The wit and rise of the political blogger

“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.”
Mark Twain

In a stone-cold coolness coup of epic proportions the Guardian got Medium Lobster from the amazing Fafblog writing one of their political columns this past Thursday. I hope it’s becomes a very, very regular thing…

Favourite quote from the article. (Nearly dmade me spit out my coffee…) :

Mitt Romney

Pros: History of rapid flip-flops will neatly counterbalance McCain’s record of stunning policy reversals to achieve perfect pandering equilibrium; ability to suck opponents into the inky void of his soul should prove useful in veep debate; sweats liquid money.

Cons: Eccentric space-god religion could appear unacceptably bizarre to pious nation of devout 2000-year-old Jewish zombie worshipers.

(nb: if you’re not following the US presidential race and its dramatis personae closely, this probably won’t be that funny… Oh, and before anyone gets the wrong idea… I’m Canadian, *not* American… For differences, see here. =] )

The Year of the Political Blogger Has Arrived:

In more serious news… The New York Times, which missed Loobster doing the Guardian gig, has a fab article on the rise of the political blogger. Excellent reading and definitely pro-am political journalism is becoming a trend to be noted for any activist organization (offer void in countries where written political dissidence is prohibited).

(via Fafblog, BoingBoing, the NYTimes and dem random Canadian beer commercials, eh ? ).