Politico on TP: ‘Judged by the standard of influencing the conversation, Think Progress is flourishing.’
By on Oct 11th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Politico on TP: ‘Judged by the standard of influencing the conversation, Think Progress is flourishing.’
Politico’s Daniel Libit has a front-page story on ThinkProgress. It begins:
Can a liberal blog launched in the midst of the Bush era – a blog that once obsessed over Alberto Gonzales, Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove and the outing of Valerie Plame – still make its mark in the age of Obama?
In the case of Think Progress, the answer so far is yes.
Read the rest here. Let us know what you think in the comments section.
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Think Progress? Isn’t that a place where insects hang out?
October 11th, 2009 at 7:39 pmYes. Bonus mens niteo penuriosus mens es ventagium sicco.
October 11th, 2009 at 7:42 pmSome of us have been here since TP was born. We’ve known this for a long time. I have noticed in recent months that Olbermann, Maddow, Schultz often elaborate on topics I have seen on TP. There is no doubt that TP is having an impact. :)
October 11th, 2009 at 7:43 pmI still obsess “over Alberto Gonzales, Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove and the outing of Valerie Plame” and wonder when all of them will face a jury and BE HUNG FOR TREASON? Bush and Cheney have confessed their treason, I am just await the hanging on the Pay-Per-TV schedule. Gotta have some way to pay down the IMMENSE DEBT they screwed us into. THE IRAQ WAR WAS OFF THE BOOKS FOR 6 years. Of COURSE Obama would end up having a deficit, fvking DUH!. He has took the RESPONSIBLE position and ACCOUNTED for the Bush wars of choice and Obama did the RIGHT and RESPONSIBLE thing and accounted for the $200 BILLION per year spent on the BUSH WARS OF CHOICE.
October 11th, 2009 at 7:44 pmHmm, let’s see $200 BILLION X 6 years, Hey that’s $1.2 TRILLION dollars and we are not even counting the $2 TRILLION that RUMSFLED absconded with.
http://www.thisinstead.info\videos\Cynthia.McKinney_-_Norad_war_game_drills_on_9-11_C-SPAN.rm
THEY ARE ALL TRAITORS AND NEED TO HANG!!!!!
I can hear the conservatives that read that politico article now: I HOPE THEY FAIL!!
WAIT!
THEY’RE NOT?
#$%&*#@ THINK PROGRESS!!
Poor republicans. I almost feel sorry for them. Almost.
October 11th, 2009 at 7:45 pmIf Bill O’Reilly reads the post at Political, he may have a stroke.
Jessie Waters, if you happen to read this, could you please ask Mr O’Reilly when is he going to finally act like a man, admit he made a mistake, and apologize to Ms. Terkel for send you to stalk he across state lines.
October 11th, 2009 at 7:46 pmIt’s been six months and the apology is long overdue.
Cue the trolls. This is more local than a Nobel and they will have to whine.
Lock and load, everyone. This should be fun.
October 11th, 2009 at 7:46 pmKudos to all of you – especially the girl that O’Reilly or whoever was hounding. People who care about the truth and don’t back down are a treasure.
October 11th, 2009 at 7:53 pm2, that goes double for me.
October 11th, 2009 at 7:55 pmyes!
CONGRATULATIONS, FAIZ & CO.!
this is great for ThinkProgress and the TP community!
THANK YOU ThinkProgress!!!
October 11th, 2009 at 7:55 pmGREAT JOB!
It’s about time too.
Que the trolls
October 11th, 2009 at 7:58 pm:|
October 11th, 2009 at 7:59 pmIf Obama/Reid/Pelosi are socialists/fascists/communists, what does that make us? It’s time for more pressure on the people we voted for to do the right thing. Please, more emphasis on moving faster and more “liberally.”
October 11th, 2009 at 8:00 pmCongrats TP and thank you for allowing me to blog here. This is the only site where I blog and it is the most tolerant.
Keep it up everyone.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:07 pmWhat’s freaky is the GOPers seem to view complaints targeting people engaged in subverting our government as an obsession, rather than treason.
