An e-mail is supposedly out there with all the real info about who Washingtonienne and all the initials people are; I haven’t seen it yet. Meanwhile, the Washington Post and numerous Ohio papers are on the story. And here’s a great cartoon by Roll Call. (I didn’t know Roll Call had cartoons, but then again I’ve never actually read it).
But the biggest development of the day is that a “Washingtonienne Archive” blog has surfaced, reproducing from cache the entire original blog- and it discusses someone named “MD” and a girl she saw him with. “MD” is apparently (but may not be) Sen. DeWine; the cache also reveals that the author thinks he’s a “chump”- though MD is included in her list of six current/former boyfriends.
Meanwhile, the Washingtonienne copycat blog lives, and has actually evolved into rather smart satire, as our intrepid heroine now has a sexual encounter with a mystery man known only as “ObL,” who pays her not in cash but rather gold bullion.
Aside from that, another blogger who calls his site “I Love Jenna Bush” (with the tagline “Bush Is a Giant Amongst Us Little Men”) has been leaving always-immediately-deleted comments on the copycat blog. It’s also hard to tell whether or not he’s for real, especially since every single one of his pre-Washingtonienne posts is about the porn industry quarantine. Not to mention that his overall idea seems ripped off from the now-defunct blog IWannaSpankJenniferLoveHewitt.com, also known by the Cettera-riffic title “I Am The Man Who Will Fight For Your Honor."
Seems this is a story no political junkie can get enough of; a good friend of mine -who prides herself on being an avowed hater of blogs- has been checking Wonkette hourly.
And finally, as part of today’s all-time record traffic day (thanks, people!), I got one referral from Washingtonienne’s private Sitemeter. Whether it’s the real or the fake one is, sadly, a question to which I shall never know the answer.
Posted by Stephen Silver at May 20, 2004 11:08 PMI need to say it somwhere, so I'll say it here: this is such a navel-gazing, self-important, inside-the-Beltway gossip rag non-story that, for once, it practically makes me glad I'm not in DC any more.
Posted by: Dave J at May 21, 2004 09:04 AMHey Stephen,
I didn't rip any Jennifer Love Hewitt site. Never heard of it. I've only discovered the blogosphere two months ago. I know if you look at my visitor numbers it looks like I've been on this for quite a while. I haven't. The blog title comes from my other site, I Love My Sweetie Jenna Bush, which I created a long time ago. You can find this site by clicking the Jenna Bush picture on my blog.
Hope to have informed you adequately,
Take Care,
Ricky Vandal
Leader of the Church of Fandel
