A modest proposal
Dear
Joe:
First of all, let me congratulate you on your fabulous blogroll. You must have some jim-dandy internet experts. Who could have thought they could find 6 whole non-overtly Republican blogs that support you (or at least don't gag at the thought of you). Great work. Someone must have put hours into that search. I mean it must have taken some type of digging to find the Austin Statesman. Of course the Bull Moose was a gimme, but still, an impressive effort.
Still, you have to admit, a blogroll that consists of one ex-Christian Coalition member who purports to speak for Democrats with whom he never agrees, and five other blogs that, at least in Connecticut, are more obscure than mine, is pretty slim pickings. Well, I have an idea that may turn out well for the both of us, and which will help amplify your blog's message.
As I understand it, the purpose of your blog is to entice people to post hostile comments, which you will then demand that Ned Lamont disown . This certainly makes sense, since Lamont is obviously personally responsible for the comments made by people over whom he has no control. Why shouldn't he spend the next two months apologizing every time your feelings are hurt? It's really a shame that people who oppose you, including Lamont, keep criticizing your job performance. That's so negative. They should be implying that you're unpatriotic, like you do to Lamont. That's the way to run a clean campaign. And I think it follows that you should feel free to take personal offense at even legitimate comments that criticize you in language that hurts your feelings. It also goes without saying that there is no need for you to apologize for the fact that your campaign manager, without any evidence, accused Lamont of hacking your miserable excuse for a website. After all, you can't be expected to answer for people who have such a remote connection to your campaign.
But I partially digress. Here's my idea to spiff up your site and advance your message. Add a separate blogroll headed "Blogs that are always saying nasty things about me, thereby proving how non-partisan I am". You can change the language if you want. You can link to literally hundreds of sites, which will in turn contain literally thousands of nasty comments about you. What better way to prove that Ned Lamont is running a negative campaign?
What do I get for it? Well, truth to tell, it would gratify my fragile little ego to get a few more hits. I'm pretty small potatoes in the Connecticut blogosphere, and believe me, it hurts. I mean, I think I'm doing better than the Austin Statesman, but who knows? You don't have to pay me for the idea, but you have to put me on top of the new blogroll in bold faced capital letters. I figure if even one tenth of the people that go to your site click through to my site, I could increase my daily hits by-well, who knows? maybe tens of hits.
I know that you're an honorable guy, so you won't just steal my idea without giving me the consideration I'm asking. To seal the deal, I promise that the people who click through will find a whole lot of evidence to support your thesis. Think about it. This is a win-win proposition for both of us.
First of all, let me congratulate you on your fabulous blogroll. You must have some jim-dandy internet experts. Who could have thought they could find 6 whole non-overtly Republican blogs that support you (or at least don't gag at the thought of you). Great work. Someone must have put hours into that search. I mean it must have taken some type of digging to find the Austin Statesman. Of course the Bull Moose was a gimme, but still, an impressive effort.
Still, you have to admit, a blogroll that consists of one ex-Christian Coalition member who purports to speak for Democrats with whom he never agrees, and five other blogs that, at least in Connecticut, are more obscure than mine, is pretty slim pickings. Well, I have an idea that may turn out well for the both of us, and which will help amplify your blog's message.
As I understand it, the purpose of your blog is to entice people to post hostile comments, which you will then demand that Ned Lamont disown . This certainly makes sense, since Lamont is obviously personally responsible for the comments made by people over whom he has no control. Why shouldn't he spend the next two months apologizing every time your feelings are hurt? It's really a shame that people who oppose you, including Lamont, keep criticizing your job performance. That's so negative. They should be implying that you're unpatriotic, like you do to Lamont. That's the way to run a clean campaign. And I think it follows that you should feel free to take personal offense at even legitimate comments that criticize you in language that hurts your feelings. It also goes without saying that there is no need for you to apologize for the fact that your campaign manager, without any evidence, accused Lamont of hacking your miserable excuse for a website. After all, you can't be expected to answer for people who have such a remote connection to your campaign.
But I partially digress. Here's my idea to spiff up your site and advance your message. Add a separate blogroll headed "Blogs that are always saying nasty things about me, thereby proving how non-partisan I am". You can change the language if you want. You can link to literally hundreds of sites, which will in turn contain literally thousands of nasty comments about you. What better way to prove that Ned Lamont is running a negative campaign?
What do I get for it? Well, truth to tell, it would gratify my fragile little ego to get a few more hits. I'm pretty small potatoes in the Connecticut blogosphere, and believe me, it hurts. I mean, I think I'm doing better than the Austin Statesman, but who knows? You don't have to pay me for the idea, but you have to put me on top of the new blogroll in bold faced capital letters. I figure if even one tenth of the people that go to your site click through to my site, I could increase my daily hits by-well, who knows? maybe tens of hits.
I know that you're an honorable guy, so you won't just steal my idea without giving me the consideration I'm asking. To seal the deal, I promise that the people who click through will find a whole lot of evidence to support your thesis. Think about it. This is a win-win proposition for both of us.
Posted: Thursday - September 07, 2006 at 08:47 PM
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