Derrick
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Imagine what the SA blogosphere would look like if we were able to field our questions directly to local politicians.
For one De Lille would go down in flames for trying to censor bloggers and Mbeki with his evasive muttering would have to catch a wake up.
This is exactly what seven US democratic candidates gunning for the party seat to run for president did. They answered questions from over 1,000 political bloggers according to a BBC report (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6932073.stm ).
The US Democratic Party seems to be well and truly taking their fight online. Earlier in the year an Obama supporter aired a rip-off video of the Google 2014 video but this time it was rival Hilary Clinton and not Google who was the main feature.
In late July, a presidential debate called the YearlyKos Convention, also featured on YouTube whereby candidates answered questions via online videos.
American politics appears to be gearing up for the new digital age and they are using all the tools in their arsenal … the internet being one of the big guns.
Our politicians in the interim are actually dumbing down political debate.
The ANC are trying to table a move to allow the opposition candidates only 4 seconds to make their point.
In 4 seconds I’m not even sure a candidate can say ‘Honorable minister I do not agree’.
Our politicians have lost the art of debating an issue and one only has to watch the parliamentary channel to see that this is in fact the case.
For one De Lille would go down in flames for trying to censor bloggers and Mbeki with his evasive muttering would have to catch a wake up.
This is exactly what seven US democratic candidates gunning for the party seat to run for president did. They answered questions from over 1,000 political bloggers according to a BBC report (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6932073.stm ).
The US Democratic Party seems to be well and truly taking their fight online. Earlier in the year an Obama supporter aired a rip-off video of the Google 2014 video but this time it was rival Hilary Clinton and not Google who was the main feature.
In late July, a presidential debate called the YearlyKos Convention, also featured on YouTube whereby candidates answered questions via online videos.
American politics appears to be gearing up for the new digital age and they are using all the tools in their arsenal … the internet being one of the big guns.
Our politicians in the interim are actually dumbing down political debate.
The ANC are trying to table a move to allow the opposition candidates only 4 seconds to make their point.
In 4 seconds I’m not even sure a candidate can say ‘Honorable minister I do not agree’.
Our politicians have lost the art of debating an issue and one only has to watch the parliamentary channel to see that this is in fact the case.