Thanks T.P. for all you do.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:08 pmThis site enables me to make the payroll here at the trolling dept. (or the trollroll or whatever you want to call it). Otherwise, we would have been laid off and stalked by the higher ups at the RNC a loooong time ago.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:10 pmWhen an arm of the Murdoch-Drudge-Politico machine sends praise your way, is that a good thing?
October 11th, 2009 at 8:10 pmHas Politico become part of Murdoch’s empire yet?
Politico is getting more and more like FoxNews.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:10 pmThink Progress; the truth is a powerful weapon.
Think Progress is redefining the word “liberal”.
Think Progress may well be the standard by which all others are judged.
I enjoy this sight, the articles and the sheer intellect of the people who frequent this sight. It’s great.
The honor is well deserved!!!!!!!!!!
October 11th, 2009 at 8:12 pmThink Progress is my favorite blog. I check it before reading the online newspapers.
Keep up the great work.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:13 pmAs a commenter on both, I come here to get some sanity and get away from the mindless wingNUTS. Both Politico and TP have their good points, but Politico has a base, and I do mean base, or debase of disgusting wingNUTS that get would get voted down here. Something Politico should consider.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:14 pmwhew! i’m so glad i didn’t speak too soon…
that was a really good article, faiz…
this line stood out for me:
goldfarb says – “They’re a shameless bunch of lying, distorting, propagandists, which I respect,
now THAT says a lot there… “respect” … and lots of projection…
and I don’t know what MSNBC would do without them,”
such flattery!!!
oh, and thank you, Politico’s Daniel Libit, for that story!
October 11th, 2009 at 8:17 pmI’m think about becoming the next Murdoch and placing a bid for TP. This site has been too good to facts and the quality of political research and not good enough for the GOP’s fortunes.
I want to purify the message (once I get that bonus check the RNC told me six months ago was in the mail).
October 11th, 2009 at 8:17 pmThe watchdog role is vital in a democracy so when ThinkProgress fills that role they are filling a vital role.
I would like to see more policy debate pulled out of the wonk room where it would gain greater visibility. Other than that, I say just keep doing what you are doing.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:19 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I like reading the daily topics and it’s nice to comment once in awhile. Keep up the good work TP!
October 11th, 2009 at 8:22 pmCan a liberal blog launched in the midst of the Bush era… still make its mark in the age of Obama?
– - Yeah, cuz we hold on to our anger really well.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:22 pmDoes Beck and Limbaugh actually refute what these fact-infested liberals trot out? NO!
:|
October 11th, 2009 at 8:23 pmCongrats, nice article. I enjoy my time reading TP. I’d love to see less focus on Glenn Beck and Michelle Bachmann, and more focus on what Obama is/is not doing, and what other more liberal/less insane congress people are up to.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:27 pmSomebody has to shine a light on the hatred, lies, war mongering, deception, racism, theft, corruption, and hypocricy from the radical right. Thank you, Think Progress.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:29 pmBadmoodman says, “We hold on to our anger really well.”
I still haven’t forgiven any of my friends or relatives who voted for Ronald “Lord of the Chickenhawks” Reagan. I don’t think I ever will.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:35 pmThis site is good for HATE, leftist HATE.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:43 pmdelafield says:
I still haven’t forgiven any of my friends or relatives who voted for Ronald “Lord of the Chickenhawks” Reagan.
- – Update your insults. 101st Chairborne- Hawkish bloggers who call for belligerent military solutions to nearly every foreign policy question without taking any personal risk. 21st century synonym for ‘chickenhawk.’ Also known as the Keyboard Kommandos, the Basement Brigades, or the Fighting Hellmice.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:43 pmDr Venture you are SO stupid and SO pathetic it is just sad. Just STFU no one cares even a little bit what an ignorant punkass troll like you has to say
October 11th, 2009 at 8:43 pmThat’s a pretty positive story from what most Progressive’s would consider a right leaning website.
Congratulations
October 11th, 2009 at 8:45 pmkwsventures,
If this is not your company, listed below, then I have a feeling they would like for you to stop dragging their company name into a ditch.
KWS Ventures
5247 Mare Creek Dr
Crestview, FL 32539-8887(Fort Walton Beach, FL Metro Area)
Phone: (850) 423-0606
Care to comment and tell the truth for a change?
