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Some of the real old-timers

artappraiser — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:46:16 +0000

In reply to There was a really amazing

Some of the real old-timers hated the Obama-Hillary wars and the technology changes at the Cafe.

genghis,

I wanna just say a few meta words about that, because you're a tech person as well as a writer.

That was ALL software-caused. There was no hate. There was frustration of not being able to access the audience that TPMCafe was invented for. TPMCafe was, to that point, a place for discussing policy and issues and not horse race. TPM Election Central was a separate section of the site, for discussing horse race and not issues. The latter had a much larger audience than the former, was more popular. (One can debate why that was, i.e., because of neglect of no longer getting good main posters and content, or because few are interested in such discussions, but that's beside my point.)

TPMCafe was still operating on a software where you could track users and comments, which enabled long-term conversation over time on issues, and also allowed users to follow things they were interested in and avoid things they weren't, and also post diaries if they wanted (most didn't want, preferred discussions under headliner posts, for whatever reason.) TPM Election Central until then had no such software and simply allowed for straight line commenting by the masses of people interested in horse race, and pandered to the one-line quipsters and political spats, the way TPMDC crowd does now. Fast moving quips on the hot politics story of the day, no long term conversation.

What Marshall did when you started blogging, was not only introduce the ability to post diairies the huge TPM Election Central crowd, at the same time he took away Cafe members ability to track anything. The latter is the important part. If we old-timers could still track for something to talk about other than Obama vs. Hillary food fights, we wouldn't have been so freaked out. So the sudden flood of posts on Obama vs. Clinton 24/7 for months on end was all the content you could find to discuss, (especially before the rating of posts was instituted. )

And I must say, mho, the Genghis types posting on the only subject suddenly allowed were few and far between. Perhaps you remember a golden era because you managed somehow to select out the people who later became Dagbloggers, and mostly only talk to each other. Somehow you ignored all the dreck (but even then, why did you start Dagblog, huh?)

That was funny. The

trkingmomoe — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:56:12 +0000

In reply to Republican candidates no good in bed.

That was funny. The Republicans sure have a cast of characters in this election. I spent many a night reading TPM while rocking a cranky grandbaby in front of the computer. There was a lot of good stuff then.

I'll have to check that out.

Oxy Mora — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:13:46 +0000

In reply to Did you ever see the John

I'll have to check that out. Definitely Romney's dog was not secured--the officer's line, Guess yer load wasn't tied down all the way, son, was it now?

It really is one of the

Oxy Mora — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:09:53 +0000

In reply to Every time I watch that clip

It really is one of the funniest skits ever. Thanks again. Huntsman reminds me of that old joke about the guy who was so meticulous, Harvard I think, that by the time he hung up his trou and lined his shoes up correctly the girl was gone.

From my perspective it not

Oxy Mora — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:07:21 +0000

In reply to There was a really amazing

From my perspective it not only seems like an amazing transition but a very captivating story along human interest lines.

Every time I watch that clip

tmccarthy0 — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:29:57 +0000

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Every time I watch that clip I laugh so hard.. "I am sorry but I am just not drunk enough, I tried, I really did, but I am just not drunk enough" hahahahahahahahahahaha... that is so spot on!

Huntsman.? Hmmm, from a purely visual perspective, when he was dressed in his cute little motocross outfit for those funky commercials he looked pretty hot for an older guy. So on pure looks alone, he could bring crackers if he wanted.

Bruce (bslev) and me are

AmericanDreamer — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:11:24 +0000

In reply to There was a really amazing

Bruce (bslev) and me are among others who go back that far as well...I'm almost sure there are others as well, who might not see this.

There was a really amazing

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:06:40 +0000

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There was a really amazing period leading up to the 2008 election when there a lot of great, hilarious writers, and a bunch of internet strangers began to coalesce as a community. I also enjoyed it because I used to write much more satire before I was such a serious and important writer. ;) Plus, it was fun to fuck with the trolls.

But that's also a subjective judgment. Some of the real old-timers hated the Obama-Hillary wars and the technology changes at the Cafe. A few of them left. Some folks here, like artappraiser, Dan K, and bwakfat, came from that earlier era.

Did you ever see the John

AmericanDreamer — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:03:13 +0000

In reply to Thanks, Dreamer. Sometimes

Did you ever see the John Cusack movie "The Sure Thing"? There's a scene in it where, not to spoil the plot or anything, but someone gets arrested for driving with a load not properly tied down.

Hmmm...is a "load" not properly tied down if its excrement winds up on the roof of the vehicle?

Thanks, Dreamer. Sometimes

Oxy Mora — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:57:25 +0000

In reply to This is a riot, oxy. I for

Thanks, Dreamer. Sometimes when I see this motley crew on stage I think I'm watching a movie. But the Romney incident, unbelievable. I'm surprised he wasn't arrested before he got to Ontario. It was a 12 hour trip!