link--this

I'm confused as to why you are comparing the two! I totally think your drive was more worthy of a donation, don't get me wrong, but it started off as donations to get Statia down to see you... and people read Sullivan's site daily and religiously to get information, most people are willing to pay for good political commentary that *isn't* filtered by a media company that perhaps has vested interests in politics. Your blog is about your life, mostly, which is very fun to read, but it's not necessary news that will change my life (well, maybe, but I'm generalizing ;)). Also, I haven't checked in a while, but wasn't your average donation size larger? I thought what you did with the money from your drive was very admirable, but I personally didn't donate because I'd rather donate directly to the breast cancer research fund myself. For Sullivan's drive, there is no alternative! If you think of it that way, I'm sure yours might have even surpassed his.

¤ ¤ credit: Katie | 12.20.02 at 06:02 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

What I meant to say (sorry) was that I don't think the political affiliations of the audience has anything to do with it, it's more the reasons that draw the audience to the site.

¤ ¤ credit: Katie | 12.20.02 at 06:04 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Katie -- tongue in cheek. Humor. Irony. Look 'em up. Get back to me. ;-)

(In other words, how many times do I put smiley emoticons in my entries?)

And Mikey actually got my point. His audience is a bunch of rich Republicans. Mine...mostly the tax payers that float them. *g*

¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 12.20.02 at 06:11 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

i swear it isn't liberal vs conservative in your case, it's just number of readers. and i have absolutely no empirical evidence to back that up, thankyouverymuch.

for the record, i don't read insta (and he even linked me once) because there's no heart there. just links. (no offense intended, mr sullivan, sir)

¤ ¤ credit: tanya | 12.20.02 at 07:56 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Why do people always say "rich Republicans"? I vote Republican most of the time and I'm far from rich (far, far, far from rich). And Clinton had more millionaires in his cabinet than any president before him--so there are obviously a lot of rich Democrats out there. This is part of the problem with labeling people. The labels are hardly ever accurate. With tongue firmly planted in my cheek, I, a Libertarian, ask: "Why can't we all just get along?" :-) (And to those I won't offend with this wish...have a Merry Christmas!)

¤ ¤ credit: TJ | 12.20.02 at 08:12 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Mikey, when can you start?

¤ ¤ credit: michele | 12.20.02 at 10:02 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

I'm a Republican and I'm fair from rich. I think the rich Republican is a sterotype and if I recall correctly, we don't want to sterotype, especially not here because we know that sterotyping is bad. :)

¤ ¤ credit: Sean | 12.21.02 at 01:14 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

People. Breathe.

Rich Republican readership base.

Not: All Republicans = rich.

There's a difference. Trust me. I design a lot of their blogs. Besides, we all know that Democrats aren't good at giving their money away. Can't we all just get along? ;-)

¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 12.21.02 at 02:06 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Damn you, if you get a pool boy er cabana boy errr I mean intern boy, I'm moving in. I wan to be fanned and fed grapes all day too!!! :oP

¤ ¤ credit: statia | 12.21.02 at 10:51 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Or buy my soaps! At least then you GET something in return and I might be able to cover the basic bills next week! (UGH. Ugh, ugh, ugh...)

¤ ¤ credit: Christine | 12.21.02 at 07:14 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

The problem with buying soaps is that they always end up getting molested.

¤ ¤ credit: a different Bill | 12.21.02 at 08:11 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 12.21.02 at 08:14 PM | link--this ¤ ¤