April 12, 2004

John Kerry's blog is now deleting comments

On the thread 'Middle-class Misery Index Hits Record Under George Bush', I left a comment concerning JFK's immigration policies. It was posted; I checked after having posted it. It's no longer there.

Not only that, when I tried to repost it, I was forced to go through their verification again, after which I was confronted with a message telling me "You are not allowed to post comments."

My comment was not abusive, libelous, etc. in any way, I simply pointed out major problems with JFK's immigration policies. See my comment on this thread for an example (search for 'TheLonewackoBlog'). I don't know how long that comment will be there if they decide to start sending things down the Memory Hole.

Here's the deleted comment from memory:

Meanwhile, JFK's immigration policies will invite millions of illegal immigrants to come to the U.S.

That will drive down wages for the poorest Americans, and increase the tax burden on the middle-class.

But, don't worry! Some people will benefit from JFK's immigration policies: super-rich corporate tycoons who love low-wage foreign labor.

UPDATE: I should make it clear that blog.johnkerry.com is private property, and they have the right to delete comments at will. However, I also have a right to bring it to the attention of as many people as possible that the information contained at blog.johnkerry.com is moderated and that apparently JFK can't stand public debate but instead wants to wallow in samethink.

As for the comments here, I've only got about 500 in over a year and half of blogging. I've deleted several spams comments concerning Male Enhancement Products and gaming, however I've only deleted two non-spam comments. One was from this post on Nicholas "a thousand Mogadishus" DeGenova; it appeared to give his home address. The second comment I deleted was from this recent post about the Marine with the sign.

Posted to Politics at April 12, 2004 10:31 AM

Comments

Nice comment! Kerry hates the truth. Maybe the FCC was behind their reasoning for "censoring" you. Kerry figured that anything that negates Kennedy is obscene.

Posted by: jay at April 12, 2004 10:55 AM

Oops...just realized JFK (John F'n Kerry). Hmm...Kerry does think he's a Kennedy.

Posted by: jay at April 12, 2004 11:04 AM

Bush is pretty lenient towards the latinos... don't they also drive down wages?

Posted by: Laura at May 4, 2004 12:05 AM

To vote for John Kerry in November is to vote for The Void. It is to move a nation � and much of the free world � into an awesome, scary vacuum.

The reason is because no one, including John Kerry, knows truthfully who Kerry is. And the word "truthfully" is the key word. No one. Kerry is unknowable in that he has a base that shifts. He is Political Opportunist to the maximum � one of the most dangerous to this new century.

Kerry is now called The waffler. He�s called that because he is. Who then in one�s right mind would vote for a waffler? Only the fools of the nation would cast a ballot for a person who is so unpredictable that not even John Kerry knows where he's going to land next week. His voting record in the Congress is right there before the eyes of the country. It�s public record. It�s unnerving to go over his voting history

Posted by: Roger Estrada at June 14, 2004 06:20 AM

I read a great deal of subjective material from this website but no proof to back it up. If your going to make comments that will be taken seriously back it up.

Posted by: Margi at July 7, 2004 05:27 PM