http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6098633/site/newsweek

The link above goes to a Newsweek column about blogging, and the hope that blogs would raise the level of discourse in the political world leading to the election, and the current feeling that they have failed at such. In a way they have, but is it really the fault of bloggers that most of the discussion has centered around Vietnam and forged memos? I sure don't think so. I think you can put the blam squarely on the shoulders of Mr. Kerry. From the beginning of his campiagn, all he could talk about was Vietnam, and if that's all he gives the bloggers to comment on, that's all they're going to talk about. Bush, on the other hand, hasn't talked much about Vietnam at all. He hasn't talked about the important issues as much as I would like, but he has talked about them more than Kerry, and has actually laid down some definite policy ideas. Plus, the guy is President, and maybe doesn't have all the time in the world to lay out everything he wants to do the next four years. The last four should give a decent indication. I'm tempted to say we could look at Kerry's voting record as a Senator to see how he might act as President, but since he's skipped more than half the votes during his congressional career, and when he has voted he's changed sides so many times it's hard to count, and when he has actually spoken about potential policies, well his flip-flopping is legend. Give us bloggers something good to talk about, and we will, I promise!