Nominees for Grande Conservative Blogress Diva 2009*
[UPDATE and Point of Clarification: Readers, please note, that we are not yet voting on the Grande Conservative Blogress Diva, only asking for seconds (or additional nominees) to the list below. When nominations close at midnight on December 18, Bruce and I will, based on the seconds each diva blogress receives, determine those we include on the official ballot. And yes, I will consider as a "second" those who believe they're casting a vote.]
I have long defined a diva as strong, talented and confident woman who commands the respect of men. This year, we will once again determine which blogress commands the most respect of gay conservative men.
She need not be conservative herself (at least three of the nominees below are not), but must by the the power of her prose, the eloquence of her expression and the intelligence of her ideas have earned the enmity of the angry left and so endeared herself to gay men like us who admire strong women who speak their minds, even at the expense of encomia from those in the entertainment industry and the MSM.
So, check out these blogresses below and let us know by Thursday, December 18 at midnight (eastern time) either in the comments section or via e-mail which of these ladies we should include on our ballot to determine the Grande Conservative Blogress Diva for 2009.
- Amy Alkon
- The Anchoress
- Ann Althouse
- Little Miss Attila
- Tammy Bruce
- Dymphna of Gates of Vienna
- e-Claire
- Bridget Johnson of the Rocky Mountain News
- Sondra K of Knowledge is Power
- Mary Katharine Ham of The Weekly Standard
- Rachel Lucas
- Michelle Malkin
- neo-neo con
- Jennifer Rubin of Commentary Contentions
- Kathy Shaidle of Five Feet of Fury
- Pamela of Atlas Shrugs
- Virginia Postrel of The Dynamist
- Debbie Schlussel
- Fausta Wertz
UPDATE: A reader nominates Pundita.
UPDATE: And don’t forget Sister Toldjah.
*Please note that I fixed the grammar in the paragraph defining a blogress diva.
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My vote is for neo-neocon.
Comment by greydruid — December 16, 2008 @ 10:57 pm - December 16, 2008
Michelle Malkin
Comment by Paul A'Barge — December 16, 2008 @ 11:49 pm - December 16, 2008
The Anchoress ! !
Comment by Maggie45 — December 16, 2008 @ 11:52 pm - December 16, 2008
sirs & madames:
pamela geller is the diva’s diva, by act, temperament, and that certain carriage and “it” which defines the large personality.
either you have it, baby, or you ain’t, and baby, oh baby, she’s got “it.”
did i mention that she is incredibly beautiful, attractive to straights and gays i would imagine, and just has it. as shelley winters said, “if you got ‘it,’ flaunt it,” and pamela does so in that wonderful way, so entertaining, so evocative.
i nominate pamela geller.
john jay
milton freewater, oregon usa
Comment by john jay — December 17, 2008 @ 12:24 am - December 17, 2008
[...] been nominated on a preliminary basis; someone should stop by and ratify me, even though we all know that Sondra will win. Sondra always wins . . . . I wish I [...]
Pingback by Grande Conservative Blogress Diva 2009! Nominations Open! | Little Miss Attila — December 17, 2008 @ 12:36 am - December 17, 2008
Sondra K of Knowledge is Power. She rocks!
Comment by nora — December 17, 2008 @ 12:52 am - December 17, 2008
NRO’s KJL.
BTW, did you get my e-mail about the pinhead comparing Paglia to gay conservatives?
Comment by ThatGayConservative — December 17, 2008 @ 1:24 am - December 17, 2008
Definitely Pam Geller, Atlas Shrugs!
Comment by MJS — December 17, 2008 @ 1:47 am - December 17, 2008
Pamela of Atlas Shrugs
Comment by billmill — December 17, 2008 @ 2:19 am - December 17, 2008
Absolutely must be Rachel Lucas FTW! She is one of the best writers I have read on the internet, and she has a real flair for interpretive art through her dogs.
Comment by Denise — December 17, 2008 @ 2:42 am - December 17, 2008
Pamela Geller-Atlas Shrugs
Comment by Jagger — December 17, 2008 @ 5:41 am - December 17, 2008
Pamela of Atlas Shrugs is the One, babies!!!
Comment by hellespont — December 17, 2008 @ 7:29 am - December 17, 2008
simply the best, smartest, well-rounded and thoughtful of all the blogs out there.
