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.
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In the past Mark Warner has bought advertising in the Richmond Times Dispatch, I am pretty sure Mark doesn't think much of their editorial line. Mark also cultivates the Washington Post, although I don't imagine he thinks it is OK to publish the name of a CIA case officer. Politicians cannot afford to be too choosy.
What I love about Ben is his ability to lie about stuff that is a matter of public record, but lying about stuff that is linked from his blog? That has to set a new record.
Hall of Fame Post: The Downballot Douchebag series.
http://notlarrysabato.typepad.com/doh/2007/09/downballot-douc.html
Does this cross the line from a political statement, to comments that are not a joke, not funny, and are totally unacceptable to make?
My answer is yes. This is the first time I've ever said or thought this, but Mark Warner should be ashamed of himself for supporting this guy.
Ben Tribbett begged Larry Byrne for the campaign manager job of Leslie Byrne's latest version of her serial endeavors to get people to give her a job.
Larry said "no", and Ben refused to speak with Larry for a month.
Look at Ben's latest temper tantrum when people started calling him out for (again) voting absentee for no apparent reason.
Gotta love the guy.
Looked at Ben's blog recently? His Republican masters at New Media Strategies are getting their money's worth.
Political bloggers fear publicists will infiltrate sites
"You need to engage them as if they are any other powerful constituency," said Peter Greenberger of New Media Strategies, an Arlington, Va.-based consulting firm that works with candidates and corporations to improve their image on the Internet.
Greenberger said his firm was not working for any 2008 candidates, but had turned away requests by some candidates to woo activists through online "astroturf" campaigns. Astroturf, in political parlance, refers to campaigns organized by public relations firms to create a false image of grass-roots support."
Somehow I don't think Greenberger is being less than candid.
Time for Ben Tribbet Watch to make a come back.
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