| ▲ | Apocryphon a day ago | |
> that year’s largely uninspiring slate of U.S. presidential candidates like Wesley Clark, Gary Hart and, yes, Howard Dean helped propel blogs into mainstream awareness Gary Hart? | ||
| ▲ | twoodfin a day ago | parent | next [-] | |
My god, I think that’s right, & he at least considered it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Hart Yup. It was a strange time in Democratic politics: The assumption after 9/11 and the success of the GOP in the 2002 midterms was that GWB was going to be reelected in a walk. So not a lot of big names crowding the field. | ||
| ▲ | anildash a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I know it seems quite absurd! I actually just added in to this piece a photo I took of the CNN screen that (I believe) was the first mention of the word "blog" that they ever put on-screen; it also has a mention of Hart's campaign. Very low-res, but the potato quality is worth it for the historical value, I think. | ||