Meanwhile, out in the real blogosphere...

Holy smackers, did you see what Barack Obama said in one of the eleventy-nine puffery pieces that have been published on him lately (this one in New York Magazine)?

“One good test as to whether folks are doing interesting work is, Can they surprise me?” he tells me. “And increasingly, when I read Daily Kos, it doesn’t surprise me. It’s all just exactly what I would expect.”

Makes sense. In this post, for instance, the Kos unit declares Obama the next president of the United States, and how could Obama, or anyone else, for that matter, possibly be surprised by that? We're reminded of insightful comments rendered recently by another keen observer of current events, Dennie Green, who, when asked a question about the Chicago Bears, replied "if you want to crown 'em, then crown their ass."

Of course the media loves building somebody up, but not near as much as they love tearing somebody down. Maybe that will surprise Obama. And Kos.

Meantime, in other grown-up blogger news, the New York Times slapped together a handy-dandy chart the other day of bloggers who get paid (!?!) by political campaigns -- not just for running ads on their sites, but as consultants and such. Not just a pittance, either, but like living wages and stuff. And, writes the Times in an accompanying story of the harrumphing disapproval variety, "The trend seems certain to continue in 2008."

Well, alrighty then. Having already been falsely accused of being on campaign payrolls in the short happy time we've occupied this little corner of the cyberwasteland, we think it's high time that some politicians with more money than sense should make an an honest whore out of us and pony up. Nevada's having a Big Important Presidential Caucus, after all, and surely some prez prospect recognizes how valuable it would be to assure that the lowly Gleaner did all in our meager power to support ... somebody else.

That's right, Hillary can pay the us to cheer for Obama, thus assuring that the Obama bandwagon screeches to a high desert halt. Or Kerry can pay us to to just hammer on his sorry carcass non-stop, virtually guaranteeing that most improbable of political phenomena, the resurrection of his presidential aspirations. Yup. Next year, we're going to get a shiny new Gleanermobile!

Or, maybe more likely, some of the candidates will buy some little ads at our always reasonable rates, enabling us to repair the current and much beloved Gleanermobile so that we don't have to roll down the window and reach outside to open the driver's side door.

Whichever.

Comments

[CollegeStudent]

Best post in a while.
Any time you get to talk about Obama, the Arizona Cardinals and the Gleanermobile in the same few graphs, you know you've accomplished something.

I fully agree that you might as well do what you're accused of anyway. I have often tried to be compensated for my misspelled, grammatically questionable rantings, but to no avail.

[Myrna the Minx]

If possible keep yourself as an independent blogger. You are much more valuable that way. Its time for a fund raising drive....oops, I just started one for you. Sorry--couldn't help myself.

http://www.renodiscontent.com/2006/12/05/support-the-gleaner/

[Myrna the Minx]

Ads will be coming soon Gleaner. 08 candidates just need a few months to take stock and plan how to distribute the money. I'm certainly hoping for a couple to help cover hosting costs next year.

[Gary Kilbride]

Bears unlikely to be crowned when Grossman is averaging 6.64 yards per pass attempt. That's below the standard cutoff of 7 for a Super Bowl caliber QB. Although recently there have been a few exceptions in the salary cap era, Brady at 6.9 in 2001 and 2003, Johnson at 6.8 in 2002 for the Buccs, and Dilfer at 6.7 in 2000 with the Ravens. Note the final two examples were accompanied by two of the great defenses in NFL history, which it can be argued the Bears feature also.

[mc]

Poor gleanermobile.

I'd definitely prefer to have an uncensored Hugh in 2008 covering all the angles of the Presidential contest.

[KidFromVegas]

I always thought you were Barbara Buckley's bloggin' bitch...now you're an environmental whore...

[CollegeStudent]

Gary-
Grossman's woes go well beyond his sub-7 yards per pass. Last weekend's dismal showing (6-19 34 Yards and 3 picks) has got to be worse than anything Johnson or Dilfer ever did. You don't win a Super Bowl completing 30% of your passes and without breaking 100 yards, I don't even think you win a playoff game (then again it is the NFC). The thing Dilfer and Johnson could rely on was lights-out running games (J. Lewis and W. Dunn and M. Alstott, respectively), the bears only mustered 83 yards on the ground, for a grand total of 107 yards of total offense. Pathetic.

Two interesting notes I read about the Bears from last weekend: 1) at one point Grossman had completed as many passes to Vikings as he had to Bears and 2) the Bears had more than twice as many return yards (222) as yards of total offense.

Do you think anyone's paying Ray Hagar not to blog anymore? I'd contribute to that fund.

[CollegeStudent]

Oh Please, Oh Please, Oh Please.
If only there were enough money in the world...

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