Conservative Blogger Really Wishes He Were More Important

Posted by Ripley , Whiskey Fire at 3:01 PM on October 29, 2009.

Remember the other day when you were mumbling/texting/Twitterfying to yourself, "Hey, it's today!  What stupid thing could Erick Erickson possibly have to say to us?" and you sat there and waited and nobody raised their hand so you thought, "Hmmm, maybe he didn't say anything stupid today."?  Not so fast, Brain-o!

Turns out, Erick the only begotten son of Erick was test marketing his bad self in a manner most inappropriate and self-aggrandizing:  (h/t to the Goon Squad at Shorts and Pants)

Give me just a moment here...  OK.  Um, really, Erick?  Republicans tremble when you say something? I had no idea.  But hey, I'm a magnanimous motherfucker and I'm willing to give a fellow blogger the benefit of the doubt, so let's check out that Politico article... shall we?

OK, I see your Limbaugh and your Beck there... let's double check and... nope, don't see any mention of "ERICK ERICKSON" anywhere in that paragraph.  Oh, I know!  CTR + F with my Firefox intertwangatron viewmaster device!  Huh... there's your Hannity, down there at the bottom... still no mention of "ERICK ERICKSON", though. 

This is certainly odd.  If I didn't know better, I'd think Erick Erickson was just making up stories about how he was totally at that huge party with all the cool kids and OMG! he was so wasted!!  And totally got laid!  What?  He's laid plenty!  Girlfriend, Canada, etc. 

But perhaps I judge too harshly.  Upon further reading, we see that Erick is a true team player.  After all, there's no "I" in RedState, right?

RedState bloggers, yes.  Perhaps the most feared and respected voices on the... wait a minute.  Skippity flippity Hell, let's check that article again!  CTR + F, ho!  Oh... that's sad.  Once again, Firefox has failed to find any mention of "ERICK ERICKSON" or "REDSTATE" in that darned Politico piece.  Maybe it's my computer but I can't even find the word "blogger" in that article.

Well, shit... Now I'm right back to my original hypothesis, i.e., Erick Erickson is a self-aggrandizing ass clown trying to ride the coattails of real, actual media personalities in an effort to make himself appear relevant and possibly important.  I know, it sounds crazy but... 

Sometimes the internets just make me sad.  Oh, wait!  Rock salt!  Yay, relevance! and what have you...

Tagged as: rush limbaugh, glenn beck, erick erickson, redstate