Ben Tribbett = Greg Letiecq

Yesterday Ben Tribbett wrote a post saying that he is removing BVBL from his blogroll because of content. Apparently Greg Letiecq, the main (only?) author at BVBL, put up a post about a guard dog for sale who has nothing left to do because there are no more illegal immigrants in the neighborhood.


He also put up a video that shows ordinary citizens criticizing Corey Stewart because of his close association with Greg.


Right before that post was an entry about Mark Warner sponsoring Not Larry Sabato for the 08 election season. My entry about nobody wanting Ben around is apparently wrong, because I guess Mark Warner does.


So my question is, if Corey Stewart can be attacked for his association with Greg Letiecq, why doesn't that same standard apply to any politician that associates with Ben?


Ben has truly written some disgusting shit on his blog which would make anyone cringe. I'll throw one out there, and see if you can come up with other Ben Tribbett hall of fame posts:

Falsely accusing a school board candidate of sexual harassment based on a frivolous lawsuit and embarrassing an apparently honorable man running for School Board.



Does this post not "cross the line from a political statement, to comments that are not a joke, not funny, and are totally unacceptable to make"?

Feel free to email hall of fame posts to bentribbettwatch@gmail.com or put them directly in the comments, and then hold Leslie Byrne and Mark Warner accountable for supporting this garbage.

Ben Tribbett? Oh, he's not wanted.

Sorry about the lack of posts lately, you can blame Ben for that. Apparently he's too busy with his new "job" to write anything completely insane and outrageous.

Anyway, I've been thinking lately about how no one really wants Ben around, even if Ben is a fervent supporter of that person, candidate, or organization.

Everyone knows Ben is a borderline stalker of Hillary Clinton, and word on the street is that the Clinton campaign welcomes bloggers who support Hillary and tries to bring them into the campaign as much as possible. They even let blogs use an official Hillary Clinton graphic. Did Ben ever have one on his website? Nope. Seems the Clinton campaign really wanted nothing to do with him.

Tribbett has removed "the official transition office of Leslie Byrne" from his website. I guess Leslie didn't want to have anything "official" to do with Ben Tribbett.

Over on RK there was a post about bloggers being "embedded" at the DNC convention, with a link to Chris Cilliza's blog. Chris lists blogs from all 50 states that would be a welcome addition to the convention...you would think "the most widely read tabloid blog in Virginia" would be on that list. But Not Larry Sabato was nowhere to be found.

Another post on RK had a ton of pictures from a Leslie Byrne fundraiser, and where else would Ben be other than at this fundraiser giving her a piggy back ride. Tons of pictures were posted. Not one of Ben or with Ben in it. And you know you can't miss that fat piece of crap.

No one wants Ben around. No one.

Flashback: Ben is a Racist

It started out with chain emails.

Then the Tennessee Republican Party did it. Which was repudiated. By Republicans.

(Republican) Gov. Phil Bredesen today called an anti-Sen. Barack Obama press release from the Tennessee Republican Party “offensive” and said it showed “prejudice.”

Now a respected national conservative talk show host has done it.

He [McCain] also said that it was not appropriate to invoke Mr. Obama’s middle name in the course of the campaign.

“I absolutely repudiate such comments,” [McCain] said. “It will never happen again.”

Via Raising Kaine, there is another blog posting about it.

Don't insult your intelligence or mine by pretending that John McCain's plan for this race doesn't rely on hundreds of Cunninghams -- large and small -- across the country, and the RNC and all the GOP third party groups, to be peddling this stuff nonstop for the next eight months because it's the only way John McCain have a real shot at contesting this race.

Ben Tribbett seems to fit perfectly into the "small Cunningham" description that the author is talking about, but I bet he never thought that group would include fellow "Democrats" as well.

