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Saturday, 20 December 2003

using my powers for good?

It will be interesting to see how quickly the unelectable meme spreads, and how long it takes for it to impact the search results for unelectable.

(Thanks to George and Kieran for the heads-up on this.)

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Unelectable reprise from scribblingwoman on February 3, 2004 8:03 PM
Excerpt: Those of you who were following the unelectable memeóand you know who you areómay be interested in the following exchange...
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Comment from Ross K on December 20, 2003 12:52 PM (Permalink to Comment)

Eh, too similar to "miserable failure" to be really interesting.

What IS interesting? It looks like the Dean campaign is trying to exploit the Google-bomb effect in a more subtle way, by setting up bushtax.com this week. In a few weeks time, it will probably have enough Google juice that anyone researching Bush's tax policies will find it.

It's a google-bomb backed up with real information.


Comment from Jill on December 20, 2003 2:58 PM (Permalink to Comment)

That does sound interesting, Ross - after all, who's going to search for "unelectable" on google, and even if they did, would it really be likely to make them change their vote?


Comment from George on December 20, 2003 11:15 PM (Permalink to Comment)

GW's bio is now the #1 result in response to a search on "unelectable."

It's just a gag. No one is assuming that someone will innocently search on "unelectable" and stumble across the GW bio.


Comment from Fran¡ois Granger on December 21, 2003 11:53 AM (Permalink to Comment)

This is just a "proof of concept". And it woks. Now, one choose the key words and send the meme.

I am not involved in american election, not having voting right in USA, but I am involved in it because american policy impact our life.


Comment from curiousgeorgeshrubya@village_idiot_from_Texas.com a unelectable miserable failure cheap labor conser on January 7, 2004 3:37 AM (Permalink to Comment)

curiousgeorgeshrubya@village_idiot_from_Texas.com sez I is a unelectable miserable failure cheap labor conservative dodipoll
Yes, is definitely unelectable! The next questions is: what's the defnition of a dodipoll? and what's the defnition of a cheap labor conservative?


curiousgeorgeshrubya@village_idiot_from_Texas.com a unelectable miserable failure cheap labor conservative dodipoll


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