Comment by ron neil — December 17, 2008 @ 7:30 am - December 17, 2008
Sorry, Ann Althouse is simply the best, smartest, well-rounded and thoughtful of all the blogs out there. Plus, she’s got that whole BILF thing going.
Comment by ron neil — December 17, 2008 @ 7:32 am - December 17, 2008
Rachel Lucas for world leader!!!
Comment by Sluggo — December 17, 2008 @ 7:39 am - December 17, 2008
Althouse.. back, back, back.
Comment by Lem — December 17, 2008 @ 8:04 am - December 17, 2008
Give us Pundita!
Comment by Pundita Fan — December 17, 2008 @ 8:13 am - December 17, 2008
Michelle Malkin. Several of the others are fine women, but Michelle is the Grande Conservative Blogress Diva
Comment by Don Singleton — December 17, 2008 @ 8:46 am - December 17, 2008
I nominate three:
Dr. Melissa Clouthier
Mary Katherine Ham
Michelle Malkin
Great conservatives and terrific bloggers, all.
Comment by Joshua — December 17, 2008 @ 8:48 am - December 17, 2008
There are some great people, courageous, articulate, etc. etc. on this list, but there is only one Grande Conservative Blogress Diva — Pamela Geller.
Cordially
Robert Spencer
Comment by Robert Spencer — December 17, 2008 @ 9:00 am - December 17, 2008
[...] Patriot has nominated me for Grande Conservative Blogress Diva 2009. It is an honor to be esteemed by one of the great blogs, and I’ve had the pleasure of [...]
Pingback by Fausta’s Blog » Blog Archive » Thank you Gay Patriot! — December 17, 2008 @ 9:03 am - December 17, 2008
MICHELLE MALKIN. MICHELLE BROKE STORIES NOT JUST REPORT AND BLOG ABOUT THEM.
Comment by Jeb — December 17, 2008 @ 9:04 am - December 17, 2008
Pamela of Atlas, way to go Girl
Comment by David&Patty — December 17, 2008 @ 9:07 am - December 17, 2008
I stand with Pamela @ Atlas Shrugs… She ROCKS!
Comment by gunnypink — December 17, 2008 @ 9:11 am - December 17, 2008
Ann Althouse.
Comment by Freeman Hunt — December 17, 2008 @ 9:14 am - December 17, 2008
Pamela Geller #1
Debbie Schussel #2
Comment by GiGi — December 17, 2008 @ 9:30 am - December 17, 2008
The courageous Pamela Geller!
Comment by KATHERINE — December 17, 2008 @ 9:41 am - December 17, 2008
There are a lot of great names on this list, but if you want someone who can always drive the left to the point of complete insanity (and do it with style, no less) then you must go with Michelle or Pam.
Comment by Squid Vicious — December 17, 2008 @ 9:51 am - December 17, 2008
Kind of a toss-up between Michelle and Pamela, but I have to go with Atlas Shrugs; Pamela is more of a Diva.
Comment by Earl — December 17, 2008 @ 9:54 am - December 17, 2008
#1. Kathy Shaidle of Five Feet of Fury
And here’s why:
While all the rest, like Malkin, may be eminently qualified, Shaidle kwaffles with no compunction in slamming gay activism wherever it raises the head of its more silly self absorbed and self inflicted arrogation of victim hood. Let the Muslims recoil at every pinprick to their sensibilities in this era of the “religion of peace” or “religion of perpetual outrage” A thick skin will bring all of us other communities a good dose of reality. And Shaidle is just the babe to give us that thick skin.
In Canada, at least, she is presumed to be nobody’s diva, and that is what makes her stand out.
Comment by las — December 17, 2008 @ 9:55 am - December 17, 2008
Alkon… She’ll put up with anybody. As the espression goes, “She gives you enough rope to hang yourself.” The world needs more conservatives who really, really believe in free expression.
Comment by Cridland — December 17, 2008 @ 10:16 am - December 17, 2008
I see some great names there but I have to go with Pamela Geller.
Comment by sjh — December 17, 2008 @ 10:43 am - December 17, 2008
I second Rachel Lucas, and I have to nominate Nice Deb because… well, she’s been really kind to me.
Comment by V the K — December 17, 2008 @ 10:44 am - December 17, 2008
Look up Conservative Diva in the dictionary. Listed as the first definition is SONDRA K. It even has her picture.
