Tom Vilsack on using the Internet and Videoblog

[lied2bygov]

HERE IS MY FEEDBACK TO YOU EVIL TOMMY VILSACK TAKE YOUR GMO CORN STICK IT TO YOUR ASS YOU EVIL BASTARD.

[88oathkeeper]

Let everyone know that this mother fucker is a cocksucking criminal!! God forbid he should ever move into a higher office than he is now. I can't believe Obama put this pesticide nut in charge of our food. We are truly fucked!!!!

Do your homework America. Get this scumbag out of office.

[88oathkeeper]

Dr. Mr. Cocksack,

you know nothing about America, it's people, or what our constitutional republic is all about. You and your Monsanto buddies need to be removed and impeached!

you want some feedback Tommy Boy

FUCK YOU

How's that for feedback?

[heal2012]

Mr Moneybags..

[Mournthechildren]

Scum Nutsack(Vilsack)Genocidal maniac for GMO's! Traitor to the world!!!!!!!!!

[NWforager]

Grow food in your apartment.  .on the roof.. .patios. . in the forest. .greenbelts . .trails. backyards. .your neighbors place too. .Eat it. Give the overabundance away. Take money out of the equation of food like all other animals. Reconnect with yo food or Monsanto will do it for us. We are to blame for their monopoly .

[newgtguy]

Yeah, you'll be traveling around the country in Monsanto's private jet. Go eat some Round-Up ready corn.

[davesharon5747]

I used to work for the state for nearly 30 years until I got stressed out from being part of a staff that was downsized while management level grew. The workers worked hard but the bosses go to meetings and accomplish nothing. I long for the days of Robert Ray before Branstad made the Iowa government grew into a unfriendly customer base. I got myself fired and now trying to find employment; but find Voc. Rehab services cut and they turned out to be understaffed.

[ShinjitsuNoIta]

Vilsack's the worst... He's been governor of IA for 8 years, hasn't accomplished A THING besides lowering the wage for teachers despite IA's pathetic standing as 48th in the nation for the highest paid teachers per state, and he actually thought he'd be president! ha! A nobody from Mount Pleasant IA, which is the crappiest town in the nation anyway.

[TruthSetUFree]

Hmmm -- all that technology REALLY helped you -- don't blink or you may miss his run for president!

[das323]

Prompted by Obama & Clinton, I've just started paying real attention to the 2008 race. So this is the first I've seen of you. And I'm impressed. I guess what I wonder is how you will capture the enthusiasm of the media, which is attracted not to substance but to flash, gossip, novelty. Or do you plan on simply being yourself, counting on us to appreciate that quality of authenticity?

[demon515]

Thanks for making a web blog it will be easy to do a report on you for curent events

[jmellicker]

As a tactic, the Demos have a rare chance to occupy the middle, with a platform that appeals both to social liberals and fiscal conservatives: - elimination of the IRS and federal tax system, to be replaced with a national 18% sales tax - massive redistribution of tax income towards worthy programs, eliminating corporate welfare and minimizing pork barrel spending - eliminating social security, replace with private accounts (there's no way W. can pull this off now)

[jmellicker]

- modernizing the military but repositioning as a defensive, but still formidable, force (no one's forgotten about 9/11 yet) - eliminating capital gains tax

[jmellicker]

There are many Reagan Republicans (I know some) who are as disgusted with W. as any Democrat. (W. is no Reagan!) Yet to them, without a viable alternative, he is still "the lesser of two evils". Such weak but nevertheless positive moves in the first couple years like the elimination of the marriage penalty and "death tax" are things unexpected from a Dem administration.

[jmellicker]

George W. has done a wonderful thing for the Democratic Party... by moving the Repub party substantially to the Christian right, he has left the middle wide open.

Face it, there are groups of diehards who will vote Rep or Dem no matter who runs. The key is the "swing voters", the ones who are not blinded by ideology but make up their own minds for each candidate. While probably smaller than ever before in history, this group is still plenty big enough to determine the outcome of an election.

[jmellicker]

As a tactic, the Demos have a rare chance to occupy the middle, with a platform that appeals both to social liberals and fiscal conservatives:

[Keefster]

Good update Mr. Vilsack. I think using the internet is a great way to get yourself out there to the United States. Not only to people who haven't heard of you (yet), but people who might come upon and not care about politics, and find it as a way into getting interested.

[umbraemilitos]

The best use of this technology is in building a community. If you search any major world topic or view on this site, you'll find a few thousand members who debate each other like in the taverns of 1700's America. They see each other as friends, neighbors, and antagonists. The politician, and his staff, who can be the most innovative and amiable with this technology, will win the next race.