Jeff Coryell Proves, Once Again, BNN Is Shit

Jeff Coryell, aka Yellow Dog Sammy, happens to run the Ohio Daily Blog. That would be the same blog which has been widely referenced around the country as the site which hosted a comment outting Commissioner Tim Brown as gay, which consequently forced the homosexual commish out of the OH-05 congressional race. Heck, the Ohio Daily Blog is even getting referenced (admittedly without a reference by name. Boooo... bad NJ) in the National Journal:

Ohio.

A former aide to the late Republican Rep. Paul Gillmor decided against running for his former boss' seat after a posting on an Ohio political blog revealed that he is gay, the Toledo Blade reported Sunday. Tim Brown, a Republican Wood County commissioner, acknowledged his sexual orientation over the weekend after the anonymous posting claimed that he lived with a partner. Brown said he does not have a partner but decided against entering the race because his sexual orientation "would eclipse every other important issue." Brown also was concerned about the cost of running a well-funded campaign. Republican state Rep. Bob Latta announced last week that he would run for the seat and other Republicans are considering bids. Also, GOP state Sen. Randy Gardner, who is term limited, announced today he would not run. The 5th District seat has been vacant since Gillmor died Sept. 5.

Now admittedly, what happened to Tim Brown is deplorable. Folks' sexual orientation and identity is private, and it should have been Brown's decision to continue to keep his private, or make it public if he so wished. That said, it's hard to ignore the fact that this comment, placed on the Ohio Daily Blog, effectively impacted Brown's decision not to run tremendously.

O.K., so last week Jeff's blog forced a candidate out of a Congressional race. Hmmm, that's a pretty big influence in Ohio politics. Wonder what some other blogs happened to do?

One BS blog had a massive intra-site cry baby fight because they're all a bunch of whiners . Another Ohio blog went to the movies. Right Angle railed, as always, about how much they hate 'em damned lib'urls. Rothenberg blabbed on and on and on. And..and..you get my point.

Pretty clear to me that Jeff owned the Ohio blogosphere last week - I mean, his site took down a candidate. Damn. He clearly had more influence than anyone in Ohio during that 1 week period. But funny enough...

He didn't even break the top 10 of BNN's random "throw darts against the wall and see where they land" influence rankings.

Go figure. Make sure you keep those "BNN Influence ranking" buttons on your sites kids. It's important to show the world that while folks are actually making news out there, BNN thinks you're tough shit.

And since some Ohio bloggers get all bent out of shape when we don't send them big 'ole congratulatory cards on their weekly BNN "victories"...I'd just like to send a very sincere congrats to Matthew on his #1 finish at RAB this week. Clearly, it was RABid's undeniable influence in Ohio politics, not BNN's owner Dave Mastio's Republican political preference and employment, that pushed RAB to the top. Congrats again!