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I don't deny the truth of the term "moron vote," and I agree with almost all of the article, until we get to the following:

"And there you have blogs," Wolfe continued. "The universe of blogs is a universe of rumors, and the tribe likes it that way."

Lumping all blogs, and by inference those who read them, into a group of moron voters is a great mistake. I refer Mr. Tyrrell to the blogs Powerline, HughHewitt.com, Instapundit, Michael Yon Online, The Fourth Rail, etc.

In fact, I would reverse Mr. Wolfe's statement to read:

The universe of American MSM is a universe of rumors, and the tribes like it that way.

p>The folks who post at the blogs listed above do not specialize in rumor or tribal drum beating. They provide careful analysis of current events and sober, fact-based opinion. The quality of the analysis and opinion on these sites exceeds, in my opinion, most similar information available from today's MSM. br> -- Doug Santo br> Pasadena, California /p>

Mr. Tyrrell's observations about the recent YouTube "debate" reminded me of my own regarding the prior Democratic candidate convergence, the one held at Howard University, moderated by Tavis Smiley, and focused almost exclusively on matters of interest to African-Americans.

p>One of the first questions asked what the candidates would do to improve the economic opportunities for and welfare of young black men. The answers were just various shades of predictable pandering: programs for this; programs for that; programs for this, that and the other thing. But what struck me was how not one candidate uttered a single word, not one, about personal and parental responsibility. br> --

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