http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 26 Feb 2003 21:21:30 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/26/170633.php#comment-3944 In California, it wasn't discounted. Sen. Feinstein's office got over 80,000 calls and she is now backing off her pro-war stance as has Rep. Ellen Tauscher. It has also gotten a huge ammount of media coverage. It was the top story on the local ABC affiliate in San Francisco. 3944@blogcritics.org Wed, 26 Feb 2003 21:21:30 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/26/170633.php#comment-3936 should they discount it, though? peace. 3936@blogcritics.org Wed, 26 Feb 2003 18:26:43 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/26/170633.php#comment-3934 My point is that politicians and bureaucrats discount this kind of campaign, whatever it is called. 3934@blogcritics.org Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:58:51 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/26/170633.php#comment-3932 This isn't Astroturf. Astroturf is when a corporatation or other powerful interest uses large resources to create the appearance of a grassroots campaign (like when Microsoft created a frontgroup of "people" against the breaking up the company). Targeting a particular day to have people contact their representatives on an issue is a traditional tactic for grassroots groups. This just uses the web and email to coordinate it. 3932@blogcritics.org Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:56:09 EST