On reflection, though, this massive, embarrassing pout of yours reminds me of something:

http://thepoorman.net/2008/05/19/tragic-tales-of-woe/

Have fun with your aggrieved sense of superiority there, HTML Malkin.

I sent them a random variety because at the time I didn’t know if anyone *else* here was going, and it seemed only fair to show the site’s variety. The application is a two-stage process. I applied for two press passes for two authors here.

Nice insinuation that I misrepresented myself and the site, though.

Anyway, since I’m far more generous than you, let me take this opportunity to wish you luck on your application to *your* party’s next major shindig, which I believe is being held in DC. Cheers!

Anyway, what are you doing here? Haven’t you heard they found an isolated tribe in the Amazon? Shouldn’t you be down there introducing them to the joys of privatization and sweatshop labor? Or have you been too busy masturbating to the news of union organizers being murdered in Columbia? Either way, you’re slacking. But then, you *are* in management.

Allow me to quote:

. The example posts I sent them were by me, Brad, Gavin, Seb, Jillian, Travis, D.A., Leonard — all of us. Or most of us. I picked five, more or less at random.

Random, my ass. Five quotes picked not by the SN team, but by Retardo? Sorry, dude. Not random. Not by a long shot. How’s about you tell us which posts, exactly, you decided to send to the DNCC?

Jay B has a damned good point, though it seems you’re too fucking self-righteous to see it— why the hell are you putting on airs of hurt and exclusion for being left off of the invite list of a party you’ve openly despised from the get-go?

What the fuck is your problem, Retardo? Are you so self-absorbed that you can’t see you’re making a complete ass of yourself with this routine of “I’m so offended that I didn’t get invited to prom, even though I’ve been saying prom is bullshit for years, and this just proves prom is bullshit?”

Holy crap, dude. Have an iota of self-awareness, for spaghetti-monster’s sake.

Worry ye not sir. If the Democrats happy joy joy shindig is anything like as boring and insurrection-free as recent New Labour party conferences the bigwigs have done you a favour. You might have had some fun by playing a sort of Jello Biafra provocateur role but you can still pick at the carcass from the sidelines. I’ll enjoy your reports regardless.

A word of advice to all Sadly No denizens. I find it best to re-read Joe McGinniss’ classic ‘The Selling of the President’ every time the conventions come around. Helps you keep a properly cynical outlook on the business.

I could write it without it being maudlin — and who wants to read that shit?

Present!

Haven’t read all the comments yet but I agree with all who’ve said they are fuct and you are great, great, great. Yes it sucks, we who are ever marginalized want the airwaves baby, and saying so is plenty important in itself. Meanwhile, we have something the suits never will. Three cheers for community.

Dear Dr. PhysioProf:

Thank you for your application for a faculty position in our department. As you might imagine, there were many highly competitive applicants for this position, some of whom have been invited for interviews. Unfortunately, you were not among them.

Sincerely,
Professor PQ Fuckwit
Chair

HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!

Right, but not only that, some of the Clinton bloggers are gonna be batshit hostile by the time Denver rolls around.

And this isn’t really about me as far as the DNCC is concerned. They didn’t know specifically which author here was asking for (two) credentials. The example posts I sent them were by me, Brad, Gavin, Seb, Jillian, Travis, D.A., Leonard — all of us. Or most of us. I picked five, more or less at random. (Though they could by process of elimination narrow it down.) So their denying us credentials is really an insult to the whole blog (and readership, too).

I do know that when the 50 state bloggers were announced, some major armtwisting was done behind the scenes. And… well, I’ll just say for now that it worked all too well.

What matters to me right now is that some committee is effectively saying 65 lefty blogs are *better* than ours. 65 blogs have better writing, do better photoshops, take better positions, make smarter arguments than ours. I know the blogosphere isn’t a meritocracy (how could it be when the people who were for the war *because* hippies were against it are still in good graces with all the biggest traffic-pushers in the business?), but Gavin, Brad, Seb and I have been at this for about 5 years and, yes, ought to be taken seriously in this context.

We can win awards over and over when it’s a popularity contest, but when it comes to the DNCC…. grrr. Maybe I should move to fucking DC so I can drink with the in-crowd. Then, in 2011, after I’ve run a tiny group on MySpace and then start a blog (an equally “white” blog) that gets barely half of Sadly,No!’s traffic, I’ll move to the front of the line. (No, I’m not gonna name names because the particular blog editor I’m talking about seems like a perfectly nice guy.)

I was sort of relieved after I wrote this post, but now I’m more pissed than ever. I’m taking it personally because the only way to construe some of their choices is as an insult. Fuck them.

Numerically impossible.

Travis, Nayagan, et al.: I wasn’t talking about Sepia Mutiny at all; I’ve never even seen that site and dunno what it’s about.

Or a Coke, like Carville and Frist. I just saw that for the first time recently and found it really unsettling for some reason.

I really really don’t mean to open any wounds – but what’s with the “shut up Digby” stuff? I haven’t been by her blog in a long time – since Tristero joined, the comment section especially seemed to turn into a bunch of weird liberal-despair and cynicism – something about the tone of the place went way off, so I stopped reading.

there’s a surprise.

yes, but i was curious as to why you thought this was an odd choice–apart from traffic (which someone above answered) there is a great deal of political coverage/commentary on the site.

the nature of the blogosphere (diffuse) means that there are a good deal of high-traffic blogs you’ll never see, because you are not a robot and don’t have the time.

no need for a refund. i am a stinking rich capitalist with a talon in every ‘sustainable’ development project in the 3rd world. I keep the honorable poor peoples safe from those other stinking rich capitalists who wish to actually give them the means to enrich themselves.

I am a regular reader of SM (contributing sparingly a while back) and I don’t think it merits this dismissive attitude.

you don’t have to be non-POC to accuse a identity-issues blog of being ‘uppity’ but i’m honored you thought this was a charge of racism.

what’s your beef with sepia mutiny? Too many uppity brown people who don’t toe the parody n’ vituperation line?

How do you know that I’m not brown? That’s racist.

Just remember what Groucho Marx said about joining any club that would have him for a member.