October 11th, 2009 at 8:45 pmKudos to the staff at TP. Nicely done. Take the rest of the weekend off.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:46 pmWhen an arm of the Murdoch-Drudge-Politico machine sends praise your way, is that a good thing?
No, that is an awesome thing. They may have crap between their ears but at least they can acknowledge an opponent. When was the last time TP (granted a major underdog) did that?
October 11th, 2009 at 8:47 pmI am the Col. of Keyboard Commandos. My assignment is dual-hatted as the Chief of Staff of the Basement Brigade. I previously served in the Fighting Hellmice as poop collector. I have lots of experience with poop.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:48 pmLet us begin with level flight.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:48 pmHigh praise indeed from the Fixed News of the Internet.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:49 pmThinkProgress and HuffPo are my two favorite sources for on-line news features and hard news itself.
I check both each day without fail.
Keep up the wonderful work that you do, TP folks.
Too many “news” sites these days such as Politico identify more with the rich and the powerful, and plead that agenda to the detriment of anything else.
It is encouraging to me that there are so many bright, intelligent and incisive progressives who post on this blog.
I would suggest to the Politico pundits that they stop eating all the high-calorie slop that the repiggies serve.
In particular, Politico needs to end its policy of blindly parroting the crazy white-wing crap, especially in regard to health care.
Perhaps the Politico pundits might actually do some investigative journalism, for a change, and stop with all the biased crap about national health care systems of other nations that these pundits pan so often.
Try interviewing some of the hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals who live and work here, but who return to their home countries for any medical needs.
How about it, Politico pundits?
Can you give all the repiggie dogma a rest, just for a week or two?
October 11th, 2009 at 8:53 pmWhile TP may overindulge in the trivia, that is part of its magic. Having Politico give a nod to that is important. TP, keep having fun and definitely keep up the serious work.
Poking fun at the insanity is part of what makes TP work. If you can’t have fun from time to time, the rest is just depressing.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:58 pmlimpballs and the taliban… now fox and chavez…!
whodduthunkit!
Pundits Batter Nobel Committee for Awarding Obama Peace Prize
FOXNews – ?4 hours ago?
The Nobel committee becomes the pundit pinata on the Sunday morning news shows, for its decision to award President Obama the Peace Prize before the end of his first year in office.
[...]
Chavez says Obama did “nothing” to deserve Nobel Reuters
from the googlenews page…
October 11th, 2009 at 8:59 pmCongrats Think Progress. Very well deserved! You are on my “must read” shortlist. Outstanding reporting, citing, and analysis.
Of course, a side benefit is the enjoyment I get watching the regulars play troll-smack. Nothing seems to drive the Reons and Rubes crazy like a site that’s willing to tell the truth. Keep up the good work – let the Truth Prevail.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:00 pmkaty, chavez complaining about not winning the Nobel ranks right up there with Cheney whining.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:02 pmThis is terrific news. Most of us really have no idea how much traffic sites such as this gets daily so I am happy and pleased to not only see that your doing well, but that you’re also being recognized.
Think Progress is fantastic and is a site I quote often during the week when posting at other blogs. I trust completely what I read here. And the comments I read as well are written by intelligent, informed people.
We are in the midst of taking our country back from the nut cases. And Think Progress is playing a big role in this regard.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:09 pmThe most surprising part of the rather good article, is that Politico published it, and did so with the meme – TP good — kept up top…leaving the silly criticisms for latter half.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:11 pmTP is based on, and is always practicing,
October 11th, 2009 at 9:15 pmthat which is sorely missing in the MSM/SCLM –
STANDARDS.
*sniff*
So proud…
Our TP crew is all grown up now.
I need a tissue…
October 11th, 2009 at 9:18 pmConsidering where we are, Zooey, will some tp do?
October 11th, 2009 at 9:23 pmDamn happy to be here.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:24 pmThanks, Hoodthunk.
I’ll take the whole roll. :D
October 11th, 2009 at 9:26 pmfound on the politico front page, at the bottom…
i did not know about this:
Grayson to Reid: ‘Get on with it’
By CHRIS FRATES | 10/9/09 6:13 PM
Rep. Grayson wants supporters to sign a petition calling on Reid to “pass real health care reform now.”
too bad politico didn’t offer any links…
found this link to the petition at DU:
October 11th, 2009 at 9:36 pmhttp://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/t/9/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=2&tag=100809_email
Congrats.