Comment by Stick — December 17, 2008 @ 10:46 am - December 17, 2008
Sondra K at Knowledge is Power! My start and end to each day. Sharp, funny and passionate.
Comment by MCPO Airdale — December 17, 2008 @ 10:47 am - December 17, 2008
Althouse and Rachel Lucas.
Comment by Jim — December 17, 2008 @ 11:02 am - December 17, 2008
I am most honored by the nod, and thank you!
But when I vote, I’m voting for Michelle Malkin because not only does she actually break stories, but that woman puts up with so much abuse, so much undeserved rabid hatred from the left, and she KEEPS GOING. She has more strength and confidence in her left foot than I have in my entire body.
Kathy Schaidle, too. And Sondra and Pamela Gellar and the Anchoress. Love them all.
Comment by Rachel Lucas — December 17, 2008 @ 11:08 am - December 17, 2008
Rachel Lukas, without a doubt!!
Comment by JW — December 17, 2008 @ 11:11 am - December 17, 2008
[...] once again I am in very Diva-y Company! I have long defined a diva as strong, talented and confident woman who commands the respect of [...]
Pingback by What Becomes a Diva Most? | The Anchoress — December 17, 2008 @ 11:23 am - December 17, 2008
I nominate Kathy Shaidle of Five Feet of Fury.
Comment by Dave in Guelph — December 17, 2008 @ 11:28 am - December 17, 2008
SondraK of Knowledge is Power.
Comment by Alan — December 17, 2008 @ 11:32 am - December 17, 2008
Pamela “Atlas” Geller!!!!!
http://www.culturism.us
Comment by Culturist John — December 17, 2008 @ 11:46 am - December 17, 2008
Go, Mary Katharine Ham!!
Comment by Tanya — December 17, 2008 @ 11:52 am - December 17, 2008
Pamela of Atlas Shrugs!
Comment by OrlandoB — December 17, 2008 @ 12:09 pm - December 17, 2008
Pamela of Atlas Shrugs – hands down!
Comment by Faye — December 17, 2008 @ 12:11 pm - December 17, 2008
Pam Geller of Atlas Shrugs IS THE D*I*V*A
Comment by NappieRed — December 17, 2008 @ 12:12 pm - December 17, 2008
Pam Geller at Atlas Shrugs is the BEST!
Comment by Diane — December 17, 2008 @ 12:23 pm - December 17, 2008
Three words.
PAMELA.GELLER.RULES!
Comment by Carrie — December 17, 2008 @ 12:36 pm - December 17, 2008
Althouse. She got in a two year long kerfuffle with some lib Clintonite chick over Boobies!
I’ve always liked Tammy Bruce too.
Comment by sonicfrog — December 17, 2008 @ 12:59 pm - December 17, 2008
Who do trolls and tards fear the most?
SondraK, Headmistress of Knowledge is Power; that`s who! A Diva with firepower–
Semper Fidelis,
ColJ
Comment by Colonel Jerry USMC (ret.) — December 17, 2008 @ 1:45 pm - December 17, 2008
definately the following:
sondrak
fausta
the anchoress
e-claire
little miss atilla
that should be the lineup! awesome-ness!!!
Comment by kate — December 17, 2008 @ 1:51 pm - December 17, 2008
Pamela from Atlas is my vote
Comment by armaros — December 17, 2008 @ 1:51 pm - December 17, 2008
Neo-neocon
Comment by C. A. Ferrell — December 17, 2008 @ 1:56 pm - December 17, 2008
neo-neocon
She’s kept me laughing and thinking for several years now!
Comment by dustoffmom — December 17, 2008 @ 2:03 pm - December 17, 2008
Greats. All of them. But after careful thought, I’d have to go with Pamela Geller.
Comment by Barry — December 17, 2008 @ 2:04 pm - December 17, 2008
Neo-neocon.
Comment by LabRat — December 17, 2008 @ 2:05 pm - December 17, 2008
Neo-Neocon! Always a thoughtful post about issues over which she has a command of the information.
Comment by Steve G. — December 17, 2008 @ 2:12 pm - December 17, 2008
PAMELA GELLER!!!!!
Comment by Mamba1-0 — December 17, 2008 @ 2:14 pm - December 17, 2008
NeoNeo Con for Grande Blogress, 2009.
Comment by Judith — December 17, 2008 @ 2:14 pm - December 17, 2008
She’s the apple of my eye.
