accurate.  I misread the post.  I agree, the staff was being truthful to the inquiry.  In the grand scheme of things, the trust that was most significantly breached was that to the Govenor&#8217;s closest allies - his own staff.  Much like Clinton&#8217;s army of supporters or Edwards supporters who took them at their word before their respective scandals.  The lesson - always do the right thing and these messes don&#8217;t mushroom into innocent people.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: penguin2</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4331</link>
		<dc:creator>penguin2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4331</guid>
		<description>from the tabloids at the check-out counter.  And about being an activist, most of us are just regular people, but not quite as ignorant and dumb and uneducated as the "chattering classes" like to believe mainstream America is.  Hard working Americans have more common sense then these elitists journalists.  Yes, some of our education came from government schools, but also from parents, spiritual sources and being out there actually working.

Maybe this last election caused people to have short memories on what's really important, i.e. since 9/11. But I hope and pray that memories will be stirred up and we will put these people out of business.

I've have several jobs in my life, "activist" would be a new one for
me, kind of like the sound of it!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>from the tabloids at the check-out counter.  And about being an activist, most of us are just regular people, but not quite as ignorant and dumb and uneducated as the &#8220;chattering classes&#8221; like to believe mainstream America is.  Hard working Americans have more common sense then these elitists journalists.  Yes, some of our education came from government schools, but also from parents, spiritual sources and being out there actually working.</p>
<p>Maybe this last election caused people to have short memories on what&#8217;s really important, i.e. since 9/11. But I hope and pray that memories will be stirred up and we will put these people out of business.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve have several jobs in my life, &#8220;activist&#8221; would be a new one for<br />
me, kind of like the sound of it!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: LibRick</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4330</link>
		<dc:creator>LibRick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4330</guid>
		<description>He's got "journalists" doing stories on him. 

It's rather ironic that David Kurtz calls into question the motivations of Redstate with regard to journalism yet fails to perform the most basic middle school journalistic due diligence. 

Here's a clue, Mr. Kurtz. Go to the Redstate and click on "About" (first thing on the homepage) and read it. Mastering this type of complex investigative reporting will do wonders for your journalistic credibility. You may even get on the short list for a reporter position on the school paper.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He&#8217;s got &#8220;journalists&#8221; doing stories on him. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s rather ironic that David Kurtz calls into question the motivations of Redstate with regard to journalism yet fails to perform the most basic middle school journalistic due diligence. </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a clue, Mr. Kurtz. Go to the Redstate and click on &#8220;About&#8221; (first thing on the homepage) and read it. Mastering this type of complex investigative reporting will do wonders for your journalistic credibility. You may even get on the short list for a reporter position on the school paper.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: olsmithie</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4329</link>
		<dc:creator>olsmithie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4329</guid>
		<description>If Kurtz means that we have a goal to achieve a desired objective, that we desire to put the country back on a sane track, and take action to achieve same, then yes, I guess we are.

So far as journalism is concerned, Redstaters are somewhat prolific writers and of a quality not to be found anywhere else that relies on a volunteer army.
We just deal in non-fiction while the left deals in fiction of a checkout counter magazine rack variety.

What a pinhead!

Regards</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Kurtz means that we have a goal to achieve a desired objective, that we desire to put the country back on a sane track, and take action to achieve same, then yes, I guess we are.</p>
<p>So far as journalism is concerned, Redstaters are somewhat prolific writers and of a quality not to be found anywhere else that relies on a volunteer army.<br />
We just deal in non-fiction while the left deals in fiction of a checkout counter magazine rack variety.</p>
<p>What a pinhead!</p>
<p>Regards</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Dan McLaughlin</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4328</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan McLaughlin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4328</guid>
		<description>Sanford's staff passed his lies on to us.  I assume they were acting in good faith, and I don't hold them responsible, only him.  They seem like good people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sanford&#8217;s staff passed his lies on to us.  I assume they were acting in good faith, and I don&#8217;t hold them responsible, only him.  They seem like good people.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Skanderbeg</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4327</link>
		<dc:creator>Skanderbeg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4327</guid>
		<description>Well, this is what people like him do:

1) State desired conclusion;
2) Discard any facts which contradict it;
3) Publicize conclusion.