Though, Michael Goldfarb’s comment was weak. Having Rick Sanchez serve you your lunch will do that to a man.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:40 pmReally?
On what grounds?
October 11th, 2009 at 9:44 pmWonderful, informative blog. Read it every day! Best wishes.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:47 pmCongrats TP. I have only been here a couple of months, but you truly rock.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:51 pmThree points:
one, “socialist nazi” is an oxymoron. One of the first groups the Nazis targeted for elimination were the socialists.
Two, even if there were such a thing, and the President were one, there is no law against holding or espousing a particular political ideology.
So good luck with that.
And three, if you’re gonna leave your thinking to slappy and kwsventures, you’re gonna wind up convinced that the world isn’t fair because it doesn’t seem to follow the rules that you think it’s supposed to.
Although I suppose that will happen anyway.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:54 pmYou are closer to stupid than Obama is to impeachment moron.
Hug yourself and feel the idiot part. It will feel just like a wet diaper with a stain in the rear.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:54 pmCongrats TP! You guys deserve it. :-)
October 11th, 2009 at 9:54 pmMy apologies, Larry the Septic Tank Guy.
I just saw your recent comment on the Limbaugh thread.
I didn’t realize you were a parody troll. My bad. Nicely played, by the way. You had me.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:57 pmImpeachment? LOL! These guys are nuts! Give us a break.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:58 pmMy friends, I have had a MSM black out this weekend. I have to know. How many people marched for Gay rights? I read tens of thousands showed up. Was it more than the 912 protest? That was pegged at 50,000 to 70,000. Was the Gay march bigger? I can’t get a number.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:04 pmI love Think Progress it is one of the first places I come when I need information and you never let me down. I also like Raw Story, Atrios, and Crooks and Liars.
Politico is republican and its owner is a big republican donor……I have never been that impressed with Harris or VanDeHei and as for Mike Allen, he’s a gossip queen…they think they set the tone for the day……they don’t set the tone for my day.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:05 pmCongrats to TP. It is an informative blog and a blog that is earning credibility. Now, Politico’s story on TP should be next to the news story of Obama winning the Nobel prize. I just want to see the wingnut media’s head spinning and exploding.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:05 pmLarrySeptic
Not only are you brainwashed to the point of delusion you are so stupid I cant believe you can tie your shoes
October 11th, 2009 at 10:09 pmLarry Septic. Sure you would say that. Not only because you are stupid beyond the ability of words to describe but a brainwashed liar and a punkass troll
October 11th, 2009 at 10:10 pmGive him the abuse he deserves, Eugene!
That trollhead is inspired to mock ME! Every parody attempt since I came on board has flopped, been an abysmal failure and attracted the complete ire of the libtard community! It’s the free market – I have my particular recipe and it can’t be duplicated without unlocking the safe – and I have a patented way of hiding the key!
October 11th, 2009 at 10:27 pmCongratulations to all staff at Think Progress!
Progressives have Think Progress and other fine lefty blogs.
Wingnuts have the birfers, extremists, astroturfers, stalkers, rumor mills, and the gNOpig propaganda network.
See you later, dinoSOUR LOSERS!
October 11th, 2009 at 10:32 pmBig deal. A lying repug site has finally put together one-plus-one and came up with two.
I already know TP is great and I don’t need no stinkin teabagger to tell me so.
The above sentiments also apply to repugs telling me that Weiner, Grayson and Frank are great. Nor do I need them to tell me President Obama deserves the NPP.
I just want them to STFU NOW.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:32 pmGOOD ON YA!
I have been here damn near daily for years now and have linked to you several times.
Get out there and KICK their asses and Keep taking names!
BRAVO!!
Bustednuckles
October 11th, 2009 at 10:32 pmA tip of the hat to TP. I’ve been reading and venting here for some time now. It’s been a great source of ammunition against those who try to spread fear and ignorance.
Thank you TP. Keep it up.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:34 pmGood for TP and keep on giving ‘em hell.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:36 pmWhat the GOP REALLY means …
What is the matter with you? It’s not like TP needs another troll.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:42 pmfrom the comments at the politico story, sembi says:
Think Progress has the inability to look at the issues objectively. Their militant, terrorist ways are scary – because we all have to think like them.