Comment by Nolanimrod — December 17, 2008 @ 2:19 pm - December 17, 2008
NEO NEOCON! SHE’S the apple of my eye. Left out the name on my first try.
Comment by Nolanimrod — December 17, 2008 @ 2:22 pm - December 17, 2008
Michelle Malkin is fast on her feet
Neo-neocon is most interesting
Comment by George Warburton — December 17, 2008 @ 2:26 pm - December 17, 2008
I vote Anchoress. Best in politics AND in religion.
Comment by K — December 17, 2008 @ 2:35 pm - December 17, 2008
neo-neo con!
Comment by melanie — December 17, 2008 @ 2:37 pm - December 17, 2008
I vote neoneocon!
Comment by Scottie — December 17, 2008 @ 2:37 pm - December 17, 2008
Neo Neocon rules! (and dances)
Comment by Bartyfasher — December 17, 2008 @ 2:38 pm - December 17, 2008
Pamela Geller & Debbie Schlussel break plenty of stories, probably more than Malkin. And don’t forget that Malkin appropriated without credit Pam’s story on Rachel Ray and Dunkin’ Donuts.
Comment by JKBrowner — December 17, 2008 @ 2:56 pm - December 17, 2008
I may not be gay but I’m always happier after visiting the aptly titled (hint hint) The American Diva blog at http://sondrak.com
I hope that means I can vote for Sondrak
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before reading Sondrak =>
after reading Sondrak =>
Comment by DaMav — December 17, 2008 @ 3:02 pm - December 17, 2008
My votes are for The Anchoress and Rachel Lucas!!!
Comment by Lissa — December 17, 2008 @ 3:16 pm - December 17, 2008
Ann Althouse. How many conservative bloggers do you know who voted for Obama?
Comment by JerryT — December 17, 2008 @ 3:35 pm - December 17, 2008
Well, I’m going to vote for Neo Neo-con partly because she asked me to (in a post, not personally), partly because I like her blog a lot, and partly because like me she’s still willing to distinguish between neoconservatives and ordinary conservatives, and considers herself the former, as do I.
Several other nominees would make worthy selections. Debbie Schlussel in the same breath as these? Schlussel is an Ann Coulter wannabe who has the hair but lacks the wit, the style–prose and personal–or the incisiveness of Coulter.
Comment by Alex Bensky — December 17, 2008 @ 4:46 pm - December 17, 2008
Pam at Atlas shrugs!!!
Comment by Kelley — December 17, 2008 @ 4:46 pm - December 17, 2008
Amy Alkon! Clever, funny, and insightful.
Comment by CB — December 17, 2008 @ 4:53 pm - December 17, 2008
Can I pick them all?? I think they are all great bloggers and all have their own talents.
I would also add Skye from Midnight Blue. http://www.midnightbluesays.com/
But if I had only one choice,I would pick the Anchoress.
Comment by Stix — December 17, 2008 @ 5:06 pm - December 17, 2008
I vote for Amy Alkon!
Comment by Amanda — December 17, 2008 @ 5:12 pm - December 17, 2008
Sondra K – I can’t go a day without her!
Comment by Douglas — December 17, 2008 @ 5:42 pm - December 17, 2008
Pamela Geller. Michelle Malkin. Debbie Schussel.
Comment by December — December 17, 2008 @ 5:46 pm - December 17, 2008
Many greats, for sure. The more I try to pick just one, the harder it gets.
So I pick Iowahawk. I’m sure he’ll love that.
Comment by br549 — December 17, 2008 @ 6:40 pm - December 17, 2008
What’s a gal got to do to get on this list anyway?!
Comment by Sister Toldjah — December 17, 2008 @ 7:05 pm - December 17, 2008
Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs, yes.
Comment by John C — December 17, 2008 @ 7:21 pm - December 17, 2008
ok, so this is an American award, and a Canuck is the best- suck it back, Kathy Shaidle rocks
Comment by daveness — December 17, 2008 @ 7:26 pm - December 17, 2008
Ann Althouse. She’s not conservative but she knows how to provoke the lefties into total incoherence.
Comment by TexDef07 — December 17, 2008 @ 7:33 pm - December 17, 2008
Another vote for NeoNeoCon.
Comment by John F. MacMichael — December 17, 2008 @ 7:36 pm - December 17, 2008
Ann Althouse. She’s not conservative, strictly speaking, but she knows how to provoke the lefties into total frenzied incoherence. It’s always entertaining.