I'd submit my coverage of the ICCC events as good journalism - not out of ego :) but because I was told after the March NYC event that your humble correspondent did the best **journalism** of anyone there, even better than the supposedly professional journalists.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, this is what people like him do:</p>
<p>1) State desired conclusion;<br />
2) Discard any facts which contradict it;<br />
3) Publicize conclusion.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d submit my coverage of the ICCC events as good journalism - not out of ego <img src='http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> but because I was told after the March NYC event that your humble correspondent did the best **journalism** of anyone there, even better than the supposedly professional journalists.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: NeoKong</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4326</link>
		<dc:creator>NeoKong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4326</guid>
		<description>&lt;b&gt; "“no interest in being journalists. That’s not what they’re about and that’s not what they see as their primary function, which is advocacy.”"&lt;/b&gt;

With a completely straight face and my hand on a stack of qurans I could say that almost every single MSM " news" source.  Maybe Mr. Kurtz will offer that same sort of criticism to ABC, NBC ,CBS and others for their shameless hawking of the Obama's administration health care plan.
That would be just one example out of a thousand.
The fact is today is that is the new standard for ...ahem..."journalism".

Everybody seems to slip their opinion into every news story in one way or another and that is all fine and well.  The difference being however is that many news sites offer up only opinion sometimes and in many cases they only offer DNC propaganda.

I think that most people are able to filter through the opinion and pick out the nuggets of information and truth and they go to sites that reflect their views but the MSM journalists of today are clearly doing the bidding of the White House and will sing and dance at the command of their Dear Leader.

I think contemporary history will show that one of the most truthful and poignant catch phrase coined in this decade will come from Rush Limbaugh and his phrase " the state run media" because it certainly applies and is filled with more truth than you will ever get from CBS or MSNBC.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b> &#8220;“no interest in being journalists. That’s not what they’re about and that’s not what they see as their primary function, which is advocacy.”&#8221;</b></p>
<p>With a completely straight face and my hand on a stack of qurans I could say that almost every single MSM &#8221; news&#8221; source.  Maybe Mr. Kurtz will offer that same sort of criticism to ABC, NBC ,CBS and others for their shameless hawking of the Obama&#8217;s administration health care plan.<br />
That would be just one example out of a thousand.<br />
The fact is today is that is the new standard for &#8230;ahem&#8230;&#8221;journalism&#8221;.</p>
<p>Everybody seems to slip their opinion into every news story in one way or another and that is all fine and well.  The difference being however is that many news sites offer up only opinion sometimes and in many cases they only offer DNC propaganda.</p>
<p>I think that most people are able to filter through the opinion and pick out the nuggets of information and truth and they go to sites that reflect their views but the MSM journalists of today are clearly doing the bidding of the White House and will sing and dance at the command of their Dear Leader.</p>
<p>I think contemporary history will show that one of the most truthful and poignant catch phrase coined in this decade will come from Rush Limbaugh and his phrase &#8221; the state run media&#8221; because it certainly applies and is filled with more truth than you will ever get from CBS or MSNBC.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: bk</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4325</link>
		<dc:creator>bk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4325</guid>
		<description>was that you dug and tried to get the other side of the story. That's more like what a journalist would do, as opposed to most of the MSM today who get their stories from journolists and see no need to ask the people on the other side of the story for their version. These are the folks who read something on DK or HP or DU or FDL or whatever and that becomes accepted as a "there are those who say that" KnownFact - no further investigation or verification needed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>was that you dug and tried to get the other side of the story. That&#8217;s more like what a journalist would do, as opposed to most of the MSM today who get their stories from journolists and see no need to ask the people on the other side of the story for their version. These are the folks who read something on DK or HP or DU or FDL or whatever and that becomes accepted as a &#8220;there are those who say that&#8221; KnownFact - no further investigation or verification needed.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Moe Lane</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4324</link>
		<dc:creator>Moe Lane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4324</guid>
		<description>...is very simple: funding.  Absent reliable backers, TPM would go back to Josh Marshall and maybe a couple of other people blogging various and somewhat overlong left-wing opinion pieces within six months.

