blogger interrupted

Dave at NixGay is revving up his chops.

but in my head I was dividing it as bloggers who serve as media/journalist auxiliaries, and bloggers who serve as political party auxiliaries.  I would put myself and Bizzyblog into the first category, and Matt Naugle (of naugblog) and Weapons of Mass Discussion on the political party side of that divide. 

Yeah, because NixGay Dave doesn’t parrot whatever line of attack the Ohio GOP sends to NixGay Dave’s inbox, ever.  Not ever.  Not once.  Neither does Tom Blumer, bigot.  I’ve never read a single thing on any Ohio Republican blog that hasn’t already been in an RNC press release, or Fox News, or vomited out of Rush Limbaugh’s putrid mouth.  Such independent thinkers!

But let’s get back to Dave!

Back to Ruffini, he notes that in this divide, conservative bloggers are much more likely to be pundits, and liberals are much more likely to be activists.  We’ve seen a lot of this in the Ohio blogosphere.  The righty blogs are much less organized, and appear to have much less ties with local organized politics.

Like Ben Keeler, an elected Republican precinct committeeman, who blogs at the Akron Beacon Journal.  Or, say, the paid staff blogger of Ken Blackwell, Matt “Tourettes Syndrome” Naugle.  No party ties there!

Are conservative righty’s more likely to have day jobs and families, and churches that are very important parts of their lives just to pose one theory?  (definitely true in my case).  Worth thinking about. 

Maybe conservative Ohio bloggers are just more likely to be insane lunatics.  Or maybe just lazy obese loudmouths who can’t be bothered to put their money where their big fat mouths are.   NixGay Dave quotes another lunatic, because that’s easier.

At the same time, you can’t be a shill. My blogging would be a whole lot less interesting if I were a total McCain hack.

Stop laughing, people.  I know, it’s hard.  Who’d wanna be a McCain hack anyway?  Oh right…NixGay Dave!

And this is why I’ve landed squarely on the side of the media/journalism side of the political blogosphere continental divide.  I want the freedom to say, for example, that Jean Schmidt has blown it, or the OGOP are a bunch of stupid nincompoops (or whatever). 

Hey Dave….let me know the one single time you say Jean Schmidt has EVER blown it, or when you decide Ohio Republicans are “whatever”.  I don’t have the patience to wade through your hackery and find out.  Send me a linky.  

So then NixGay Dave calls us all liars and traffic whores.

Of course, I am not opposed to activist blogs, they have a part to play and an important one, but they are limited in honesty and authenticity, although the best ones push that limit as far as it can go in the interest of attracting an audience.

How about this, Dave…suck my cock.