Comment by TexDef07 — December 17, 2008 @ 7:38 pm - December 17, 2008
Rachel Lucas writes and makes beans and dogs hilarious. She is just plain The Best! No other nominees, no other also rans. Just Rachel.
Comment by Haverwide — December 17, 2008 @ 7:40 pm - December 17, 2008
Sorry for the double post, unless I get 2 votes.
Comment by TexDef07 — December 17, 2008 @ 7:43 pm - December 17, 2008
What about including Perpetua of Carthage?
http://perpetuaofcarthage.blogspot.com/
She’s smart and funny. She did a good job taking on the Village Voice last week when they included her in the Right Wing Blogosphere column.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2008/12/its_the_rightbl.php
We know she’s not anti-gay because she’s blogged quite a bit about the suspicious death of a gay man (Dan Kliman) in her area, trying to be sure that if it is murder, it is investigated.
Comment by 1928 PB Loyalist — December 17, 2008 @ 7:58 pm - December 17, 2008
Your list is decent but deficient. No Baldilocks? Heh.
Comment by Tully — December 17, 2008 @ 8:30 pm - December 17, 2008
Who sent me, the straight, old white guy, from a red state to this site? Oh well, now that I am here, I second neo-neocon.
Comment by Bob Stonecipher — December 17, 2008 @ 8:47 pm - December 17, 2008
Neoneocon.
An apple a day…
Comment by Y-not — December 17, 2008 @ 9:25 pm - December 17, 2008
I apologize. Am I allowed to vote if I’m a hetero woman? If not, you may blame my vote for neoneocon in post #90 on Acorn…
Comment by Y-not — December 17, 2008 @ 9:31 pm - December 17, 2008
Neo-Neocon, hands down or apples up!
Comment by fixer — December 17, 2008 @ 10:17 pm - December 17, 2008
I’d like to nominate Amy Alkon.
Comment by Truth — December 17, 2008 @ 11:51 pm - December 17, 2008
NEONEOCON!
Comment by Antonnia — December 18, 2008 @ 12:18 am - December 18, 2008
neo-neoon
Comment by hgb — December 18, 2008 @ 12:27 am - December 18, 2008
Neo-neo con has my vote and should have yours too! BTW whats behind her apple?
Comment by Rattso — December 18, 2008 @ 1:10 am - December 18, 2008
neo-neocon for me. Impressive collection of ladies to choose from though. Honorable mention for tammy.
Comment by gavagai — December 18, 2008 @ 1:31 am - December 18, 2008
Geller. Everyone else is great, but she was born to diva.
Comment by C. Siegel — December 18, 2008 @ 4:38 am - December 18, 2008
So many good choices, but I must support the nomination of my kindred spirit, THE ANCHORESS!!!!!!!
(Oh and I think if you ask Saxby and Shadow, they would tell you that anyone who doesn’t have a dog should be disqualified!)
Comment by Iris — December 18, 2008 @ 5:15 am - December 18, 2008
NEO-NEOCON ! I never miss her. Very insightful. Never boring.
Comment by Donna — December 18, 2008 @ 6:43 am - December 18, 2008
Pamela Geller. The girls got it going on!
Comment by Isabellatthecrusader — December 18, 2008 @ 7:43 am - December 18, 2008
Yeah, I’ll second Baldilocks. I wouldn’t normally call her a diva, but she meets your specific definition.
Comment by Tanya — December 18, 2008 @ 10:18 am - December 18, 2008
Neo-neocon!
Comment by Alex — December 18, 2008 @ 11:03 am - December 18, 2008
NeoNeo.
When the facts change so does an intelligent mind. She made that difficult transition to conservatism and comes at it with the intelligence, verve, tenacity, and enthusiasm of a Neo
Comment by adagny — December 18, 2008 @ 12:24 pm - December 18, 2008
I am writing to nominate two females for inclusion on your list and to second the mention of two names on your list, but first a thank-you:
I can’t tell you how honored I am to find myself included on Gay Patriot’s nominee list for voting on the Grande Conservative Blogress. In my experience the political sphere of the blogosphere is football with razor blades. The few female bloggers who have commanded real respect from male political bloggers (as versus patronizing pats) have done so through the sheer force of their analytical and writing abilities. That a blog should take time to honor such females is an inspiration to me and a gift to the blogosphere.
