The Christian Civic League of Maine's Mike Hein calls Pam's House Blend: "a leading source of radical homosexual propaganda, anti-Christian bigotry, and radical transgender advocacy."
He is "praying that Pam Spaulding will "turn away from her wicked and sinful promotion of homosexual behavior."
(CCLM's web site, 10/15/07)
Ex-gay "Christian" activist James Hartline on Pam:
"I have been mocked over and over again by ungodly and unprincipled anti-christian lesbians."
(from "Six Years In Sodom: From The Journal Of James Hartline," 9/4/2006, written from the "homosexual stronghold" of Hillcrest in San Diego).
"Pam is a 'twisted lesbian sister' and an 'embittered lesbian' of the 'self-imposed gutteral experiences of the gay ghetto.'" -- 9/5/2008
Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth Against Homosexuality heartily endorses the Blend, calling Pam:
A "vicious anti-Christian lesbian activist." (Concerned Women for America's radio show [9:15], 1/25/07)
"A nutty lesbian blogger." (MassResistance radio show [16:25], 2/3/07)
Pam's House Blend always seems to find these sick f*cks. The area of the country she is in? The home state of her wife? I know, they are everywhere. Pam just does such a great job of bringing them out into the light.
--Impeach Bush
who monitors yours Bevis ?? Just thought I would drop you a line,so the rest of your life is not wasted.
Your blogmistress was a panelist today at the progressive conference Take Back America. We discussed the effect of the blogosphere in a session called "The Power of Blogs: Beyond 2008" and the relationship between blogs and the mainstream media, and, for lack of a better word, traditional political infrastructure on the left (and the right).
Ari Melber of The Nation moderated, and serving on the panel with me were Chris Bowers, Digby, Blend contributor Terrance Heath, Edwards 2008 Online Outreach and chief blogger Tracy Russo.
A short interview with me by Bill Scher of Campaign for America's Future is below the fold. The video of the entire session will be online later.
It was interesting to hear thoughts about what will happen to blogs and their influence in 2009, after the election cycle is over. One of the issues I raised is that many talented, well-regarded bloggers on a variety issues don't work for a think tank or generate enough ad revenue to make a living blogging. It's likely that many of them, once the ads drop off, and real life intervenes, will fold their tents and leave the blogosphere, depriving progressives of those voices and influence. The conservatives have long believed in infrastructure building, a term you'll often hear referred to as "wingnut welfare," where influence isn't only cultivated during an election cycle, but continuously to build movement connections and access.
Another topic of interest was the odd, contentious relationship between the MSM, political organizations, campaigns, elected officials and the blogosphere. The fact is that while blogs have some level of influence, the legitimacy factor in the above food chain is seriously lacking. Access to press events by bloggers is slowly occurring, but much of the political infrastructure doesn't have a handle on how to best work with or harness blogs. Not control them mind you, but to build a level of trust with a realm that is still in many ways, the wild west.
One thing I shared with folks there, when a person in the audience asked about how organizations and advocacy groups can work with bloggers, is how they can give their issue a better chance of being covered.
* Provide links to your press release on your web site. Readers want to access the source material.
* Multimedia is your friend. If you have photos, audio or video of an event, send it along. Make sure photos are web-ready (no 5MB images!), make the video embeddable so it can be spread virally.
* Transcripts! If you've supplied a video or audio, you'll get a better response if you also provide a transcript. Many folks can't play a video through their work firewall, or have time to watch the whole thing, but they can grasp the points made and forward the text to others.
* Concise releases. bullet points, please, not an essay.
* Blog-ready badges or logos. These add visual interest to a post; it can also be a way of sharing a campaign with readers that readers can take and use as well.
