Chris Myers hates Blogs and the Constitution

by: Jay Lassiter

Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 01:19:46 PM EDT

Chris Myers is the GOP candidate in NJ-3rd Congressional district. Given his lackluster fundraising thus far, you can forgive him for being a little cranky. But his outright contempt for the progressive Netroots even caught me by surprise.

Myers seeks to trivialize the Netroots as:

Radical, liberal bloggers who spew angry partisan tirades from the safety of their home computer.

Myers is peeved at his Democratic rival John Adler's description of bloggers as "citizen soldiers in terms of activism" in the video below.

Myers goes on:

"These radical liberal bloggers are in no way, shape or form "soldiers," and referring to them in that way is an affront to the brave men and women in uniform fighting to defend our freedoms around the globe."

Myers singles out dKos and BlueJersey by name which is particularly rich since the founder of Daily Kos is a Veteran and BlueJersey had a Vets voice on the front page since day one!

Myers thinks we're a bunch of unpatriotic pajama warriors, huh? So much for free political speech, right Chris?

Let's all show Chris Myers what we're really about and send him a punitive shout out at the same time by donating to Adler on ActBlue.

Feel free to crosspost far and wide. I know I will!

Jay Lassiter :: Chris Myers hates Blogs and the Constitution

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Chris Myers hates Blogs and the Constitution | 2 comments

$99,000 (4.00 / 1)

My $10 contribution to John Adler's election to Congress just kicked his total on ActBlue to $99,000!

Thank you, Jay - without the blogging of citizen soldiers such as yourself, how would the rest of us know truth from truthiness?

by: denniscmcgrath @ Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 17:47:07 PM UTC

Pajama Warriors? (4.00 / 1)

I wish I had time to sit and blog all day - I know you all do too - ESPECIALLY Thurman - what with having twins and all :)

If our detractors knew just how much actual "face time" we get with the voters and each other, or if they knew that with our blackberries and cell phones, we can blog from anywhere - and we usually do, they would be even MORE paranoid.

Jeez, I'm a middle-aged female elected official for Pete's sake and my State Legislators read Blue Jersey. Myers doesn't have a clue about "the internets". I can't believe in this day and age - in "The Online State" that candidates for office still dis the Information Superhighway. Yikes. I think the thing that scares them the most is that it is TWO way communication. In "1984", even Orwell didn't count on that.

One Vote. Yours. It really does matter.

by: carolh @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 02:52:27 AM UTC