that seperates the conservaties from the nutroots. We are proud of Erick’s success and wish him the best in this endevor. Not petty and jealous whiny little brats (wanted to use a different word, but wanted to be mindful of the rules).

I felt bad about that but by the time I read it, it was already old news and it would have felt like an afterthought. I’m not as regular a commenter let alone a regular diarist, so it doesn’t affect me one whit for myself. I am happy for Erick. He has worked hard advancing conservative thought and deserves this.

For the envious, it would be more prudent if you looked at Mr. Erickson’s accomplishments to see how you might improve yourself and your chances at such a position. Competition is a healthy endeavor because it pushes us to excellence in all things, both personal and business.

I was wondering if CNN was going to be enlightened or If CNN was going to try to enlighten Eric. Good luck CNN..

Although CNN or even Fox would be a poor fit for you and your brand of snark. I could see you alongside Treacher at the Trawler though…..It is a paying gig, after all. And they wouldn’t have to pay for you to move, either.

What better way to influence and change the hearts and minds of the so-called independents and moderates, and other ill-educated types, than to appear on a network like CNN?

CNN wants to actually be relevant again. With its unrelenting viewership loss, they may realize that hiring Erick is a very good first step in regaining credibility. I do not expect Erick to “go native” as I consider him to be well and truly grounded in what he believes.

I won’t link, but it was fun to read the posting on Erick! The comments could fill an afternoon with laughter. Only one thing bothers me, they never tried to debunk anything they quoted from him.

I was really looking forward to them trying to explain why Souter isn’t “a goat-f*cking child molester”!

CNN made a good choice to add Erickson to the ranks of the Republicans, moderates and Democrats at CNN. I say Republicans and Democrats, because some of the talking heads on CNN, and other networks for that matter, are party hacks. Finally some balance with a conservative. Carville and Begala are obnoxious Dem hacks and the right leaning CNN talking heads do not tread far from the Republican party line. Carville/Begala seem to read the D talking point word for word during every interview and the same can be said of the Rs on CNN. Erickson is a breath of fresh air, because he does not follow the traditional Republican talking points. In the tradition of Robert Novak, Erickson is a conservative first and a Republican second. Great choice. I wish other networks would follow suit and hire some solid conservatives, and liberals for that matter, and stay away from the boring party hacks that populate cable news these days.

but only if they let him. My concern is that they will tamp him down and keep him from actually speaking what is true to stay in good standing with the lefties who watch them. I won’t be seeing him because I don’t ever watch them, but kudos on the new gig. Hopefully it will give us conservatives another voice away from Fox (since they are just hacks…?)

Just think! After Erick ticks off enough higher ups in CNN, he can jump to Fox for MILLIONS! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAA!

He goes a little too red meat for my tastes. I prefer the styles of the other editors. Nothing personal.

That said, I like Erick on TV — a lot. He drops a bit of that edge (at least in the stuff I’ve seen, which isn’t a ton) and comes across as a strong advocate for the conservative/Republican perspective.

So Go Erick, and if he makes idiots’ heads explode at the same time, that’s just a bonus.

Some media moguls have been raiding the liquor cabinet again!

Bought and paid for. But, plenty of conservative blogs I like better anyway like Gateway Pundit!

doesn’t two deserve powers booth and the kitty?

Unfortunately not everyone reads RedState or watches Fox News. Now they are going to have a real conservative going into the enemy’s turf and telling it like it is.

This could be fun.

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