I hadn’t heard of Jonah before the Clinton Scandals.
At that time he seemed a Conservative because he recognized
the evils of Clinton, and that’s what Conservatives were
talking about in the day.
This isn’t limited to Jonah either. There were a number of
people in the press that seemed to get it back then. Keith
Oberman was on board the anti-Clinton express. So was Joe Scarborough. Other well known names were as well.
Then Clinton left office, and what held those folks to
any sense of sanity, left the building.
All of a sudden they became the wing nuts they had been
all along, but had not revealed prior to that time.
Jonah and his mom were nice people. FReepers met with them
back in the late 90s. Since that time both have been a big
disappointment.
Somewhere down inside is a guy that used to get it.
When you’re a media (print, blog, or TV) celebrity or aspire to be one (Yes, I am being generous with Jonah!) you have to stay in the public eye. You do this positively or negatively with the issues of the day. Whatever it takes to keep your brand out there. Do what gets you talked about, loved hated doesn’t matter the worst thing is to be ignored. You just have to know where the boundaries are, something Oberman seems oblivious to. They have a partial PR victory on us right now by us discussing this!