God help us.
They are the bullys of the internet.
ah hahahahaha!
go TP!!!
October 11th, 2009 at 10:43 pmWhile Politico seems quite biased to me, I agree with them when it comes to focusing on people like Glen Beck. If it comes to getting him off the air by pressuring his advertisers, I’m all for it. I don’t need to hear about his daily outrages. One of the reasons that I get my news mainly from Think Progress, Crooks and Liars, and Media Matters (among others) is the low opinion “traditional” media has for it’s customers. Must we aim television news programs only at people that are too lazy to read? Glen Beck is only the worst of a very bad bunch. Meanwhile, WP and NYT have sunk to new lows as a Republican mouthpiece and a war monger, respectively. Think Progress is successful because it has only the above mentioned blogs (and a few others) as competition in the political news business. The right wing blogs are only trying to amplify the traditional media’s message, and it hardly needs that.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:48 pmWay to go, Faiz, Amanda, and everyone at TP! Of course, we’ve noticed for some time that Rachel and Keith followed TP stories, but it’s great to get more notice.
I can’t believe TP only started in 2005, I feel like we’ve been here longer than that.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:50 pmPolitico has finally stumbled on the bipartisan formula that Shepherd Smith @ Fox News made up:
October 11th, 2009 at 10:52 pm1 part truth + 32,000 parts crazy fear mongering lies= Fair and balanced
Think Progress helped me keep my sanity during one of the worst presidencies in U.S. history. 8 years of absolute hell is having some arrogant moron (W) talking to the American people like we’re a bunch of 4th graders.
I’ll never forget President Barack Obama’s first answer to the first question he received as president. It took him just 7 minutes to answer! I was proud of my fellow Americans for supporting and voting for someone so intelligent and articulate. I think the whole world breathed a sigh of relief that one of the darkest chapters in America was history.
Keep up the good work Think Progress. Nothing matters more than the facts.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:53 pm***
congratulations TP,
they aren’t saying this
about hot air, yahoo
or redstate.
**
the village is waking up.
:)
October 11th, 2009 at 10:55 pmSHORTER POLITICO: gee, without bush to hate we thought for sure progressive blogs would be long gone by now.
PROGRESSIVE BLOG RESPONSE: F.U. you sick bastard wingnuts
Congratulations TP; keep it up; and thanks
October 11th, 2009 at 10:56 pmIt’s good to know that a few good Internet sites can just about neutralize the 100’s of millions of dollars that are spent by corporations to advance a rotten agenda on our public airwaves. Truth may not pay much, but a little bit goes a long way.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:57 pm“PROGRESSIVE BLOG RESPONSE: F.U. you sick bastard wingnuts”
Pleuge, that pretty much sums up my feelings, too.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:58 pm***
ralph is it me or did backup’s comment
actually make sense? is he back on thorazine?
**
wtf?
:|
October 11th, 2009 at 10:59 pmRalph @ 67
October 11th, 2009 at 11:03 pmDon’t feel bad, I thought he was a wing nut troll doing a parody of a parody troll.
Now I have finally figured out larry is a parody of a parody of a right wing parody troll.
It was so obvious I missed it at the time
Congratulations Think Progress !
October 11th, 2009 at 11:09 pmKeep up the honest, common sense, right human relations news while reporting the truth.
Politico should confuse Thinkprogress with the easily manipulated and lately tabloid driven Huffington Post. Think Progress has never changed from who and what it was intended to be….and thank god….. Places like the Arianna Television Obsessed Huffington and her blog site no longer has the appeal it once had….. And the fact that Politico thinks it can write up an article on Thinkprogress, in a way to manipulate them in to stop going after and exposing many members in the Obstructionist Party just only shows what an outstanding job their doing…. Politico, not everyone is Arianna Huffington and Thinkprogess, keep up the good work.
October 11th, 2009 at 11:28 pm***
#93,
reggie,
i agree with you, larry is brilliant.
does he have a comedy album?
**
:)
October 11th, 2009 at 11:36 pmThat’s right Politico, TP and those of us who love it aren’t going anywhere. We’re watching everything and keeping score. Don’t piss us off.
