Ping: Cam Edwards

[Crapshoot]

Congratulations - Quoted by the National Review ?

Now, NR isn't where it used it to be, but that's still pretty impressive. Congrats.
http://nationalreview.com/pfeiffer/p...0511080945.asp

[duckman]

Originally Posted by article

After leading Kaine for most of the past year, Republican Jerry Kilgore has seen his one-time ten-point lead evaporate into what polls now show as a slight deficit. The latest poll numbers show Kaine with a three-to-five-point advantage. If Kilgore has slipped in the race as the polls indicate, is it because of President Bush’s nagging unpopularity, or mistakes made by the Kilgore campaign? “He sounds like a beaten man,” Cam Edwards, a talk-show host who interviewed Kilgore on Monday, said of the candidate. Kilgore staffers are already starting to blame the president in advance of a possible defeat. “If Kilgore loses, his staff will blame Bush. They’re openly saying Bush has been a seven-point negative for their campaign,” a source close to the campaign said last night. He added, “And if he wins, Bush gets the credit.” However, there is evidence at least one of Kilgore’s own campaign moves deserves some of the blame for his drop in polls. The latest Rasmussen numbers show that Kilgore’s death-penalty campaign against Kaine may have backfired:

Nice paragraph worth of quotes. Not too shabby I say.

[CamEdwards]

ugh. he quoted me incorrectly. I actually said when I talked to Kilgore, he DIDN'T sound like a beaten man.

[duckman]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

ugh. he quoted me incorrectly. I actually said when I talked to Kilgore, he DIDN'T sound like a beaten man.

Better be making some phone calls to the editor about the misquote.

[Crapshoot]

in any case, congrats. And yeah, email one of the guys on the Corner (Jonah perhaps) - I'm sure they will fix it, though it does change the whole article.

[CamEdwards]

I just emailed Eric, and it's being corrected. Now I can go back to thinking it's cool I was quoted.

Actually, if you're a regular reader to NRO, you've probably seen TKS (Jim Gerahty) quote me or link to my blog on a regular basis. I'm in with the NRO folks.

[CamEdwards]

dola: thanks for pointing this out, btw. I really appreciate it.

[Crapshoot]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

I just emailed Eric, and it's being corrected. Now I can go back to thinking it's cool I was quoted.

Actually, if you're a regular reader to NRO, you've probably seen TKS (Jim Gerahty) quote me or link to my blog on a regular basis. I'm in with the NRO folks.

Eh - I read the Corner for the most part, and try and avoid the people that infuriate me (Stanley Kurtz, who's arguing that gay marriage is responsible for higher criminal rates, and K-Lo, who's role seems to be the "snarky" one without any substance) in favor of those I like (Ramesh Ponnru, for one - smartest guy in that bunch- John Derbyshire, Andrew McCarthy, and Jonah).

[CamEdwards]

ooh, you like Derbyshire? He's a crank. I don't read the corner as much as I used to. For one thing, I get sucked in and don't blog enough on my own site. it also seems to be a little too pop culture-y (yet stuck in the 80's) for my taste.

[Crapshoot]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

ooh, you like Derbyshire? He's a crank. I don't read the corner as much as I used to. For one thing, I get sucked in and don't blog enough on my own site. it also seems to be a little too pop culture-y (yet stuck in the 80's) for my taste.

yeah, point taken. I think Derb is undoubtedly a crank, but he's amusing, and his references are less pop-culture ish than K-lo's, for example - there's usually thought behind what he has to say, and there seems to be a keen intellect there. It doesnt hurt that's he one of the few to actively calling the ID people nuts.

Yeah, I find the dissection of Desperate Housewives to be a little over the top, but I guess that's what the blogging nature does. I also never click on the links to get sucked into the time wasters/

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

ugh. he quoted me incorrectly. I actually said when I talked to Kilgore, he DIDN'T sound like a beaten man.

Whoops.

[CamEdwards]

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

yeah, point taken. I think Derb is undoubtedly a crank, but he's amusing, and his references are less pop-culture ish than K-lo's, for example - there's usually thought behind what he has to say, and there seems to be a keen intellect there. It doesnt hurt that's he one of the few to actively calling the ID people nuts.

Yeah, I find the dissection of Desperate Housewives to be a little over the top, but I guess that's what the blogging nature does. I also never click on the links to get sucked into the time wasters/

actually, a couple of jonah's time wasters have kicked ass, although I've found the best time waster of all. I think I'll have to post a link in a new thread.

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

actually, a couple of jonah's time wasters have kicked ass, although I've found the best time waster of all. I think I'll have to post a link in a new thread.

Don't! FOFC'ers will suck up all the bandwith and slow it down. It won't be fun anymore.

[CamEdwards]

oh all right.

BTW, I'm at a loss as to what to do about this. Rather than issue a correction to the piece, the editors at NRO simply removed the portion of the article quoting me.

That's fine and all, but I really believe there should be a written correction. Am I wrong in asking for such a thing? I'd like to stay on Rich Lowry's good side, but I also would like it to be known that I was misquoted.

[NoMyths]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

oh all right.

BTW, I'm at a loss as to what to do about this. Rather than issue a correction to the piece, the editors at NRO simply removed the portion of the article quoting me.

That's fine and all, but I really believe there should be a written correction. Am I wrong in asking for such a thing? I'd like to stay on Rich Lowry's good side, but I also would like it to be known that I was misquoted.

You were misquoted in print in a visible place. A correction is by no means unwarranted.

On the other hand, journalism is built on the backs of the misquoted. As is history.

(That's Zen for "unless you're going to take heat for it that you could clear up easily, is it worth worrying too much about?")

[Buccaneer]

You live in a fantasy world, Cam, if you think doing the right thing in print matters. Now on radio, that's another matter....

[Draft Dodger]

this may be the dorkiest thread I've read all day

[Wolfpack]

I read the Corner and Cam's blog daily, so it's interesting that there is that "degree of separation" from here to Cam to the Corner going on. I do distinctly remember Jonah actually using the word "asshat" in the Corner once, but he credited to I think TKS for where it came from. I had thought about linking to it from here, but wasn't sure if either of the universes were prepared for the ensuing collision that would result.