Its Been A While....Redstate is Still Nuts
Life moves so quickly that you look up and 5 or 6 months have flown by. Looking at my last post that came back in September, I see that I was fairly accurate on how the election went. Yeah for me!
On to other things now. Readers of this blog know that I dislike Redstate.com and their clown leader Erick Erickson. Recently however the site has just gone completely nuts. The atmosphere of fear is thick and even long time posters are tip-toeing around unsure where land mines might be buried.
Beginning today is a multi-part series on the mess at Redstate.
What is the purpose of redstate.com? Does anyone know? Is anyone really in charge over there?
Began in 2004 as an answer to the many left-wing blogs supporting John Kerry, Redstate at one time appeared poised to be the most important right of center website in US political discourse. Over the last seven years it has become an inchoate melange of conservative and libertarian hucksterism.
The site’s “editor” is Erick Erickson who has no discernible background or ability for the job. This is not a major problem for Redstate however as its editor does little more than gather a few links each morning for the usually mundane Morning Briefing “What conservatives read first”.
Otherwise the site is under the “control” of a band of thugs who apparently are ranked according to a secret compact signed in blood and kept under wraps from mortal man. Perhaps the Chief Thug is a preening fool named Moe Lane.
Lane is a practicing homosexual which is an odd fact given that Redstate is supposedly opposed to gay marriage and the homo lifestyle. Lane prances around the site throwing hissy fits and bringing about exchanges such as this:
“JWR” wrote
“Republicans should never support a candidate without a clear appreciation for the sanctity of life. Erick - or others - I’ve heard conflicting reports about Corwin’s stance on the abortion issue (and defunding Planned Parenthood) - can anyone speak to her true stance?”
Moe Lane responded
How's D-PAK doing?
Moe Lane Tuesday, February 22nd at 5:03PM EST (link)
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2001/07/02/010702ta_TALK_SMOKE
Yes, you have to respond to that.
Next post, please.
The New Yorker link is to a story about some grade school kids who have a club called D-PAK. So Lane was dismissing “JWR” as both childish and a Democratic plant. The crime that poor “JWR” had committed was questioning the conservative credentials of a candidate that Moe “Thug” Lane had signed off on. Such effrontery can not be allowed!
Next: A Wolf in Knee Pants
