UPDATE III 1:30PM 2008-09-09 He's back. It's still all fishy. My response to his post about his whereabouts can be found by clicking here
NOTE: See my previous posts about this (1st)here and (2nd)here
NOTE II: As many have pointed out, Sully has never broken a major story. I said that as well. It could be all this fuss is an illness and it could be that he getting the boot from The Atlantic. Who knows? I just suspect there is something more. I may be wrong. It would not be the first time!
My speculation as to whereabouts of Andrew Sullivan has once again brought a huge amount of attention to this blog. The hits last night and this morning alone are more than this blog normally receives in a four month period.
As of this morning Sully has yet to post. Many comments seem to think Sully could be ill or that something might be wrong with his husband or he might be on vacation. But Sully always, always leaves a post about this sort of thing and also gets people to guest-blog. Additionally, he just took a vacation and Sully would not miss the last few weeks of the presidential race for anything. He might be sick (or Aaron might be sick) but I doubt it.
Another comment asked if Sully has broken a major news story in his life. To my knowledge, no. His forte is commentary. But he has implored journalists to start asking the right questions about Palin and start doing their jobs. He has screamed (as loud as one can scream on a blog) that they not be intimidated by the McCain campaign and get to the business of thoroughly vetting Palin since McCain apparently did not .
Is he on to something? I don't know. But I do know he is not intimidated easily. He takes hits from all sides and keeps going strong.
Now, if he is on to something and does "break" a story be prepared for the war on Sully to intensify. His opponents will bring up the sex controversy of 2001 and use it as reason to discredit Sully's story. They will also say he is a hypocrite.
If they do, they do so at their own peril. I imagine Sully is prepared for whatever might come.
UPDATE: As many have pointed out, Sully has never broken a major story. I said that as well. It could be all this fuss is an illness and it could be that he getting the boot from The Atlantic. Who knows? I just suspect there is something more
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3 comments:
My fear is that he may be in the process of getting fired...
Your speculation that Sullivan is silent because he's on the brink of reporting something big is nonsensical. He never breaks big news, but even if he did, why would he stay silent in the days before? And you could take any single one of last week's posts and search for clues about what might be ahead. (What did he mean when he wrote "This is the Internet's moment"?!?)
His silence might be the result of a sudden and deep conflict with the Atlantic that is now under negotiation. But more likely, it's some personal or family emergency. Let's hope everything will be alright. I too, miss the Dish.
I just got an email response from the Atlantic's PR :
Michael-
Andrew Sullivan is currently taking a couple days off.
He’ll be back posting soon.
Thanks.
-Katie
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