What makes a good political post?

June 30, 2004 3:29 PM

Good news post; Bad news post.
posted by BlueTrain to etiquette/policy at 3:29 PM (17 comments total)

Bad News Bear
posted by trharlan at 3:42 PM on June 30, 2004

PreachingToTheChoirFilter
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 4:05 PM on June 30, 2004

Really?
posted by BlueTrain at 4:10 PM on June 30, 2004

this is very Goofus and Gallant, no?
posted by amberglow at 4:17 PM on June 30, 2004

"Gallant walks a little old lady across the street; Goofus pushes the harridan into oncoming traffic."

Ah, Highlights.
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:16 PM on June 30, 2004

so confused.
posted by Quartermass at 5:39 PM on June 30, 2004

Remember when we had this discussion last EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK!!!!!|!@!!@#!@#!@#
posted by The God Complex at 11:44 PM on June 30, 2004

Bad Metatalk post.
posted by i_cola at 1:08 AM on July 1, 2004

Comment ratio has reached 20:1 for the bad:good posts.
posted by scarabic at 1:36 AM on July 1, 2004

Yet Metatalk is approaching 1:1 for political posts.
posted by smackfu at 6:27 AM on July 1, 2004

Tis the season. Politics are busting out all over. We have four more months of this crap before the sludge flow ebbs a little bit.

Get your hazmat suits on. We'll get through this okay.
posted by chicobangs at 7:53 AM on July 1, 2004

We have four more months of this crap before the sludge flow ebbs a little bit.
Unless, of course, the Wrong Guy gets in and we have four more years of it.
posted by darukaru at 8:00 AM on July 1, 2004

Fine, Mister Half Empty Glass. Put a frowny face on everything, why don't you.
posted by chicobangs at 8:26 AM on July 1, 2004

george w. bush ruined metafilter!
posted by quonsar at 8:27 AM on July 1, 2004

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Sing it to the hills fellow MeFites!!
posted by badstone at 9:44 AM on July 1, 2004

Unless, of course, the Wrong Guy gets in and we have four more years of it.
Or however long it takes him to shut places like this down.

I am reminded of the old Albert Brooks album in which he did the talk-radio schtick now claimed by Phil Hendrie (to the best of my memory):
Caller: "I got a Good News, Bad News joke for ya..."
Albert: "Okay, what's the Good News?"
Caller: "What? Huh? You already started? Oh.. okay I've got some Good News and some Bad News."
Albert: "Alright, caller, what's the Good News?"
Caller: "The Good News is I don't have any Bad News."
Albert: "Then what's the Bad News?"
Caller: "The Bad News is that's all the Good News I got! Well? Get it?"
Albert: (dryly)"Yes, very funny."
posted by wendell at 11:33 AM on July 1, 2004

That's funny, why did you all assume I was talking about GWB?
At this point, American politics are so poisoned that no matter *who* gets in, the bile will continue to flow.
posted by darukaru at 1:07 PM on July 1, 2004