DeLay's got himself one of them blog things

A big welcome to the newest netroot â€“ Tom DeLay! Yup, The Hammer started a blog [1] of his very own, but it looks like he wasnâ€™t too pleased with the comments he was getting so, within the first 75 minutes, he deleted them. Thank the digital gods we have internet archival [2]! Here are some samples:

What a magnificently, terrifically boring and irrelevant blog. Honestly, who on earth cares what you have to say?
December 10, 2006 | Unregistered Commenter Miles Coverdale
Didn't we already stick a fork in your ass and decide you're done?
To paraphrase you: You WERE the Federal Government...now you're a nothing.
The fact that you are trying to keep your name alive by starting a stupid blog is actually kind of pathetic and sad. Please just go away.
December 10, 2006 | Unregistered Commenter Meadows
Aesthetically speaking, this is the most visually bland yet offensive piece of crap to ever find it's way onto a server.
December 10, 2006 | Unregistered Commenter dfd
Everyone already assumes bloggers are unemployed losers... thanks for reinforcing that stereotype...
December 10, 2006 | Unregistered Commenter Marc

And my personal favorite:

Tom,
When you're locked up, will you smuggle blog posts out in your visitors' rectums?
December 10, 2006 | Unregistered Commenter Rick Derris

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Comments

Ironic Distortion (not verified)Tue, 2006-12-12 15:13

Re: DeLay's got himself one of them blog things

I take it this is made up, it doesn't make much sense for Tom Delay to be writing a blog and if he was, he wouldn't be using his criminal photo.

Jay Daverth [4]Tue, 2006-12-12 23:46

Entirely possible, but...

The blog from the second link is actually an archival of the comments somebody saved and reposted (along with his mugshot photo). If you follow the first link you get the press release about his blog (part of the GAIN initiative) and another link to www.tomdelay.com which is where his blog is currently active. I considered that the archival might be faked as well, but finally decided it was unlikely. There are just so many comments with such variance in speaking style that it seems the author would have far better things to do with there time. Then again, there are a lot of people out there with a lot of time on their hands so anything is possible!