Irony is Dead, Part IV

Now that I'm pretty much 95% sure that Ben Tribbett was working for Chap! Petersen using Duke Advisors LLC, it seems natural to go back and revisit some of his posts from September 2006.

There's a post called Paid Bloggers and one titled Unacceptable, where writes, wait for it...wait for it...

It is totally fair to hold the candidate accountable for what his paid staff says on blogs.

Someone needs to just come out and ask Chap! if he was paying Ben through Duke Advisors, and if so, hold him accountable for what Ben wrote during the campaign.

Irony is Dead, Part III

I'll say this about Ben Tribbett: that guy has one set of gigantic balls. This mental case tries to call out the Washington Post for blogging about something that hasn't been substantiated. Ben says:

Let me walk you through this. I will talk very slowly so you understand.

Lori is running against someone she clearly doesn't like (Leslie). She claims someone poked her who is a Leslie supporter. She won't say who it is. The Post runs it. I am saying someone I don't like (Gerry) peed on my leg. I named the person who did the urinating. Even though I clearly have an agenda, the Post should run this because I have provided more information about this "incident" than Lori did about hers.

Is that clear enough for you?

Of course, an anonymous commenter calls him on his bullshit:

Oh, so you mean that the WP *BLOG* is being run by the same pathetic
journalistic standard as the NLS *BLOG*, and you're bitching about it?

Pot, meet kettle.

Jeez, you usually hide your hypocrisy a little better than this.

Which is pretty much 100% accurate, except that Ben doesn't try to hide his hypocricy. He doesn't have any pride or integrity whatsoever. So hypocricy be damned, he just doesn't give a shit. Ben also says that in his original post he was giving an example of how absurd the story is. Because Ben never writes anything absurd or unsubstantiated. Ever.

BREAKING BEN TRIBBETT SCANDAL

BEN TRIBBETT INVOLVED IN MAJOR SCANDAL THAT WILL ERASE ANY REMAINING CREDIBILITY HE HAD.

SEE HERE AND HERE FOR BACKGROUND.

update- An email tip:

the CEO of New Media Strategies, Pete Snyder, is a former Republican political consultant who worked for Guiliani

But that's not even the best part. Ben's new boss is a contributor to Tom Davis for Congress!!!!!!

update- As noted in the comments, Ben hasn't said one bad thing about Tom Davis since accepting the job.

Ben Tribbett. Bought and paid for by Chap Petersen and Tom Davis.

Ben Makes New Media Strategies Proud

Ben has another post about Tim Craig and his alleged role in "Borat". It hasn't even been confirmed that it is actually Tim Craig, but NLS and BVBL continue on as if Tim's name were in the actual credits.

Anyway, a commenter on NLS sums it up perfectly:

Ben has a genuine disdain for Tim Craig, and why shouldn’t he? After all, Craig is a professional reporter, something Ben will never be. But wait, Ben just got a job, right? He now works for New Media Strategies. I guess we now know that firm believes personally attacking reporters for the largest circulation newspaper in Virginia constitutes best practices in public relations. New Media Strategies obviously approves of its employees making personal attacks on Washington Post reporters, or else Ben never would have posted this gratuitous and scurrilous item in the first place. I’m sure Ben’s employer will gain lots of new clients based on this novel approach to media strategy.

Ben's Unhealthy Obsession with George Barker

Ben Tribbett had a post the other day where he said that Donald McEachin and Chap Petersen were the biggest losers of the session because they had to sit next to George Barker and his terrible body odor.

Seriously. Look at that fat piece of crap. His fat ass probably breaks a sweat when he climbs a set of stairs, and he doesn't even look like he knows what the hell deodorant is.

Anyway, Tribbett backed Barker's primary opponent and in typical Ben fashion, he said or did anything to get him elected.

He implied that George Barker is a racist.

He claimed the Barker campaign was in shambles, but then went on to win the primary and the general.

He photoshops George into pictures that, well...just see them here and here.

He claims George was "swiftboating" Greg Galligan, which was absolutely ridiculous.

Ben, just get it over with and tell everyone that you're gay and in love with George and don't know how to properly express your feelings. It would certainly put this whole thing into perspective.

Irony is Dead, Part II

Yesterday Ben posted this, saying that Kerry's endorsement of Barack Obama proves that he is unelectable.

Funny, Ben didn't seem to think that when Kerry endorsed Jim Webb. Who later went on to be elected Senator.

Such. A. Tool.

(h/t anonymous comment and NLS comments)

Ben Tribbett Watch Has Hit The Big Time!

You know you've made it big time in Virginia Blogs when you get a shout out from Daily Whackjob, and Ben Tribbett Watch has done just that. Tuesday DWJ posted this and gave us here at Ben Tribbett Watch all sorts of warm and fuzzies. Yesterday, however, DWJ gave us a good tongue lashing by posting this about the Duke Advisors LLC theory.

The only crime here is the name of that Law Firm and that the jackasses who run
Ben Tribbett watch are as bad as Ben when throwing out accusations without proof.

To be clear, Ben Tribbett Watch was never meant to be better or a higher quality. Let's go back to our introduction post:

These tips and/or stories should be rooted in at least 5% of the truth, since that’s often how much truth is in Ben’s posts.

