Cindy Sheehan's Rise to Poplarity: Blog-Fueled?
Power of the blogosphere? Sheer dedication of a grieving war mother? Whatever is fueling Cindy Sheehan's rise to popularity, it's working. The woman holding vigil outside President Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch (now accessible via satellite photos at crytpome) upstaged Bush in BlogPulse's key people list starting late last week and continues to hold No. 2 to his No. 3 spot today. A BlogPulse graph plots her two-week rise to fame:
While the gold-star mother (today's No. 28 link) begs the President to meet with her in person during his August vacation, others are examining the fallout and intensifying their scrutiny of the war in Iraq, fueled by Frank Rich's No. 3 top link today "Someone Tell the President the War is Over" and "A Message to Cindy Sheehan" from Iraq the Model blog (today's No. 2 top blog post). Meanwhile, Daily Kos offers tips on how to frame the Cindy discussion, while Michelle Malkin unconfirmedly dishes personal dirt. Protein Wisdom (No. 8 blog post) offers some wit into an otherwise un-funny situation.
Scrutiny galore
Elsewhere, coverage of the war includes a Washington Post assessment of lowered expectations in Iraq (with some reality-vs.-unreality commentary by Washington Monthly) and the discovery of a post-invasion chemical stash near Mosul (and "told you so" commentary by Heretical Ideas.)
BlogPulse News: The 15-Million Blog Milestone...and BlogPulse Paraphernalia!
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Posted by Sue MacDonald at August 15, 2005 09:53 AM
