Ed Morrissey informs us that Tina Korbe is leaving Hot Air to take a job at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, and I’m sure some people will find some way to say this is somehow my fault.
As I explained in February when people were screaming for my scalp: I’ve always liked Tina, had often linked and praised her blog posts, and she was always nice to me. My remarks that were interpreted as being critical of her were misunderstood, but if I write something that is misunderstood, the fault is mine anyway for having been less than clear in my writing.
Therefore, mea culpa, and best wishes to Tina.
But now we won’t get to see those LEGS! … sigh.
I’m sure Salem Communications will conduct a thorough search, based on nothing but professional credentials, for her replacement. Perhaps they’ll post the job opening and take applications, each of which will be thoroughly considered and evaluated to select the best possible candidates.
You’ll be announcing all this during your featured speaker appearance at BlogCon this weekend, right Stacy?
@rsmccain:disqus I blame you for the increase in my wife’s workload that precluded my attending BlogCon Charlotte.Your anti-squid bias is coming out in the most refined, passive aggressive fashion. You may heap abuse about your own head and shoulders at your discretion for this affront.
I blame you for Tina Korbe’s sudden change to modest old-lady attire AND for Tabitha Hale’s eating disorder.
Sounds like a good excuse for a rule 5 post.
I blame you for Amanda Marcotte’s bangs.
Have you ever been to Charlotte? I worked there on the Panther’s stadium swore I’d never go back unless I could do so in plane and pull the levers while over it. Charlotte and Obamsky are a match made ……somewhere.
@rsmccain:disqus You really do need to stop caring what most others think particularly of you, some one else’s lack of reading comprehension does not make you at fault.
Sounds like a good excuse for a comparative before and after Rule 5 post.
Actually, Tina should be thanking you for all that extra attention. The added publicity probably helped her land her new gig!
Someone, somewhere, is hurting. #blamestacy
Their interstates and beltways were designed by a guy who thought Atlanta’s were just too darned efficient.
Maybe you will be added back to the Hot Air blog roll. Or not.
And she’s had a LOT of bangs.
Their beltway is inside the city! It’s the only city I’ve ever been to where four right turns don’t bring you back where you started.
Did someone mention eating disorders?
You are just not culturally cosmopolitan as some!
The legs that launched a million hits… Updated with Stacy’s best wishes!
Screw Captain Ed for being such a panty-waisted wimp pussy.
A little NSFW heads up on the link might be nice. Please.
Well done!
BBQ is NSFW? How elitist!
Not Ed’s fault. They are employed by a corporation.
Ba-da-BOOM!
Don’t hold back Bob. Tell us how you really feel. Be honest this time!
: )
Well, it did get a lot of publicity, but if I had to guess, her job change probably has more to do with her soon-to-be-married status. Likely wanted something more 9-to-5-ish, less stressful, less high-profile. As with any woman being on such a prominent online platform, I’m sure her inbox was crammed with lurid/hateful e-mails. (You’ve seen when Malkin occasionally reprints some of what she gets.) So with her nuptials pending, Tina might have decided to step back from the intense glare at HA.
That’s just guesswork, though. OCPA may have simply offered more pay.
I like Oregon Inlet for fishing (with a side visit to Kitty Hawk to see history). You can keep the “cities.”
Is that how you want it? I prefer medium rare myself.
I blame Adjoran’s brother Moe for Amanda’s bangs.
I am not even on the blog role here…sob.
Still sounds like a good excuse for a rule 5 post.
You must work for a real bitch.
Moe, Shemp, and Curly were brothers. Larry Fine was an itinerant comic who used a violin in his act – he was actually good at it and might have gone into music. He played the same Vaudeville circuit with Ted Healy and His Stooges, which started out as Moe and Shemp until Shemp was fed up with Healy’s low pay and abuse, and was replaced by Curly.
Healy liked Larry and offered him a job if he would lose the violin. An early film appearance drew an offer for the boys but not Healy, which led to the Stooges going on their own. Larry was the glue that held the act together.
Probably better pay AND benefits but insisted she give up political blogging.
What really made the decision easy is she no longer has to worry if every creep who follows her on the street is Allahpundit.
I am sure RSM, Smitty and Wombat are on the sort list (I wish they were).
I think he is back in the doghouse.
Are you suggesting that Townhall is cheap…sir!
Sorry, I was temporarily possessed by Keith Olbermann!
There is more truth to that than most of us want to admit.
I don’t know about you all, but I’m going to Jackson, ’cause I’m a big-talkin’ man.
Yeah, but having sex with a Living Doll that looks like Chris Noth doesn’t count.
I must respectfully disagree: Ed is in charge of Hot Air. Therefore, chances are highly likely he made the decision.
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