Now to my nominees:
First, a woman who is every inch a diva, a great patriot, and who is one of the most important — and unsung — bloggers in the political blogosphere. She has gone by more than one nom de guerre but she currently blogs as “Procrustes” at The Real Barack Obama, now known simply as RBO.
I suppose she could be termed a conservative Democrat, yet she has supported several conservative Republican blogs (See her blogroll) and published many essays by conservatives.
There is no way to convey in a few words the contribution she has made to the task of getting the real story about Barack Obama to the public during the past year. At RBO blog and earlier at her “Rezko Watch” blog, she has published much original research and written with eloquence about the threat that Obama and his Chicago political cronies pose to American democracy.
She has also created a virtual online library that contains the most massive documentation publicly available on every aspect of Obama’s political connections. As such RBO is a valuable resource for bloggers and mainstream journalists who write about U.S. politics.
And it would be hard to explain in a few words her courage. She faced down one of the richest men in the world, Nadhmi Auchi, who is closely associated with convicted political fixer and Obama patron Tony Rezko. Mr Auchi has the chilling habit of suing into silence or retraction anyone in the media who dares cross him. Powerful news outlets have backed down in the face of such pressure, but not Procrustes.
None of this speaks to the threats she has received and the hatred she engendered in the Left during the presidential campaign.
She has continued to fight from the jungle since the election. Her example has been an inspiration to several bloggers, and her blogs have been a beacon and rallying point for many who desperately fought to stop Obama, including this blogger.
All this she has done without pay. She is independent of any organization; she blogs simply as public service.
Yet despite the usefulness of the information RBO/Rezko Watch has provided to many conservative pundits during this past year, her blog has not received recognition in the conservative part of the blogosphere. I am hoping Gay Patriot can rectify that sorry situation by including Procrustes for consideration as a conservative diva blogress.
As to my second nomination, learning about your blog reminded me of Beth Mauldin, the author of Beth’s Contradictory Brain.
Beth is an openly gay blogger whose “diarist” blog is deeply personal. Yet she has spent unsung years patiently educating her mostly liberal readers to the more conservative view. She introduced herself to me in 2005 with a wonderful series of emails about defending democracy, some of which I published.
Too self-effacing, perhaps, to be considered a diva, yet with quiet determination she has written about the difficulties of being a military wife when her beloved was deployed to Iraq. (See her “Military Wife” and “Iraq” archives.) She once joked to her readers that she wished she were a better writer so she might submit her accounts to a gay magazine, but the simplicity of her words sears into the heart the plight of such American patriots:
“I’m not sure straight people understand how amazingly difficult *not* being out can be, especially when you’re in a long-term committed relationship. Imagine hanging out with coworkers and not being able to talk about your spouse to the extent that you can’t even say what you did last weekend because that would include the movie you went to see together, or the romantic dinner you had. Imagine the endless talk of other “single” people about the opposite sex, and your apparent disinterest. Subtle, but telling. Imagine having to erase all evidence of your relationship just to protect your job, your personal safety. If I had a magic wand I’d make the situation reversed for just one day.”
No we don’t understand, not until someone like Beth speaks out.
I would like to second the nominations of Dymphna and Kathy Shaidle because I know a great deal about the courage they demonstrated during 2008. Kathy was sued for her outspoken criticism of an enemy of free speech, yet she continues to speak out.
And Dymphna’s blog, Gates of Vienna, has been blacklisted by a powerful conservative blogger and thrown off a famous conservative blog consolidator site because she refused to water down her convictions in the name of political correctness.
Her blog continues the invaluable service of bringing the truth to Americans about the anti-jihad struggle in Europe. And during the past year Gates of Vienna (co-authored by Baron Bodissey) has blossomed into a virtual online newspaper reporting on important political news and opinion from Europe that the American press refuses to carry.
In closing, I had not heard of your blog until my nomination, although no surprise there: my life on the blogosphere has been a blur of research, analysis and writing, which has left me all too little time to sleep, let alone explore other blogs. Thus, I know many blogs only because the authors write me or because I launch a ‘mission,’ such as fighting for months alongside the Canadian bloggers battling to restore freedom of speech in their country — the magnificent Kathy Shaidle among them.