October 11th, 2009 at 11:38 pmkaty sez:
found on the politico front page, at the bottom…
i did not know about this:
Grayson to Reid: ‘Get on with it’
By CHRIS FRATES | 10/9/09 6:13 PM
Thanks for sharing this. And I am glad that Grayson blast the wet noodle Reid. Thank goodness we have someone in Congress, for goodness sakes, with some spine to call a spade a spade. Grayson has more spine than Reid. And as the Majority Leader in the Senate, Reid needs to get off the pot and quit schmoozing Queen Olympia Snowe and the some of the Party of Neanderthals for a vote. The Party of No will not change like a zebra that can’t change its stripes.
October 11th, 2009 at 11:41 pm96
October 11th, 2009 at 11:42 pmJ.C
If he doesn’t have one,
I am going to try
to get him to hire me as his agent
and maybe get you
to direct his first DVD.
***
Reg,
LOL!
hate to sound like twajie but it’s all
i could think of, very funny!
:)
October 11th, 2009 at 11:44 pmI’m seriously proud to be one of the insects here on TP, smacking down the reichwing lies with TRUTH!!!
This site keeps me sane – it’s my secure island of sanity in the Wacky World of Wingnuttia.
Thanks, TP and fellow insects!
Love,
~A
October 11th, 2009 at 11:47 pm***
annie you’re an angel,
all the best,
jc
:)
October 11th, 2009 at 11:51 pmAwww, Joe…I lurve you too!!
October 11th, 2009 at 11:53 pmLarry is a parody.
October 11th, 2009 at 11:54 pm***
LIfe is a parody.
:D
October 12th, 2009 at 12:00 amyou’re welcome, SP Biloxi… here it is again, for the link:
Grayson to Reid: ‘Get on with it’
By CHRIS FRATES | 10/9/09 6:13 PM
Rep. Grayson wants supporters to sign a petition calling on Reid to “pass real health care reform now.”
found this link to the petition at DU:
October 12th, 2009 at 12:32 amhttp://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/t/9/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=2&tag=100809_email
Thank god for thinkprogress and mediamatters.
f**k huffingtonpost. They are nothing but a tabloid looking to get attention any way they can. They are only pretend left wing and stray off the truth trail more than any REAL left wing site like thinkprogress would ever do!
October 12th, 2009 at 12:34 amBravo to you all at Think Progress.
Keep up the good work…it’s a constant battle against the slime in the GOP and their enablers on Faux News, the net and hate radio.
It takes folks like you to keep watch on America’s Freedom and Liberty.
October 12th, 2009 at 12:35 amhas anyone been reading the comments at that politico story?
whew!
i knew politico was right leaning, but i also thought it would be a more intelligent right… … not so much… at all…
and only a few lefties to counter the bullshit… good on them!
…
g’nite all.
October 12th, 2009 at 12:36 amI’m buzzing in quite late to say…
Congrats you TPers.!
Now, if we could TP FuaxSNOOZE!!
October 12th, 2009 at 12:37 amThank you Think Progress for having the best site. When I get home from work, I come straight here to find out the days news. Thanks for being here and the great work .
October 12th, 2009 at 12:38 amAnytime we get conservatives suggesting that a progressive blog is taking the low road by exposing conservatives and conservative pundits taking the low road KEEP DOING IT.
When Bill O’Reilly calls you an “Insect” for the right-wing hypocrisy you’ve exposed you know you have done a very good job. When someone from Freedomworks tells you that you would be more effective arguing policy then don’t let up. Argue policy but don’t let up on theother stuff.
October 12th, 2009 at 12:40 amCongrats TP, we knew we loved you but it’s nice to see that the right FEARS you! And us insects!
October 12th, 2009 at 12:44 amThanks,katy I’ll check that out.
Thanks, TP for calling out Coburn.
October 12th, 2009 at 12:50 amLooks like he’s finally pinned to the wall.
I haven’t seen any polls (They might be illegal here, now)
but from comments I’ve read on local papers,
little support is to be seen for him.
congrats on the kudos, however i always thought that Politico was a right wing bulletin board for gop talking points?
