House GOP Protest Leaked via New Media [w/video] : Red, Green, and Blue

House GOP Protest Leaked via New Media [w/video]

Published on August 5th, 2008

Posted in Center, Energy, Legislation, Other Politics

Oddly enough, last Friday’s impromptu protest held by a gaggle of rebellious GOP members of the House, gave most of those members more press than they’ve received since their most recent campaign. Odd, because this particular act of political theater was not covered by the cameras of C-SPAN. Before the sit-in morphed into a full-blown press conference, there was no ‘real’ media to speak of. But ‘New Media’ is different. It can slip in, un-noticed, via mobile phone or Blackberry and slip out via 180 character-or-less Twitter updates or YouTube videos; much like this one I came across at Red State (5 mins.)

I’m pretty sure whoever shot this was breaking the law, or, at the very least, House Rules — but I’m quite glad they did. I’m always entertained by politics as theater.

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