*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** One of the most active "conservative" discussion sites in the U.S. is the Free Republic <http://www.freerepublic.com>. Here are a couple of threads to check out: The Traitor is Speaking http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b0d0de45597.htm http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b0d18a666ee.htm The more liberal New Republic uses Plastic.com - here is there thread: http://www.plastic.com/politics/01/05/24/1358226.shtml And this article on the Washington Post is great example of deep linking to the source of comments (in this case from other media): http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A70979-2001May24.html You can also check out Yahoo's "presidential election" discussion at: http://messages.yahoo.com/bbs?action=topics&board=7088116&sid=7088116&type=r Again, like the week after Florida, people turn to the Internet when there is a scarcity of information. This is an "Internet moment." If you want to quickly navigate to key political news sites, forums, chats, etc. you ca do it from <http://www.politicalbs.com> (I was missing the second "L" the other day. Cheers, Steven Clift Democracies Online *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
