Austin gets even weirder with Conservative blog-fest

From this morning’s Austin American-Statesman: Texas conservatives convening in Austin today to discuss taxes, spending and the Internet can only marvel at Netroots Nation, a conglomeration of liberal bloggers and Democratic activists meeting here at the same time. Nationally, there is nothing for conservatives like Netroots Nation, and Texas Democrats dominate the digital political space as they try to pry Republicans from the levers of power. Oh brother–here we go again, with another Lame-Stream Media examination of the Right vs. Left blogosphere, chock-full of pseudo-intellectual “insights” from phony “experts” and so-called “political consultants” trying to explain how the world really works. David Benzion, a political consultant, former talk radio producer and publisher of the Houston-based Lone Star Times... [read full story]