Shameless Self-Promotion Got Me a Gig!
Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote that open letter to the Daily Testicle Crusher Inquirer?
Philadelphians deserve a “true, outspoken and unapologetic liberal” as an alternative to your current stable of unapologetic conservatives, not just “career journalists who may tilt leftward on some issues but aren’t really “movement liberals”. And while I think many of the names Will Bunch offered are superb writers (especially Susie Madrak), it’s my blog so I’m making my pitch: hire me, and pay me what you pay Rick Santorum. I won’t let you down: as it stands I already generate more columns, of higher quality, and with better fact-checking, than Rick, John, and Christine put together (not to mention your other right-wing pundits Kevin Ferris and Michael Smerconish).
Well, the Inquirer never responded. Your loss, Brian and Harold (and for the record guys? Susan Estrich, aka “FOX’s favorite liberal”, doesn’t count as a liberal, so stop pretending).
But the folks at the Philadelphia Weekly on the other hand… they decided to give me a shot at a biweekly, online column. Paid!
So do me a favor: drop by my inaugural article and say nice things about me (or nasty things about Arlen Specter and the PA Democratic Party). I’ll have another column up in two weeks. I totally appreciate your support.
In other news, Sam is visiting, and so blogging will be semi-light this week.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
[...] After taking the weekend mostly off to “summarize” (if “winterize” has become permissible, so too should “summerize”) my boat, a three-day task involving two trips to Boats-R-Us, I return to good news: Brendan has a gig. [...]