Comments on: Voices of the Delegates.

Voices of the Delegates.

clearly — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:26:21 -0800

Voices of the Delegates: Democrats : Republicans [via: NYTimes] "

The New York Times has interviewed a wide range of delegates at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Listen to their concerns and why they believe their candidate is the best for the office of President. Sort the Delegates by State, Sex, Age, and Top Issues.

By: Poolio

Poolio — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:06:41 -0800

Unfortunately, you can't sort the RNC delegates by whiteness.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:26:52 -0800

Who cares? Aren't the delegates just glorified chits?

By: gmarceau

gmarceau — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:51:59 -0800

Wow. That was eye opening. Surprise #1, answers on both sides are impossibly uniform: Democrats: we suck a bit. I hope today Americans will see that we don't suck so much. Republicans: war! drill! maverick! pow! war! war! war! Surprise #2, I have nothing in common with any of them, on either sides.

By: clearly

clearly — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:52:59 -0800

I found that listening to the arguments from the delegates on the other side really helped to put this whole thing into perspective. I also found it interesting to hear the opinions and concerns of politically active people from every corner of America, as well as from my area.

By: bashos_frog

bashos_frog — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:44:37 -0800

I really wish they would have asked both sides the same question. Instead we get "What do you want Obama to talk about?" and "What's great about McCain?" This leads to a significantly different tone to each sides answers in aggregate, if you ask me.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:39:25 -0800

I was going to say the same thing bashos_frog did, they asked what was great about McCain, and what they wanted to hear from Obama, which of course gets more introspective answers from the democrats, and more self-righteousness from the republicans, which nicely dovetails with stereotypes about liberals and conservatives.

By: sondrialiac

sondrialiac — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:36:24 -0800

The New York Times is a hacky piece of bourgeois shit. This isn't journalism, it's an over-funded 5th grader's social studies project.

By: neroli

neroli — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:37:00 -0800

A nice antidote to cynicism: "The Delegate from Sadr City"