So, You Wanna Know What Happened To Naugle?
Is he working for the Ohio Republican Party? At the bottom of the Olentangy? Oh where oh where could he
be?
The question has become so heated amongst the politically interested and gossip prone, that it's become a mainstay in Columbus and elsewhere. Folks from both side of the aisle, consultants, candidates, the media, heck, even one of my professors on the first day of the spring semester have asked what's up with him and where'd he go? Because as all y'all paying attention surely recall, he disappeared without rhyme or reason on December 6, 2007 - just a week after a possibly libelous post on RABid about the Attorney General.
Well sports fans, I've got some answers for you - and you'll shocked about what young Matty is up to these days
He's delivering pizza.
Yes, you read that right.
He's a pizza delivery boy.
I know this because last night at exactly 12:15am one of my sources text messaged me that Mr. Naugle had just delivered pizza in a bright lime green "Panzera's Pizza" shirt to the band playing at the Grandview Cafe in Columbus.
You can visit Panzera between the hours of 4pm to midnight and sample any of their tasty tasty specialties. Check out their menu here.
So the once publicly illustrious king of the Ohio righty blogosphere had to enter the workforce. That's respectable, no matter how you have to earn your dime. I don't have a problem with what he's doing, but it sure as heck does leave some questions to be answered.
Matt was in an MBA program at Capital, is he still engaged in his first year or did something happen there? Why did he leave the blog abruptly (and ignore all email questions) without an explanation. Does he have a sudden need to raise funds, maybe due to an impending legal issue with Marc Dann (or could it be something else)? Why did the Republican Party leave him out to dry? You'd think that the folks he's been vehemently fighting for these past two years would take better care of Mr. Naugle and help him with employment...or did something happen?
Plenty of questions to be had. The current rightangleblog definitely should provide an explanation, but I doubt that will come. Who knows, maybe answers will come with the next slice of pepperoni. You never know.
I hear the "Panzera Monster" is delish.
No matter the quality, it will be the best pizza that I have ever had.
TODD HOFFMAN
Online Communcations Director
Ohio Democratic Party
hoffman@ohiodems.org
I've landscaped, lifeguarded, and done book keeping. Plenty of perfectly fine jobs. Hell, once I was a host at Bahama Breeze where I had to wear a Hawaiian Tropical shirt to work everyday. Trust me, I've worked at a ton of jobs - as long as you can bank an honest check, that's respectable. However, anyone that tries to turn this into what the job in question here is either not reading the article right, or purposefully trying to spin it.
The issue is the GOP's top attack blogger wrote crap for over a year, with the last piece about the AG pretty over the top. He made allegations of an affair and named names without ever giving any proof. Then he disappeared. No explanation. No rhyme. No reason. Everyone wants to know where he's at and what happened. What caused the sudden disappearance? So if you want to ridicule pizza delivery jobs, that's your prerogative. However, this post was about the continuing mystery around the disappearance of Naugle. Big difference.
Wow! 4 responses to this post and NONE what I would have expected.
Funny thing: I also delivered pizza in college- and it does pay pretty well compared to the other crap I did (e.g. cleaning office buildings, cataloging library books, delivering ice and flowers, tending bar)
And I'm sure- if Jerid's post is true- that Matt is doing his best to get by- just like the rest of us did.
But mainly I hope that Matt, in his new service-industry job, is learning something about how hard it is to make a living working a crappy, min-wage job in America.
Maybe- just maybe- he's learned something about real people and REAL work. And maybe it's changed his mind- just a little.