So I have seen only a few essays from other bloggers on your nominee list, and some on the list are new to me. I have been considering leaving the blogosphere — after four years of blogging, I plead exhaustion — so at least a hiatus will give me time to catch up with the blogs on your list!
Again, thank you for including me on your nomination list — and for introducing me to female bloggers who clearly deserve my attention.
Best regards,
Pundita
Comment by Pundita — December 18, 2008 @ 12:26 pm - December 18, 2008
Pam Geller
Comment by Edward Clark — December 18, 2008 @ 2:43 pm - December 18, 2008
I second Michelle Malkin and Mary Katharine Ham.
I miss “The Week in Peeps.” (MKH)
Comment by Julie the Jarhead — December 18, 2008 @ 3:11 pm - December 18, 2008
The Anchoress!
Comment by gradchica — December 18, 2008 @ 3:34 pm - December 18, 2008
neo-neocon !
Comment by martywd — December 18, 2008 @ 3:52 pm - December 18, 2008
I adore both The Anchoress and Neoneocon, but, in spite of her current blogging hiatus, Dr. Sanity should definitely be on this list.
Comment by Judith L — December 18, 2008 @ 4:43 pm - December 18, 2008
Dymphna of Gates of Vienna because she’s fighting Islamofascism and has the guts to take those buggers on.
Comment by Suzanne Hawthorne — December 18, 2008 @ 5:33 pm - December 18, 2008
What a lineup; what an Approach-Approach conflict!
At the end of the day, I must vote neo-neo…
Comment by UncleArfer — December 18, 2008 @ 5:41 pm - December 18, 2008
[...] Dish: Gay Patriot West wants the world to know that voting for the Grande Conservative Blogress Diva closes at midnight tonight. I am not telling who I voted for, but I can tell you it was not the [...]
Pingback by Random Updates & Links | The Anchoress — December 18, 2008 @ 6:36 pm - December 18, 2008
Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs rocks!
Comment by epb — December 18, 2008 @ 7:32 pm - December 18, 2008
So many hot babes to choose from! I gotta go with my BlogMom, Neo-Neocon.
Comment by Cappy — December 18, 2008 @ 9:34 pm - December 18, 2008
Please record my vote for Neo-neocon.
Jamie Irons
Comment by Jamie Irons — December 18, 2008 @ 10:51 pm - December 18, 2008
Neo neocon
Ann Althouse
Psamela Geller
Comment by James Williams — December 18, 2008 @ 10:58 pm - December 18, 2008
I’d vote for both Ann Althouse and the Anchoress to be included.
Comment by Stephanie — December 18, 2008 @ 11:21 pm - December 18, 2008
Neo – Neocon #1
Comment by Bugs Moran — December 19, 2008 @ 10:27 am - December 19, 2008
Little Miss Attila who not only doesn’t give a rat’s ass, she is busy hunting them.
The Anchoress–just because.
Hyacinth Girl http://violetrix.blogspot.com/
because she is in the midst of an important shoe drive.
Stocking up before the assault weapons ban.
Comment by Darrell — December 19, 2008 @ 3:40 pm - December 19, 2008
I second and third my own ratifications because we all know the rules don’t apply anymore after the last election.
Hyacinth Girl has made the credit card donation process as loose as a goose for your convenience. Get to it, Will Good.
Comment by Darrell — December 19, 2008 @ 3:46 pm - December 19, 2008
Neo-neocon gets my vote and deserves yours. A thoughtful, clear, witty, and provocative thinker, she should be a must read for everyone.
Comment by anonymess — December 19, 2008 @ 4:15 pm - December 19, 2008
Anchoress! ‘Nuff said.
Comment by Frankie B. — December 19, 2008 @ 4:19 pm - December 19, 2008
I second Neo-Neocon
Comment by Ymarsakar — December 20, 2008 @ 5:16 pm - December 20, 2008
I second (and third, and fourth, etc.) SondraK at Knowledge is Power!
Comment by Bob1 — December 20, 2008 @ 6:05 pm - December 20, 2008
Courtney Messerschmitt @ Great Satan’s Girlfriend – she’s not on the list though she should be.
She rocks
Comment by Foram Patel — December 20, 2008 @ 7:35 pm - December 20, 2008
Tammy Bruce of BUST~
Michelle Malking also, the two biggest diva powerhouses with objective reasoning.
Comment by JC — December 21, 2008 @ 1:02 am - December 21, 2008