October 12th, 2009 at 12:55 amDid anyone (besides me) go into the archives back to January, 2005? The comments were nothing but spambots back then.
For my part, I’m thankful to have a forum whereby we can all post instantenous “letters to the editor” and have a global readership. I’m just lucky pundits like O’Reilly can’t figure out how to pronounce my moniker or he might be deriding some of my comments on Fox.
October 12th, 2009 at 1:00 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
First impression of the Politico piece? Not bad.
If I were to really critique it, I’d read it again tomorrow, probably more than once, maybe pull a copy down to a text editor so it can be annotated and then start beating on it.
October 12th, 2009 at 1:31 amThe idea that O’Reilly, Beck and other neocons hate the site means it is doing its job. TP and other similar blogs keep the pressure on these people who abuse the airwaves with their twisted logic and lies. Once you strip out the name calling, trolls and rants, what is left are nuggets of reasoning that clarify many issues in simple terms. Maybe we can get Glen Beck to obsess on the site and create more free advertising.
October 12th, 2009 at 1:34 amWhat happened to Slappy?
October 12th, 2009 at 1:48 amWell its Slappy. People are so sick of him constantly begging us to pity him they see his nick and vote down even such inocuous statements and send them to the sewer.
October 12th, 2009 at 2:01 amI can only benefit from Think Progress’s information and reporting as you continue in the Obama years and beyond.
Thanks
October 12th, 2009 at 2:19 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
If only the Republicans would recognise that they are sick.
October 12th, 2009 at 4:54 amIt matters not a turd what Politico thinks.
October 12th, 2009 at 5:30 amCongrats TP for the best blog out there. I’m proud to be one of TP’s insects.
October 12th, 2009 at 7:05 amFreedomworks spokesman Adam Brandon tells Thinkprogress how to better engage and that says it all. It is like Hitler telling Eisenhower how to best hold on to Belgium in the Battle of the Bulge. Nothing says success like the yelping of your adversary to be more effective.
October 12th, 2009 at 8:07 amCongratulations!!
Congratulations TP. This has become a daily must-read for many of us. Keep up the good work.
October 12th, 2009 at 8:35 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
TP, thank you for showing that liberal and progressive messages can still exist in a society that attempts to reformat itself away from the conservative message that bogged our country down for the last eight years.
In a side-by-side comparison with RedState, you guys obviously are more cultured, civilized, and pronounced with your articles on the opposite side. The fact that Wonk Room and the other associated sites help back your message says even more; RS has to depend on the loon front and FoxNation.com to coexist.
And don’t even bother answering the trolls regarding the “giving-attention-to-Beck-and-FreedomWorks” meme. If that was the case, Twajie would be Keith Olbermann’s biggest fan.
October 12th, 2009 at 9:02 amHas anyone said “kudos” yet?
Kudos is a goofy word and about the only time you see it is when it’s used to congratulate journalists.
It’s like they made it up just for them.
Anyway …. Kudos.
Don’t let up on the bastards for one minute!
October 12th, 2009 at 9:22 amPolitico was launched as an “independent” web site. I was skeptical, but gave it a try. Within weeks, I was writing to VanderHei and Harris, pointing out that their claim of independence was belied by their reporting, and when one reads comments written by readers, it is even more apparent that they are a right-leaning, conservative website.
October 12th, 2009 at 9:29 amFor them to acknowledge the influence and power of Think Progress makes this article even more important.
I am sure that TP was around long before 2005; it was an off shoot of Center for American Progress, and I believe the original TP began sometime in 2002 or 2003. Perhaps it was reorganized in 2005 to the site we are all familiar with today — can someone back me up on that? Or am I mistaken?
October 12th, 2009 at 9:35 amRemember some of the old regulars?
Think Pro9gress is a great answer to the idiots on the right who have nothing to offer but negativity, hate, hypocracy, lies et al I look forward to reading the news every day on think Progress and wish them all well and keep up the good work
October 12th, 2009 at 11:19 am****
123,
you’ll always be here,
you have nowhere else to go.
:)
October 12th, 2009 at 11:27 amWell done, Think Progress, keep up the excellent work.
October 12th, 2009 at 11:28 amReading this post prompted me to check my Most Visited bookmark folder. And as I suspected Think Progress is near the top of the left leaning blogs along with TPM and Crooks & Liars.