Ben Tribbett has Problems

In what is sure to go down as one of the most idiotic moves since running his sorry ass down to the post office to "investigate" a Tom Davis appearance there, Ben "Not Larry Sabato" Tribbett has gone down to Richmond to stalk legislators hanging out in a hotel room. What exactly does he hope to accomplish? And updating his website to let everyone know there is not one, not two, but THREE, count them THREE newspapers outside that door in the morning....those are some mighty fine investigative skills. That must mean there is some real nefarious stuff going on in there. As one comment said:

Dude....are you mad that they won't let you in or are you mad that they're smoking?

Do you know which party started all this stuff?...I can tell you don't. I guess you've never been to Del. Vic Thomas' poker game in the Holiday Inn.

Also, I wouldn't try to get into the basement of the Commonwealth Club if I were you....they'll bounce you out onto Franklin Street.

There are probably 10 more of these kinds of "illegal" gatherings you can't get invited to.

Ben, people are laughing AT you, not with you.

More on THE Example of Ethical Blogging

And the comments keep on coming. This could go down as the best NLS post of all time.

• "I am on the panel as the example of ethical blogging."

  ROFLMAO!!

  Whatever helps you get through your day, sparky.

• Ben speaking on ethics is like Bill Clinton talking about marital fidelity.

• The editor of the National Enquirer will also be there to talk about ethics in journalism. Be sure you get your tickets now!!

• Be careful Ben, it sounds like a trap to me. It might be some kind of intervention.

  If they grab you and stick you in a white van, well, we'll miss ya, ole buddy.

And what will certainly be one of the best comments that has ever appeared on Ben Tribbett's blog:

• Let's see-

  The whole Kate & Phil divorce controversy as "news." That was weird.

  The "buying votes" scandal in Tidewater. Weird.

  Rushing down to the Post Office because Tom Davis was reportedly harassing postal workers about a flyer going out for JMDD. Weird. Calling for the Governor to intervene. Even weirder.

  The breathless large-point fonts and repetition of "scandal" and "resign" in many headlines. Weird.

  The fixation on personal score settling. Connolly, JMDD/Tom, Obama, Janet O., "South County Bitch", and what list would be complete without Dave Marsden? Again, a little weird.

  The letter to Senator-elect McEachin with Lowell. Weird.

  The whole "babes of the blogosphere" on-going theme. Weird.

  I'm sure they want Ben on the panel, but perhaps not for the reasons he is thinking....

Thank you, Interested Observer.

The Most Outrageous NLS Post EVER

Sorry for the downtime folks, but Ben hasn't said anything too crazy lately. But now, the most outrageous post ever. Ben "Not Larry Sabato" Tribbett says, and I quote:

I am on the panel as the example of ethical blogging.

Right. Here is just a few of the serial NLS commenters on this subject:

• If you live long enough, nothing surprises you anymore.

• You the example of ethical blogging? I can't stop laughing....

• You sure it isn't because they wanted an example of how not to be ethical .

• It's sorta like asking t to be the keynote speaker at this year's "Queers for Choice" extravganza.
  

• Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

If you read NLS for no other reason, do it for the entertainment of reading the thoughts of people who Ben thinks are his friends.

Ben Tribbett is a Hack, Part III

At 2:17 today, Ben Tribbett called Virginia for Barack Obama.

This means one of two things. Either a) he wants you to think he's soooooo smart and has all the inside information to be so bold as to call Virginia at 2 in the afternoon or b) he wants to depress turnout for Obama.

If it's option a? Good for Ben, he can read polls. Almost every poll says that Obama is up by nearly 20 points in Virginia. Real bold prediction there, Ben.

If it's option b? Ben shows, yet again, that he is detached from reality and that he thinks his blog actually has influence over Election results. No one, besides the campaign insiders that read his tabloid for pure entertainment and the few people that actually take it seriously, read or even know that "Not Larry Sabato" actually exists. And those that read it already have their mind made up.

Ben is a hack, pure and simple. Oh, and don't forget douchebag. Because Ben is certainly that.