Posted on 01/30/2010 12:51:56 PM PST by LA Woman3
Glenn has a roundup of All Things Ellie-Related.
Also, there was an interesting discussion yesterday at Althouse’s digs about why someone would bother to change his or her address so many times, and yet use the same letter text, and the identical name.
I’ll believe she’s a real person when she has a reporter over to one of her many residences.
UPDATE, 5:48 a.m. Ellie herself responds in my comments section:
Well, Actually, I am a real person, and I’m right here. It’s been suggested that I, Ellie Light, am Michelle Obama, or the Award-winning author Samantha Powers, and not to be outdone, the Michelle Bachmann people figure that I am “NONE OTHER THAN THE POTUS HIMSELF.” Someone found an Ellie Light on Facebook, a woman married to a software designer, and decided that had to be significant somehow. Another blog moderator drew a connection between one of my responses and the name “Winston,” and decided I was part of a PR firm named “Winston Group.” And in a bit of hagiography worthy of Talmudic scholars, a reader noted that my letter’s reference to “Candidate Obama,” sounded similar to “Comrade Obama,” and thus, betrayed the President’s Marxist-Leninist origins. Another astute observer noticed my British spelling of the world “realise,” and reported this straightaway to a senior moderator, who congratulated her for her fine detective work. A grammar-aware sleuth, armed with my mix-up of their/there and let’s/lets, went in search of clues. She returned with a whole trove of letters supposedly written by me, published online in Baltimore. Of course, all your blogs contain the usual references to Axelrod and Plouffe implying that the President’s closest advisors sit up nights furiously scribbling pro-Obama missives, and sending them to anyone who might read them. Apparently, no one thought to ask that if All the President’s Men really were to embark on such a scheme to fake a groundswell of Obama-support, why in the world would they sign each letter with the same name?
Alright, then. Take a deep breath and accept that you’ve all been a bit silly. Let’s imagine a much more plausible scenario. Frustrated Obama-supporter writes letter to some blogs, asking why are we so harsh on our new President? Ben Stein [Ben Smith --ed.] picks up my letter, and even pays me a backhanded compliment in the process (check out the chronology of submissions. They match this). Star-struck girl sees letter in print, accompanied by angry comments from dozens of frothing Tea-partiers. She decides that perhaps she’s quite brilliant after all, and sends her letter around to a few more papers. Voila! The letters are printed, and Ellie’s friends (my friends), all remark that they never get their letters published, and what’s so special about Ellie’s letters. So Ellie, feeling smug and superior, indulges in a bit more self-validation, and submits her letter again…. and again! Then one fateful day, Ms. Eaton from the Cleveland Plain Dealer does her Google search, and a conspiracy theory is born!
Now, I know you guys are almost as big on conspiracy theories as my FEMA-hating lefty pals, and are not about to just let something this juicy go away, especially since the more fanciful theories about me are sending Tea-blog readership through the roof. The guy over at Left-Coast Something-Something flat out says that he’s never been onto anything so big. He couldn’t hide is excitement. I mean, how often do you people find someone new to hate? I’m sure its exhilarating. So why didn’t I lie low and be happy that you guys are spinning your wheels so fruitlessly? Because part of me just can’t resist clearing the air. Part of me hates to see anyone, even political opponents, carrying on in such a brainless, ridiculous pastime.
UPDATE II: Well, it’s definitely the real Ellie, since her comment here is a cut-and-paste of the one she left at Amy Kane’s blog this morning.
UPDATE III: Patrick’s got the Master Guide Pro-Obama astrotuf, right here.
UPDATE IV: Ed’s been hearing from Ellie all along; they are practically pen pals. He opens the books on the IP she used with him—as well as assorted other tracking tools—and I gather that he and Patrick are coordinating. Patterico has already confirmed that the IP used for the Amy Kane comment matches the one used here. If anyone else needs to know that IP, or any of the other data that WP collects from my commenters, LMK.
UPDATE V: Jennifer’s trying to see if any of the White House Press Corps are interested in pursuing this; so far, no takers.
UPDATE VI: Verum Serum is local to Huntington Beach, or perhaps Long Beach—close to where the elusive Ms. Light lives, if she exists at all. He is willing to interview her in a way such that she preserves her anonymity. I would totally go for it, if I were her. And existed.
Ellie Light Ping!
I thought Ellie Light turned out to be a guy named Winston Stuart.
Bump to this!
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