Blanked Out is BACK.
That’s it.
There have been dozens of ripe opportunities for an early return. But no single event perfectly captured the reasons for starting this blog in the first place - until now.
The masterful rebranding of Rep. Ellison?s remarks on the Reichstag fire has reached its apex - overseas! The UK Daily Telegraph’s most viewed link today had the following headline: “Bush like Hitler, says first Muslin in Congress”. This is quite possibly the most egregious blank out of the year. 
Congratulations are in order. Tice, Kersten, Brodkorb and the Powerline Crew: you have all done a spectacular job.
Your rampant double-speak and subtle editing promoted the story to national status last week - over the weekend it jumped the pond and obtained international status. Your “story” now has a guaranteed patina of legitimacy. I’ve been stunned, not into silence, but into action.
This is the same roster that already attempted to prevent Rep. Ellison’s election with frivolous tabloid news. Rep. Ellison is now constrained by his resounding success. His office demands he render respect and decency to his feckless, undeserving attackers.
I, on the other hand, possessing no office or position or party restriction, am not so bound.
Stay tuned.
July 16th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Boom! Welcome back.
July 16th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Crap, I wanted to be first to welcome you back.
I love RSS feeds. When I clicked on your feed I was trying to remember which blog this was. You’ve been gone a lifetime in ‘net time.
July 17th, 2007 at 8:34 am
Yup … welcome back. Goan gittum.
July 17th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Noah:
The The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called on Ellison to retract his comments:
“Congressman Keith Ellison’s comments comparing the rise of Nazism in the aftermath of the burning of the Reichstag to the War on Terror in the aftermath of 9/11 is outrageous and offensive to all Americans. Whatever his views may be on the Administration’s response to 9/11 and the conduct of the War on Terrorism, likening it to Hitler’s rise to power and Nazism is odious and demeans the victims of 9/11 and the brave American men and women engaged in the War on Terror. Furthermore, it demonstrates a profound lack of understanding about the horrors that Hitler and his Nazi regime perpetrated.
Congressman Ellison should retract his remarks and provide the American people with the apology he owes them. “
July 17th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
I understand their argument and disagree completely. If Rep. Ellison had said “The years after 9/11 really remind me of the Holocaust” or “Bush is as bad/worse than Hitler” then their argument would hold water.
I’ll save the rest of my comments for my second post on this issue which I am still working on. If anything, this is just further proof that your version of the “story” has become dominant.
Thanks for the tip Michael - good to know you’re still a reader after all these months!
And does this mean I will get story updates in the comments section of all my posts, just like the ones you provide to Tice and The Big Question? You are too kind.
August 28th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
[…] I’ll update this with additional information on why Brodkorb’s analysis is completely off the deep end in a bit – for now, let’s all take note of our watches. I have blogged in the past on how these types of political stories break and develop. I’m going to track this one in real time and see where it goes. […]