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Commentary by TrueDialog.org's Founder, Carl Lindemann October 3 - The "Authentic" Susan Collins Catching up with the many absurdities the are coming to light around the Collins campaign - where to begin? Let's start with the "authentic" persona that Senator Collins is attempting to create on her "blog". When her attack dog Lance Dutson isn't passing on mud slinging press releases about her opponent for taking time out to attend a funeral for a family member (check his priceless "apology"), he's working hard on this part of her Web site: This blog is something I’m really excited about, probably my favorite part of our web effort so far. Authenticity is one of the biggest challenges for campaigns as they move into the new media world, and I’m really pleased to see Senator Collins use this medium to give constituents a first-hand account of what is happening in Washington. Dutson crowed about her "authenticity" after her September 21 posting when she joined the chorus lambasting MoveOn.org during what she called a "Busy Week in Washington". She mentions some other highlights of that week, but what is more notable is what she left out of her self-promotion. Perhaps her most authentic moment that week came on the 19th when Collins "was visibly angry, according to eyewitnesses in the chamber's press gallery. She paced around the floor, confronting several members of the (Republican) leadership." What elicited this authentic fit of anger? She was red in the face when her colleague Olympia Snowe decided to break ranks with those stomping habeas corpus, a cornerstone of the freedoms we supposedly treasure. What's wrong with that? It exposed how "Our Senator" was doing her job being a good soldier obeying party leadership. Does she think it is right to for the government to imprison people arbitrarily and indefinitely without having to bring charges against them? There's really no way to tell. Her vote was cast just following orders as a good soldier should. Collins' anger apparently came from a sense of betrayal that she hadn't been provided adequate political cover. Perhaps she felt she was exposed unnecessarily. After all, good soldiers deserve leadership that looks out for those who might take a hit for doing the dirty work. "There was just a miscommunication there," Trent Lott explained. Perhaps there have been similar miscommunications with our soldiers serving in Iraq surrounding, say, the stop-loss policy. Or maybe there have been miscommunications to the factories manufacturing body armor for our troops or to those armoring up Humvees to better protect soldiers from IED attacks. Perhaps Collins, a member of the Armed Services Committee, would do well focusing her anger at those "miscommunications". *** The Wages of Spin Project Spin Shop Ideas & Essays Spin Shops, State by State
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