He Stoops To Conquer

You may or may not know that hyperlocal blog Capitol Hill Seattle is running a poll pitting Capitol Hill's living room, Victrola, against Capitol Hill's overly-caffeinated-stream-of-consciousness, the Slog. (You can also vote for squirrels in another hotly contested match-up.)

We see the Slog's Dan Savage has imported some Chicago machine tactics, keeping up a steady drumbeat to stir the populace, advocating "re-voting," and (here's where it gets shocking) asking Portlanders to vote for Slog.

Out of state interests influencing a local election? You go too far, Savage. We take no joy in knowing your triumph (if that's the word) will be short-lived, as the squirrels will no doubt soon be chewing the corpse of Slog. The purity of the anonymous online polling process has been soiled forever.

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By MvB in News on December 22, 2006 11:15 AM

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pro-squirrels

A. You post about a posting about a posting about a contest about which nobody cares.

B. I actually work for a living, so I don't see how Dan has time and energy to F/T blog and edit a rag. But at least this post is an acknowledged pinch, not like all their others that Slog steals from Gawker, Boing Boing, and beyond.

Will D

Merriam-Webster.com is A-OK with "triumph."

Relenvance?

Federick: Not to downplay your loss, which is horrible and unfortunate and shouldn't have happened but what does it have to do with this post? -- or, for that matter, any post on this site -- or, well, most other sites on the internet?

Did you also call up Loveline, to interrupt teenagers talking about their genital warts, so that you could say, "This is dumb. My cousin just died in Iraq." ?

frederick r

this is really dumb. my cousin just died in iraq.

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Asking those dirty savages to the south across the Columbia River to vote in a glorious Seattle election is exactly the kind of leftist electoral shenanigans that is hurting those poor Washington State Republicans who just can't seem to win. I am shocked!