Well, while reading the afterword several thoughts, comments and questions came to my mind. Since they are all pretty different I'm just going to put them here without including them in a text:
- I was impressed by the way Trippi talks about his illness-how honest he is
- things did change a lot between 2004 and 2008 - Trippi mentions that again and again although we all know it!
- I found the part where Trippi talks about all these people working in several campaigns/companies...
- will the Internet actually stay that popular or will it loose attraction?
- this chapter helped me to get a better insight in how politics/campaigns work (e.g. the meeting with Mr & Mrs Edwards)
- Mark Penn's quote really surprised me as well: "The Internet wouldn't have any impact in 2008 because it is composed of too small a group of Americans who are doing nothing but talking to each other" (from: Joe Trippi, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", Afterword)
- The hair thing is so confusing...Can't really imagine how it became that famous...
- I didn't like the comparisons between 2004 and 2008 coming up again and again
- The idea of limiting contributions for campaigns is really cool-but would any candidate for presidency ever dare to do so?
- Would Hillary Clinton have won against Barack Obama if Joe Trippi had worked on her campaign?
In the Afterword, indeed, Trippi is openly negative about Hillary Clinton's campaign. I would go so far as to suggest that they have some interpersonal issues. At least, I had this impression.
ReplyDeleteI would like to speculate on your last question. Quotin you: "Would Hillary Clinton have won against Barack Obama if Joe Trippi had worked on her campaign?" We can never know. But I would say no. The amazing spiral of history: first of all, black MALES break through, and women "danach". As for the black women, they are under double or tripple pressure.