Kudos to Bradblog! and DU this Vote!

[Melissa G]

Hey DU,
You can vote early and often for our hardworking friend, Brad Friedman! (Weblog Award voting rules permit you to cast a vote in any of the 50 or so categories every 24 hours.)
Vote here http://2008.weblogawards.org/polls/best-liberal-blog/

This from Bradblog...

As The BRAD BLOG hobbles wrist-wrecked and flu-fallen towards the finish line of a particularly harrowing and exhausting year, we're heartened by a very nice distinction, being named as Finalist in the 2008 Weblog Awards.

We hadn't even realized we were in the running, until the list of nominees was announced last night. So we're pleased to find ourselves in very distinguished company for the "Best Liberal Blog" nod:

* Hullabaloo
* Think Progress
* Sadly, No!
* The BRAD BLOG
* Blue Gal
* Orcinus
* Truthdig
* Wonkette
* Taylor Marsh
* Shakesville
* Crooks & Liars
* The Confluence
* Glenn Greenwald's Unclaimed Territory
* Talking Points Memo

We don't much care for the "Liberal Blog" label, but as neither "Best Independent Blog" nor "Best Non-Rightwingnut Blog" were available categories, and given the company we're honored to share, we'll take whatever we can get and note --- as it is said, and we mean it --- the honor of simply being nominated.

Online voting for the title begins right here at the Weblog Awards site on Jan 5th. Though given the sizes of the (mostly) group blogs we're nominated alongside, as mentioned, we're honored to have simply been nominated, without even campaigning, as Finalist. :-)

Blogged by Brad Friedman on 12/31/2008 12:31PM PT
http://www.bradblog.com/

[calimary]

1. Incredibly honored and thrilled to recommend this!

Brad! You just absolutely ROCK!

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[Melissa G]

2. Wonkette is in the lead and hard working Brad is at 85. Wake up, DU!

And Vote for a fellow DUer! :patriot:

[Political_Junkie]

3. kicked and rec'd

.

[pacalo]

4. Also, please vote for Larissa's "At Largely", which is in another category...

It's in the "Best Midsize Blog" category here.

[bleever]

5. Gracias.

Here's to Brad and Larisa.

:yourock:

[cascadiance]

7. Ah, you beat me to it!

[cascadiance]

6. Let's give DUer Larisa Alexandrovna's blog (At Largely) some votes too.

LaLa_RawRaw's blog "At Largely" is up for the mid-size blog category. Let's give her a DU bump! Perhaps we should start a separate thread for this!

http://2008.weblogawards.org/polls/best-midsize-blog/

[Melissa G]

8. Happy to add Larissa to this thread!

They are both great DUers!

[Melissa G]

9. Both Brad and Larissa could use a lot more votes!

Brad is up to 157, but a few thousand more clicks would sure help.
We got lots of DUers, Vote early and often!

http://2008.weblogawards.org/polls/best-liberal-blog/

Can't wait until tomorrow, so I can Vote for Brad and Larissa again! :bounce:

[lala_rawraw]

10. Hey thanks guys... but we are losing BIG time

to the other side... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:((

[Melissa G]

11. DU is a big site! We just need our friends here to do a little clicking

and gave your and Brad's sites some appreciation! :yourock:

[lala_rawraw]

12. no one is clicking...

because we are still way down the list... but its the thought that counts:)

[slay]

13. Me clicky!!

BradBlog has been THE BEST source on rigged election info for years. By far one of my favorites! :)

[Peace Patriot]

14. Done! Election reform is THE key to our future as a democracy. BradBlog has served

above and beyond the call of duty on this vital issue. Just about everything else on the internet is blather, in my opinion--especially leftist political analysis that does not mention rightwing, corporate-run 'TRADE SECRET' vote counting and the deliberate and systematic disenfranchisement of the American people.

The True Bluers, the ones who really believe in government of, by and for the People, are addressing the practical, strategic, power issue of who is counting the votes. NOTHING is going to change until we restore transparent vote counting. That is the bottom line of democracy, and it is the essential first step toward any serious, meaningful reform.

There are a lot of brave, tenacious people working on this issue. BradBlog has helped keep the rest of us informed about their work, and has raised the alarm on the egregious flaws in our inherently fraudulent election system. An invaluable web site!