The Internet Strikes Again

September 15, 2009 - byCarter Wrenn

Hardly a Democrat has a doubt the Internet has become a force majeure in politics; and if any Republican had any doubts take a look at what’s happened to Representative Joe Wilson

Congressman Wilson was cruising to reelection in a Republican District when he called out, “You lie!” on national TV – then overnight a million dollars sailed through the ether and landed in his opponent’s inbox.
 
One day Wilson’s crusin,’ the next he’s in a fight for his political life.
 
The Democrats fully funded an entire Congressional Race – in a Republican District – overnight.
 
Then Wilson did his own Internet video and voilà – he raises a million too.
 
And consider this: 20,000 people just gave Wilson’s opponent a million dollars but that’s not the end of it. How many more millions will those same people give between now and the election? You can bet Wilson’s opponent will be emailing them every time another shoe drops – so it could be two, three or four million before all’s said and done.

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The Internet Strikes Again

September 15, 2009/Carter Wrenn

Hardly a Democrat has a doubt the Internet has become a force majeure in politics; and if any Republican had any doubts take a look at what’s happened to Representative Joe Wilson

Congressman Wilson was cruising to reelection in a Republican District when he called out, “You lie!” on national TV – then overnight a million dollars sailed through the ether and landed in his opponent’s inbox.
 
One day Wilson’s crusin,’ the next he’s in a fight for his political life.
 
The Democrats fully funded an entire Congressional Race – in a Republican District – overnight.
 
Then Wilson did his own Internet video and voilà – he raises a million too.
 
And consider this: 20,000 people just gave Wilson’s opponent a million dollars but that’s not the end of it. How many more millions will those same people give between now and the election? You can bet Wilson’s opponent will be emailing them every time another shoe drops – so it could be two, three or four million before all’s said and done.

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