My comment on Ron Paul published in the Dayton Daily News!
Last Wednesday or Thursday, the DDN posted an article about the election and asked a question on their website: Who Would You Choose, Hillary or Giuliani? Many people said they would choose neither. About six people that I could count mentioned Ron Paul. Over time, the comment section for the article turned into a bit of a flame war and it appeared that the DDN took it offline. This has happened before and the comments are usually lost down the memory hole. For example, comments on the article about the City of Dayton not being able to account for 32 million dollars lasted all of an hour or so on the DDN website.
In the Saturday, August 11 edition of the Dayton Daily News, I noticed they were publishing what people online thought of the candidates. I was shocked to see Ron Paul’s picture as part of the feature. Further, I was astonished to find that the first comment about Ron Paul that they published was mine! I think they edited my comment a bit, I can’t be sure, because I commented two or three times on their website about him, but they got the gist of it right:
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#1 | Comment #3769 by Esther on August 16, 2007 @ 1:10 am
Congratulations. I notice they did not put your name though. But that’s great. Go Ron Paul.
#2 | Comment #3777 by AngelaTC on August 16, 2007 @ 2:00 am
Awesome! It’s a wonderful thing to get his name out there.
#3 | Comment #3851 by DP on August 16, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
My comment didn’t get published. I think it was because I mentioned another poster by name (not in a bad way) and said something about both parties selling us all down the river (possibly controversial choice of words). If I’d known they might publish it, I’d have written something more publishable.
I was, however, able to use the forum to PM undecideds to “google ron paul” and invite them to the meet-up. Asking them to google is a safe way to avoid PM’ing for a fight, something that really ticks people off. The invitation is the kicker to get them to ask themselves “Are these people I want to hang around with?” and take their googling seriously. At least one of the published, undecided comments belongs to someone who is now a Ron Pauler.
Another commenter was a serious Ron Pauler who hadn’t signed up for the meet-up yet and I was able to encourage him to do so. I don’t know what the net effect on the campaign is for evangelizing for the meet-ups when someone’s already converted and doing their part, but the comments were a rare opportunity to connect with locals we may not have met otherwise (or as soon?).
#4 | Comment #77467 by william david dice on January 14, 2008 @ 8:04 pm
The Dayton Daily News never even puts his name in articles of any type. They do not like me either. I am getting even with them on You Tube.
#5 | Comment #78913 by D. Greene on January 16, 2008 @ 1:51 am
No, the dayton daily news did this one months ago, but you are correct about one thing: they are really terrible now.