Yes, the zombie is alive – SWMNBN – has risen from the muck and is covering one of our departed with slime.
Some people can’t even wait until the body’s cool before they start kicking it around.
But don’t let me put words in someone else’s mouth – let’s see what they wrote themselves, in a discussion arguing that Steve doesn’t rate having a Wikipedia page:
"Tell me how he DOES. Rule of thumb for Wikipedia should be this: If a person is famous enough to merit inclusion in a LEGITIMATE, hard copy encyclopedia, he or she should be in Wikipedia. Face it: Very few people in this country even follow political blogs all that much, and very few people could even tell you who Steve Gilliard was. Granted he was a decent if arrogant writer and apparently a very nice person, but having a cultlike following by some fans--who only AFTER HIS DEATH decided to put him in here as some kind of tribute--does not mean he should be in here. Ten years from now, Gilliard won't even be mentioned in any discussions of blogs. So tell me, Gilliard fans, why did you never bother to include him in here when he was alive, if his notoriety merited inclusion?--Susan Nunes 5 June 2007"
The News Blog was no slouch, being 22nd ranked progressive blogger, with 50,000 daily unique hits (multiply times 30 days and in 30 days he received 1.5 million daily unique hits). 50,000 daily unique readers is larger than many newspapers; 1.5 million monthly daily uniques is larger than the dead-tree edition of almost all national periodicals.
Despite what we all may have thought of Gilly’s tendency to sometimes shoot first and ask questions later, he always focused the discussion on what was important and relevant. If only for the pioneering effort of Gilly and others in creating and expanding the online political community and awareness that have brought about a rebirth of progressives, he should be recognized.
Let's turn the microscope back onto the attacker:
Who is Susan Nunes?
Susan Nunes was one of the early frequenters of DailyKos, just before
and just after the switch to Scoop and the introduction of the
Diaries.
Susan Nunes was and remains an incredibly ardent Edwards supporter -
fair enough...
But has always coupled that support with vitriolic, hateful, and
spiteful attacks on other candidates AND on their supporters.
Particularly Howard Dean and Deaniacs.
Susan Nunes was one among many who falsely accused Markos Moulitsas
and Jerome Armstrong of "pay for play" during the Dean Campaign; Susan
Nunes repeatedly re-broadcast libelous and near-libelous attacks on
Markos and his allies, contributors and supporters; Susan Nunes has
spent many many years hating Markos, hating the A-level bloggers, and
particularly hating people who took apart her arguments and made her
look like the foolish, holier-than-thou, obnoxious combination of
purity troll and triangulator that she is.
Steve Gilliard was one of those people who put her in her place....
Susan, you are a pathetic, petty, small, sick person.
****Update****
Additional News
The PayPal link at The News Blog has been restored. Steve's family now has access to his account, so if you would like to donate something to help defray the costs of his funeral, or to help out his family in this time of need, it would be most appreciated.