Ever since I give up on Huffington “Entertainment Tonight Lite” & “Alternative Medicine Land of Woo” Post and decided to sit at the adult table I spend more of my time here. I congratulate you and your frequent commentators.
However, I cannot help but to caution you on feeling superior to some of the right leaning blogs when the comparisons are based on pure effort. Your constant reliance on facts, truth and reality means you must put in much less effort to produce this blog than the rightist who must rely on distortions, lies and faith in long discredited ideologies.
October 12th, 2009 at 11:44 amAlso, #131… ‘kudos’ is a corruption of a Greek word, I believe… means ‘fame’ or ‘renown’
October 12th, 2009 at 12:00 pm#s 138 & 139
Thanks.
You just never know until you know.
Then you know.
October 12th, 2009 at 12:33 pmSlappadappadoo@!!!!!
whoosh, buddy!
Hooray for TP, which makes Drudge look like George Will and Perez Hilton had a baby!!
October 12th, 2009 at 1:04 pmThank you TP for being here and holding up the left side of the political spectrum. Your constant vigilence and decisive commentary are critical contributions to the debate. I go to this site first before I even read the news. Well done.
October 12th, 2009 at 1:45 pmThe Weekly Standard’s Michael Goldfarb says that Think Progress’s focus on conservative pundits shows that its impact, if anything, is waning.
Actually, if the scope of targets is becoming more limited, it’s only because so many have already been picked off. There are a lot fewer wingnuts in government now than there used to be, and they’re continuing to decline. Now the main voice of the right is from people who aren’t elected, so they’re the next in line to draw fire.
“They’re a shameless bunch of lying, distorting, propagandists, which I respect, and I don’t know what MSNBC would do without them,” he says.
I’m interested to hear specifically what lies and distortions Goldfarb thinks TP has committed. If he has an actual list of such complaints, I’m sure that TP would be willing to go over their facts and check them again.
But the fact that he claims to respect such behavior is disturbing.
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ralph the wonder llama says:
Really?
On what grounds?
Being President while black.
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tombaker says:
Hooray for TP, which makes Drudge look like George Will and Perez Hilton had a baby!!
Oh, that mental image is going to linger… thanks a lot.
October 12th, 2009 at 1:49 pmKeep up the good work Think Progress!
October 12th, 2009 at 2:20 pmIt’s awesome to know there are so many who believe as I do.
Love reading all you smart people!
World Peace Now!
October 12th, 2009 at 4:27 pmDoes everyone at TP come to work in their PJ’s??
/sarcasm
Seriously, great work, TP!
October 12th, 2009 at 5:36 pmThank you.
Has Politico been lying a lot? I know they’re slanted right, but when I used to read the occasional article on Yahoo they seemed honest at least.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:31 pmtest.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:35 pmbackup says:
October 12th, 2009 at 6:35 pmbackup says:
Congratulations, TP! I stumbled into this place during the 2008 election and found a site where my own hopes and fears were being discussed intelligently (and sometimes, outrageously hilariously) by all of you regulars. I read things here every day that I never hear from the MSM.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:44 pmRE: Briseadh na Faire @ 116:
Ceart go leor.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:46 pmAmusing. The trend of the media making its own news has entered the blogosphere. :) Heh.
That said: congratulations Thinky P! This is where I go first for the real grit.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:47 pmSlappyMORON
You cant do anything except constantly beg us to pity you. You have shown that consistantly. You are stupid and pathetic. NO pity for you. You sucked us dry. All you do now is provide the sewer with posts. Sucks to be you.
October 12th, 2009 at 8:47 pmThink Progress does have a POV, as does every other website.
In today’s political environment, there are many sites that are more than willing to interpret information for the reader…where as TP provides the reader the opportunity to decide for themselves.
So for Politico to charge TP with influencing the conversation, one has to wonder if they are complaining only because they think that knowledge is a dangerous thing?
TP – keep sharing and we will keep coming back!
October 13th, 2009 at 12:54 pmThe double-standard here is blatant. karin estetigi ameliyatlari
October 17th, 2009 at 4:19 amThank you for your sharing.!
October 17th, 2009 at 11:14 am