From today's Wall Street Journal Political Diary:
Second Lady of the Land But First Lady of Blogdom
Who would have thought Lynne Cheney would become a Consumer Reports for the blogging community? That's exactly what the wife of the vice president did last week on MSNBC's "Hardball." While being interviewed about her new children's book, "When Washington Crossed the Delaware," Ms. Cheney made a strong endorsement of the Internet as a learning tool for children: "It's a wonderful resource. I do research on it all the time, and I love reading the bloggers."
When the intrigued host asked her what she thought about blogs, Ms. Cheney gushed: "It is a real democratization of information so that people don't have to rely on one or two sources, they've got multiple sources. And I can tell in about two minutes on a blog whether this is someone whose opinion I value or not."
She then proceeded to issue some product endorsements: "I love Hugh Hewitt. I love Power Line. I read Instapundit," she said, rattling off the names of three right-leaning blogs. She finished with a plug for RealClearPolitics.com, which she said she "certainly looked at a lot during the campaign."
If the notoriously individualistic blogging community ever has a convention, they should invite Ms. Cheney to be their keynote speaker.
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