After failing to post for three months between 4/19/04 and 7/19/04, making him a three-time "deadbeat blogger" as defined by Jim Dedman, lawyer-blogger Beldar has been on a roll ever since. He seems to be at his best when beating up on John Kerry and, lately, Dan Rather. Though I can't say I agree with respect to Kerry, you've got to give Beldar credit for some great posts.
They're popular too. In one 24-hour period, Beldar had 10,000 page views. I especially liked his post about lawyer-bloggers, titled "Some credentials for the lawyer-bloggers who are prosecuting Dan Rather in the blogosphere." Beldar delivers the goods on Hugh Hewitt, John H. Hinderaker ("Hindrocket" of Power Line), Scott Johnson (Power Line's "Big Trunk"), Paul E. Mirengoff (Power Line's "Deacon"), Glenn Reynolds, and others.
And if you take a look in the comments to Beldar's post, you'll see that he's making some people change their minds about lawyers.
Thanks for the link and the kind words, Evan!
To the deadbeat blogger charge, I plead guilty, although perhaps Mr. Rather and Sen. Kerry would (if they were asked, and were then patiently told who I am, and what I've written, and what a "blog" is) somewhat prefer that I had remained AWOL.
My blog's recent traffic I attribute mostly to the public's insatiable hunger for political scandal rather than to any particular skills on my part. I just snark 'em as I see 'em.
Posted by: Beldar | September 14, 2004 at 10:00 AM
Oh and I still get lots of traffic from people looking for hot pictures of the Olsen Twins.
Posted by: Beldar | September 14, 2004 at 10:03 AM