Tuesday, June 05, 2007

How Will Deafread Perform for 2008 Election?

Whether you are deaf, hard of hearing or hearing and you are still undecided or unsure on who you would vote for the next Republican president in 2008 you can now add one more possible candidate for nomination and his name is Fred Thompson. There is now an official Fred Thompson website called "I'm With Fred." Check it out. The official website was announced earlier this evening on FoxNews with Sean Hannity.

If you think that Fred Thompson is low in the polls, don't have the pull, the experience and political knowledge or have that certain "savoir-faire" then think again. Fred Thompson as a non-candidate is now #2 in the Rasmussen poll report. Guiliani is #1. Mitt is #3 while McCain is #4.

But what's annoying, or even amazing, is the lack of deaf people who barely touch American politics in their blogs, or in this case, vlogs. But instead focus on entirely on deaf-related issues or just barely touch them do people participate or take notice. Not that there is anything wrong. Just an observation. But are Deaf people really that adverse to American politics? And I am curious on how will Deafread as a filtered feed aggregator perform if other deaf/hh bloggers want to cover politics regarding the upcoming 2008 election but have nothing to with any deaf-related issues? Will they allow such bloggings or put them on ignore during a critical time in American politics? Would it be better to ignore blogs that inform and/or opine so others may learn and understand regardless of which political party being discussed or supported, or the candidates covered? Will the majority of Deafread readers miss out on American politics from deaf and hard of hearing bloggers because blogs weren't fed into the aggregator just because it lacked any deaf-related items? Will this be Deafread's fault if many others miss out on American politics during the 2008 election? It'd be curious to see whether Deafread will or will not allow deaf/hh blogs that discuss American politics in their feed aggregator leading up to the 2008 election. It'd certainly be curious to see what their plans would be. Or none at all.

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