So BSB is a Hillary Shilling Shop Now?
Wow. Talk about a breathtaking turn of events. For weeks now Jerid at BSB has been at Hillary’s throat after having finally come out for Obama. Now he’s apparently worried that his informational pipeline at ODP might get cut off and he’s shutting down all criticism of Clinton even though the primary appears to be far from over with a crucial Pennsylvania election coming up in a few weeks. I’d say the shit that needs to end now is the way Hillary has been campaigning and unfortunately winning.
Interesting as well is the appearance recently of a Hillary ad. At first it appeared under the Obama ad that had been on the site for a while. Now it appears Hillary is on top, like she always wanted:
Why is Jerid reversing his independent stance as a blogger for Obama and against Hillary’s slash and burn style - including even lying about NAFTA to Ohio voters to win? Why is “this crap” that he himself participated in “ending now”?
It’s curious. Maybe he got a phone call from the Fernster. Maybe he just wants to go along with the “will of the Ohio people”. Maybe it’s something else. It sure doesn’t appear to be a consistent position and it’s too bad BSB has bent from the pressure. I don’t remember that ever happening. I can see it after Hillary wins the nomination, but it seems a bit early to be calling for Kumbaya. If anything, Team Billary’s conduct in Ohio should trigger “game on”.
Maybe it’s because we’re an OHIO blog, and not a national blog. And no amount of venom is going to change the result of the Ohio primary.
Otherwise, it’d be like me still writing about Bryan Flannery.
Ohio had it’s say. It’s time to move on.
And Jerid hasn’t shut down all criticism of Hillary. He hasn’t been deleting posts and comments and banning users. He hasn’t scrubbed the site.
He’s simply saying that no good can come from continue the level of discord between the Obama and Clinton campaign among Ohio bloggers. The result is what it is, and our ability to influence has come and gone.
As for “unprecedented,” first, the blog isn’t that old, so it’s hard to have a precedent.
Second, you’re just absolutely wrong. Russell did the same thing after Sherrod Brown became the nominee. At worst, Russell ridiculed Brown for focusing on trade so much, but the vitrol over the Senate Primary massacre was gone. Pretty remarkable given that the site was originally started to follow that race and promote Paul Hackett’s unofficial candidacy.
We also “Kumbaya”‘ed over the AG primary race as well. We’ve also dropped our criticism of D.K. since he won his primary (in fact, even before he won the primary).
In fact, I can’t think of a single instance when we DIDN’T try to come together after the election.