Stay Away from my Ipod!

A posting on Out of the Way entitled Podcasting Pioneers made me look further into the new Podcasting Project the Democratic Party is using to try to spread their message. The Project was written about in a U.S. Politics and World News article "House Democrats Become Ipod People."

"Struggling to get its message out in a Republican-dominated Congress, the House
Democratic Caucus has plugged into the nation's growing infatuation with MP3
players to market its message to the technologically inclined masses, initiating
a project in "podcasting." The minority's Web sites are now set up to
allow individuals with devices such as Apple's iPod or other MP3 players
unfiltered versions of speeches, radio addresses and press conferences. Users
can also search Apple's iTunes service for the Democratic messages."

I know the Democrats are trying to use the latest technology to try and get out of the current hole they are in, but if people won't watch you on C-SPAN my guess is they are not going to download your podcast. Even though Al Gore invented the Internet (just kidding), people are not going to go running on the National Mall listening to Nancy Pelosi's latest complaints about the Republicans on their ipods. If the White House can't get the public to watch a presidential press conference or the State of the Union, why would people have them take up room on their MP3 players?

I think it is admirable for the Democrats to be trying new technologies to try to spread their message, but this one will not even work in the politically observant Beltway of Washington. It is time for Democrats to get back to basics to spread their message and not hop on whatever new computer craze comes our way.