But "Where's the &lt;I&gt;funding&lt;/I&gt;?" is the traditional cry of the Online Right*, so I'll stop now.  :)

Moe Lane

*The Online Left's?  "Why won't you &lt;I&gt;listen&lt;/I&gt;?"  I'll leave it up to the reader to decide which problem that they'd rather have.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;is very simple: funding.  Absent reliable backers, TPM would go back to Josh Marshall and maybe a couple of other people blogging various and somewhat overlong left-wing opinion pieces within six months.</p>
<p>But &#8220;Where&#8217;s the <i>funding</i>?&#8221; is the traditional cry of the Online Right*, so I&#8217;ll stop now.  <img src='http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Moe Lane</p>
<p>*The Online Left&#8217;s?  &#8220;Why won&#8217;t you <i>listen</i>?&#8221;  I&#8217;ll leave it up to the reader to decide which problem that they&#8217;d rather have.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: discerningconservative</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4323</link>
		<dc:creator>discerningconservative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4323</guid>
		<description>I think he was talking about &lt;a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20086.html"&gt; this &lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think he was talking about <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20086.html"> this </a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: lthurwitz</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4322</link>
		<dc:creator>lthurwitz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4322</guid>
		<description>"no" at the center.  Just not that punny.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;no&#8221; at the center.  Just not that punny.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: lthurwitz</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4321</link>
		<dc:creator>lthurwitz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4321</guid>
		<description>I didn't realize that the Sanford Staff lied to RedState.  I thought they were also in the dark about the Governor's whereabouts.  He did pack his  sleeping bag, etc. in the state car, so I thought the staff was acting in good faith.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t realize that the Sanford Staff lied to RedState.  I thought they were also in the dark about the Governor&#8217;s whereabouts.  He did pack his  sleeping bag, etc. in the state car, so I thought the staff was acting in good faith.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: IJB</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4320</link>
		<dc:creator>IJB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4320</guid>
		<description>Seriously. That's how they see it. 

If you're not a Commie, then you're "tabloid" (at best). 

These guys have massive inferiority complexes driving their pathological need for job titles and affirmation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seriously. That&#8217;s how they see it. </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re not a Commie, then you&#8217;re &#8220;tabloid&#8221; (at best). </p>
<p>These guys have massive inferiority complexes driving their pathological need for job titles and affirmation.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: civil_truth</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4319</link>
		<dc:creator>civil_truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4319</guid>
		<description></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br />
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Jlerner</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4318</link>
		<dc:creator>Jlerner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4318</guid>
		<description>nuff said...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nuff said&#8230;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: civil_truth</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4317</link>
		<dc:creator>civil_truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4317</guid>
		<description>is to have no shame.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>is to have no shame.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Dan McLaughlin</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4316</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan McLaughlin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4316</guid>
		<description>is the ability to keep a straight face through *anything*</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>is the ability to keep a straight face through *anything*</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Darin_H</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/07/15/yes-we-are-activists-at-redstate-so-is-talking-points-memo/#comment-4315</link>
		<dc:creator>Darin_H</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=485#comment-4315</guid>
		<description>I mean the name of their site is &lt;B&gt;Talking Points Memo&lt;/B&gt;. 

The horror, the horror, sorry got mixed up with another Kurtz... Anywho, he's just a kettle in a pot world. Point and laugh, just point and laugh. What an idiot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I mean the name of their site is <b>Talking Points Memo</b>. </p>
<p>The horror, the horror, sorry got mixed up with another Kurtz&#8230; Anywho, he&#8217;s just a kettle in a pot world. Point and laugh, just point and laugh. What an idiot.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>