In other words, Ben Tribbett Watch is playing the game by Ben's rules, not by the rules that the rest of the civilized world plays by. Nevertheless, I believe there is about a 75% chance that Ben Tribbett was getting paid through Duke Advisors LLC, well above the 5% threshold Ben has established.

The intro post also included this:

Also, this blog is going to be mean. Ben doesn’t hold back when he writes, and neither will I or should you in the comments.

When Ben calls people down ballot douchebags, racist, photoshops people into someone taking a shower, and whatever else he feels like on any given day, I have no problem with being mean when it comes to Ben. That's what I find it funny that the infamous Aimee would say that "The comments section on Ben Tribbett Watch is getting a little out of hand as well."

It's been well documented on NLS that Aimee is one of his little groupies. She provided ammunition for Ben's hatred for Oleszek campaign manager Johnathan Murray, she gave him emails from James Walkinshaw about the Connolly Campaign, and there are rumors circulating that she was sleeping with Ben (excuse me while I go vomit).

Sorry Aimee, you are defined by who you surround yourself with. You're fair game.

Ben Tribbett is an Idiot

Ben Tribbett is a Hack

I got an email last night from one of Ben's little groupies who claims that Ben is some kind of genius because he predicted Hillary Clinton's win in New Hampshire last night. Sorry kid, you're way off base.

Ben's predictions for New Hampshire:

Hillary Clinton- 1st
Barack Obama- 2nd
John Edwards- 3rd

Mitt Romney- 1st
John McCain- 2nd
Ron Paul- 3rd

Actual Results

Hillary Clinton- 1st
Barack Obama- 2nd
John Edwards- 3rd

John McCain- 1st
Mitt Romney- 2nd
Mike Huckabee- 3rd

That's a 50% accuracy rating. At least he did better than Iowa.

But look what happened in the past week. Ben's comments on the race:

January 4th - "In four days Hillary will win New Hampshire and she will be our nominee."
January 5th - "No question after tonight Hillary will be on the rise once again!"
January 6th - "Hillary needs to get on track here, this is getting out of control fast."
January 7th - "With Iowa gone, New Hampshire going up in flames and Clinton's very weak campaign team in Nevada, I have almost given up hope for a comeback."
January 8th, in his signature 72 point font, "MSNBC JUST CALLED IT!!!!"

Conclusion? Ben can read polls. Polls had Obama up by ten all week, so Ben had given up hope. Ben is no more politically insightful than Chris Matthews. And that's not very insightful. And the funniest part of Ben's rants? He says Hillary has a very weak campaign team in Nevada. (One of) Ben's arch-nemeses, Nate Dela Piedra, points out that the only reason for Ben's comment is that the same guy who ran Dave Marsden's campaign is running Nevada for Hillary. Nate predicts:

1. Hillary loses NH, and Obama's momentum causes her to lose in Nevada.
2. Ben points out that Hillary's Nevada Director is Robby Mook.
3. Ben points out that Robby managed Delegate Marsden's 20 point win in 2005 (in a 50/50 district that had been represented by a Republican for 32 years).
4. Ben blames Marsden for the following 8 years for any problems that occur during an Obama administration.

One didn't end up being accurate, but I would put money on 2-4.

Ben Tribbett's Diary

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I've been incredibly busy at work. Again, if there is anyone out there that would like to post their own stories about Ben Tribbett, feel free to email me at bentribbettwatch@gmail.com. Hopefully I'll be able to pick up the pace soon.

In the meantime, here is another site dedicated to Ben. Enjoy.

Crappy NLS Predictions

Some of Ben's loser groupies really like him because they think he is always so accurate with his predictions, when in reality he is actually pretty bad. Well, this is a perfect place to expose Ben for the fraud that he is. Take, for instance, his predictions on the Presidential race and what would happen in Iowa.

Here were his predictions:

Clinton- 1st
John Edwards- 2nd
Barack Obama- 3rd

Mike Huckabee- 1st
John McCain- 2nd
Mitt Romney- 3rd

Actual results:

Barack Obama- 1st
John Edwards- 2nd
Hillary Clinton- 3rd

Mike Huckabee- 1st
Mitt Romney- 2nd
Fred Thompson- 3rd

Out of six predictions, Ben got two right for a 33% accuracy rating. Yeah, that guy is a political genius alright.

We'll go back and look at some of his other predictions soon.

Irony Is Dead

So says someone in an anonymous comment, and anyone who has ever read NLS would whole heartedly agree.

Ben Tribbett calling to get behind the Democratic nominee. Like he got behind Dave Marsden? Like he attacks anyone he doesn't like personally, even if they are a Democrat?

Ben Tribbett not only has credibility issues, he also has mental health issues as well. He could benefit from some of Tim Kaine's and Ken Cuccinelli's proposals on the mental health system in Virginia.

BEN TRIBBETT IS SCARED

In his signature 92 point font, Ben tried to make a scandal out of Gerry's announcement, where there was of course, no scandal.

Looks like someone is scared that his handpicked candidate could go down in a primary.

I noticed he has "offical transition office of Congresswoman-elect Leslie Byrne" at the top of his website. I wonder if Duke Advisors LLC will show up on her finance reports or if they'll find another way to cover up his paid involvement in her campaign.