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An Open Letter to my Colleague, Doug Mataconis

Alex Knapp
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Dear Doug:

I was a big supporter of James’ suggestion to add you to OTB. I’ve enjoyed your work here enormously.

That said, I have to express some concern about the sheer number of posts you’ve written about a certain reality TV star from the Great White North. I am afraid that if you’re not careful, something like this might happen to you, only with Sarah Palin in the John Malkovich role.

Consider this an intervention.

Might I suggest mixing it up a little? If you want to stick with the inter-party warfare, Michelle Bachmann is always there, ready and waiting. Or there’s always Peter King. Or Steve King. Or Mike Lee. Or I don’t know about you, but I still get 2-3 emails a day from the Christine O’Donnell campaign.

Or you could always cross the aisle. Joe Biden’s bound to have put his foot in his mouth on any given day. And of course there’s always Sheila Jackson Lee. And I’m sure Alan Grayson will try to get back into the limelight.

The bottom line: there’s plenty of comedy fodder all around!

Regards,
Alex

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13 responses to “An Open Letter to my Colleague, Doug Mataconis”

  1. narciso Avatar
    narciso

    Since you can’t write about her, with any degree of fairness, even when you defended her against
    the more extreme implications, there was still some notion, that she deserved the charge, because she put Gifford’s seat, along with 59 others on a checklist?? really.

  2. Joe Carter Avatar
    Joe Carter

    Thank you, Alex, this was sorely needed. Mr. Mataconis is starting to become as Palin-obsessed as Andrew Sullivan.

  3. Boyd Avatar
    Boyd

    Glad to hear it being mentioned here. I thought I was the only one who thought that Doug is obsessed with Gov. Palin.

  4. Eph Avatar
    Eph

    I’m glad people are starting to speak out about this. Very sad

  5. John Hannaford Avatar
    John Hannaford

    Palin moved to Canada? When, and how do we get her to move back?

  6. TG Chicago Avatar
    TG Chicago

    Mataconis posts about Palin a lot, true. But check out how many comments those threads get. It’s not all Mataconis’ fault that this blog is Palin-heavy.

  7. Eph Avatar
    Eph

    TG,

    For the same reason this thread will hardly get any posts.

  8. Socrates Avatar
    Socrates

    Well, Joe Carter is the expert on obsession. No matter the subject, he always seems to mention how much he dislikes Andrew Sullivan.

  9. gawaine Avatar
    gawaine

    Amen. I read Doug on his original site, too, and generally find him thought provoking, even when I disagree – except when he starts sounding like a slightly more sane Andrew Sullivan.

  10. Eph Avatar
    Eph

    I’ll look for Doug to start pushing Obama more and bashing Palin less.

    Six of one – half dozen of another

  11. Steve Bainbridge Avatar
    Steve Bainbridge

    I’ll throw in with those who think Andrew Sullivan is in more need of an intervention on this issue than Doug.

  12. Boyd Avatar
    Boyd

    That may well be true, Steve. On the other hand, I couldn’t care less what Andrew Sullivan says, because I don’t read that blog. Since I’ve been reading OTB almost since its inception, I’m much more invested in what goes on here.

    So, talking about Andrew Sullivan in this thread sounds kinda like changing the subject.

  13. Eph Avatar
    Eph

    “So, talking about Andrew Sullivan in this thread sounds kinda like changing the subject.”

    Exactly.

    The Palin haters want to change the subject though.

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