tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post7383904231173518989..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: How bad do I suck?Robert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-80304938371811876822009-06-11T07:23:47.740-04:002009-06-11T07:23:47.740-04:00Melissa has your speedo picture up now, RS
Yeah, ...<i>Melissa has your speedo picture up now, RS</i><br /><br />Yeah, I know, but she only included me after I mentioned my omission from the list (as did <a href="http://soitgoesinshreveport.blogspot.com/2009/06/melissa-missed-one.html" rel="nofollow">Pat Austin</a>). <br /><br />I'm not mad at Melissa -- I'm 20 years past my Speedo glory days -- it's just that this is part of a recurring pattern, as I explained at the Green Room.<br /><br />"Nothing succeeds like success" and nothing fails like failure. Ergo, every time I get omitted from one of these "top conservative" or "best conservative" lists, it amounts to an advertisement of my failure, which invites further derogation. A negative <i>image momentum</i> can accumulate, if I don't point out to my friends that they are (in effect) insulting me by these omissions.<br /><br />It's like when I complain that <a href="http://rsmccain.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Allah hates me</a> -- I own that Google bomb -- I'm really just "working the refs," as they say. If there is anything I've learned since coming to Washington, it's this: If you don't promote yourself, nobody else will. That's what Rule 1 ("Shameless Blogwhoring") is all about.<br /><br />Allah has the power to make or break a blogger's day, merely by linking and/or quoting. For the past few weeks, he's been breaking my days. When I notice that he seems to be going out of his way <i>not</i> to link me (and I'm pretty sure this perception is not mere bloggernoia) I'm going to call attention to it. <br /><br />To do otherwise would be to allow myself to be disrespected, as if tacitly acknowledging that I am <i>unworthy</i> of linkage. Like I say, if you volunteer to be a doormat, you can't complain about the footprints on your back.<br /><br />When Allah doesn't link me, it's like Moe Green slapping around Fredo. He is proclaiming to the world that I am insignificant, that I suck. There is a limit to how much of that sadistic, spiteful non-linkage a guy can take before he starts resenting it, unless he's a stupid putz like Fredo, which I'm not.Robert Stacy McCainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-11931015450135913272009-06-10T15:20:29.144-04:002009-06-10T15:20:29.144-04:00Melissa has your speedo picture up now, RS.Melissa has your speedo picture up now, RS.William Teachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11447753680268439618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-79426087806500407212009-06-10T12:18:21.722-04:002009-06-10T12:18:21.722-04:00Well, that's what you get for attacking neocon...Well, that's what you get for attacking neocon influence in the Republican party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-36901664772336233502009-06-10T12:12:01.925-04:002009-06-10T12:12:01.925-04:00Maybe you need to send Melissa The Speedo picture....Maybe you need to send Melissa The Speedo picture. She's been misinformed. In fact, maybe I'll send it to her.Pat Austin Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767059128758168960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-6537835124826652022009-06-10T11:56:06.769-04:002009-06-10T11:56:06.769-04:00The question would be: Who did you piss off that m...The question would be: Who did you piss off that matters?Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00995981511802074871noreply@blogger.com