Bloggers be stupid, yo

The Times' editorial section asked a collection of bloggers what they deemed to be the most important moment of the campaign. The answers? Some were insightful or interesting, but most were surprisingly simple-minded, self-serving, or just personal. A sample:

Joanne Jacobs - The Chechnyan/Russian terrorist attack.

Ann Althouse - John Kerry snapping at a question by a "regular American" by saying, "You're not listening."

PowerLine - MemoGate. (By the way, can we, collectively, stop adding the -Gate suffix to every news story that lasts more than 24 hours? Please?)

Instapundit - A Newsweek reporter saying that "the press wants Kerry to win."

J. Bradford Delong - Bush keeping Cheney on the ticket.

It's fashionable to attack the mainstream media (or, "MSM", in the blognoscenti parlance), but they sure seem to be a lot more well-informed and intelligent than this supposedly elite collection of bloggers. But that Wonkette sure is sassy!

If Kerry wins, the most important event was, by far, the first debate. I will not argue this. For Bush, it's less clear, although I tend to think the Swift Boat nonsense/Democratic convention failure will be what's remembered most vividly.