We Are All Arianna Looking for Lerer in Maine

We Are All Arianna Looking for Lerer in Maine
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W is back in Texas, but we have our own unique opportunities for expression right here in the Whoopie Pie State. Our Tea Party Governor has told President Obama to go to hell, the NAACP to kiss his butt, wants to repeal sound environmental regulations and put BPA back in baby bottles and sippy cups.

It's a sink or swim situation, and this blogger is going to dust off her Rolodex , fire up that contact list on her now-again hip AOL account, and get started.

Why do brash liberal pansies blog for nothing, anyway? Of course there is sheer delight in having a personal voice and medium in the world of corporate mass media. But what started as festering liberal rage toward the Bush administration in need of a steam valve has evolved over time. Now bewilderment has pivoted to right-wing sirens Palin and Bachman, and talk-show blowhards Beck and Limbaugh. In fact the blogging topics are endless thanks to the Tea Party and DC spectacle. With a little bit of Yankee ingenuity a new American business is born.

We all know Arianna Huffington is being paid $315 million for her business, and is now the boss at the company that wrote the check. Not bad for a Republican-turned-Democrat. The Huffington Post enlists 8999 people plus me to write content for free, and boasts over 30 million uniques per month.

Apparently behind this brilliant, powerful woman with her "A-list" Rolodex was Kenneth Lerer, a guy with "sophisticated technology and careful brand management." These two came together and grew an idea in to an industry that has ordinary people like me dreaming about the American Dream.

Does anyone know where I can find a Mr. Lerer here in LePage Land?

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