Meet the new Coke

by Ripley

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)

By the time you read this, a lot of ink and air time will have been spent on this Politico article suggesting that the Republicans tremble when conservatives like Rush, Hannity, Beck, or even me says something.

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?

Congressional leaders talk in private of being boxed in by commentators such as Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh — figures who are wildly popular with the conservative base but wildly controversial among other parts of the electorate, and who have proven records of making life miserable for senators and House members critical of their views or influence.

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?

This is all coordinated. Harry Reid does not have the votes. And Obama is now determined to split the GOP. The best way to do that is to play to their vanity — accuse the Republicans of being Rush Limbaugh’s boot lickers. How do they prove otherwise? They vote for the public option and prove they aren’t tools of tea party activists, talk radio guys, and RedState bloggers.

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...

[Update] - Artist's conception?  It goes a little something like this.

Rip -

Comments

[actor212]

Um, really, Erick? Republicans tremble when you say something?

If you count "quivering with politely suppressed laughter".

[sotto voce]

"when conservatives ... says something"

what are the odds that they'll says it so ungrammatically?

[Ripley]

He really is just piece of work, isn't he?

Once I was a wooden boy, now I am a real boy!

[Bitter Scribe]

OK, I was prepared to give EE the benefit of the doubt on this one. Maybe he counted himself because the Politico article mentioned right-wing bloggers generically.

Only it didn't. The letters b-l-o-g, in that order, appear nowhere in the article.

Christ, what a self-aggrandizing asshole. I really feel for the other members of the Macon, Ga., city council, who have to put up with his bullshit on a regular basis.

[Bas-O-Matic]

OK, I was prepared to give EE the benefit of the doubt on this one. Maybe he counted himself because the Politico article mentioned right-wing bloggers generically.

Only it didn't. The letters b-l-o-g, in that order, appear nowhere in the article.

Posted by: Bitter Scribe

See here:

Still, these concerns apparently are not powerful enough to prompt most elected Republicans to take public stands against the rhetoric coming from the web of conservative talk show hosts, websites, and public activists.

Still pretty lame.

[Substance McGravitas]

Just commenting to add the glow of my presence, fellow titans.

[Keith]

What's worse is he aspires to be counted among the likes of Limbaugh, Beck and the teabaggers. That bar is so low, I may have to go into the basement to find it.

[Malacylpse]

Erick totally dated center left grrrl back when she was living in Europe before they went all socialist.

[M. Bouffant]

and RedState bloggers

Is he referring to himself & Moe Lane, or the gaggle of droolers who have blogs there like the diarists of the GOS?

[luko]

I wonder if the city council gig gives him healthcare, or if he gets it from Human Events?

[Matt T.]

accuse the Republicans of being Rush Limbaugh’s boot lickers.

But they are Rush Limbaugh's boot lickers. The fact that a thrice-divorced drug-taking hypocrite who was caught coming from a known sex tourism spot with someone else's broke-dick pills and has a documented history of lying egregiously and the worst racism, sexism, classism, ignorance, rabble rousing and fear & lothing isn't outright shunned by the GOP and is, in truth, given inordinate power to, say, cow the RNC national chair means ol' Rusty's Tony Lamas are probably pretty shiny.

[The Raven]

Erick Erickson - aka the "human douchenozzle" - seems to have about 20 readers left, based on comments. But during his perennial fundraising drives claims that he needs $18,000 for server support for his shitty website.

Redstate: A Skinner box that can't even reward the pigeon with a food pellet.

[Metro]

"Erick Erickson is a self-aggrandizing ass clown trying to ride the coattails of real, actual media personalities ..."

Well I saw Limpbaugh mentioned, and Beck. Oh, and Hannity. But where were the real, actual, media personalities?

To desire to be counted among the crazy-right-leg-humping denizens of outer wingnuttia is surely sufficient grounds for committal?