This one was a head scratcher...
From: leewhitnum@redacted [mailto:leewhitnum@redacted] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 8:46 PM To: tips@wizbangblog.com Subject: Could you please do me a favor.....I've had a really bad two years and I haven't been able to find a decent job. I would really appreciate it if you could delete any reference to me from your site. I'm mentioned in August, 2004. Thank you.
The name Lee Whitnum didn't exactly ring a bell so I had to use our awesome search function to figure out that Lee Whitnum was John Kerry's former lover. It turns out that in 2004, when she was enjoying her 15 minutes of fame, I unmasked her little Google Adwords scam to sell her book.
We've had other people who asked us to remove old stories and generally I refuse. If it was good enough to publish at the time it's good enough to stay in the archives. This request was no different - I turned it down. Still I wondered why - so long after the fact - was Lee Whitnum so interested in expunging this bit of history?
Today I got my answer... She's running for Congress.
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I've had a really ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by John in CA | September 13, 2007 2:49 AM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
She couldn't find a decent job, so she's running for representative. That's really desperate.
1. Posted by John in CA | September 13, 2007 2:49 AM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 02:49
2. Posted by Jim Addison | September 13, 2007 3:16 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
You'd think Kerry would throw her a bone . . .
Sorry.
And he can't hire her - it's not his money.
2. Posted by Jim Addison | September 13, 2007 3:16 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 03:16
3. Posted by 89 | September 13, 2007 3:19 AM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Oh blargh, that's funny. Unlike the "not for attribution" stuff people send you unsolicited, though, I would not have published this message from her, but simply declined it and then just post something about "a politician mentioned on this website asked to have information removed. I refused. I wonder how many sites agree to quietly cleanse the record."
3. Posted by 89 | September 13, 2007 3:19 AM |
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 03:19
4. Posted by 89 | September 13, 2007 3:23 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
It's also no secret that the Internet Archive can be made to hide entire sites from view by a simple technological fix, but don't tell any politicians about it. ;-)
4. Posted by 89 | September 13, 2007 3:23 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 03:23
5. Posted by The Florida Masochist | September 13, 2007 6:18 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Twice I've had people ask me to take down a Knucklehead award I gave them. One was the manager of a retail store I had a dispute with. He was warned at the time of what I would do. The manager 6 months later was upset because his children had found it.
The other case involved a Florida teacher who got into trouble. He had to resign his job, but got rehired by another Florida school system. He emailed me asking that I remove the post. Saying it was embarrassing when parents and students found it. Even if I did delete the post, it wouldn't solve this teacher's problem. Number two on any google searches for his name is a USA Today article telling about the controversy in Northern Florida.
5. Posted by The Florida Masochist | September 13, 2007 6:18 AM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 06:18
6. Posted by Barry in CO![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| September 13, 2007 6:38 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
I demand that your blog delete all references to me, unless there are none, in which case you are free to quote me.
Thank you!
6. Posted by Barry in CO![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| September 13, 2007 6:38 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 06:38
7. Posted by Paul | September 13, 2007 6:45 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
heh- I wondered about that at the time... sure an incomprehensible email is a good way to prove your qualifications for congress.
7. Posted by Paul | September 13, 2007 6:45 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 06:45
8. Posted by wavemaker | September 13, 2007 9:29 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
She calls Pat Buchana one of her heroes.
That'll play well in CT.
8. Posted by wavemaker | September 13, 2007 9:29 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 09:29
9. Posted by Samantha | September 13, 2007 10:06 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
This is why my own personal policy is never say anything in any electronic media that I wouldn't be willing to say when face to face with someone. I find it keeps me out of a lot of trouble.
9. Posted by Samantha | September 13, 2007 10:06 AM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 10:06
10. Posted by P. Bunyan | September 13, 2007 10:17 AM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Typical of a leftist, the e-mail she sent you was a bald face lie. It had nothing to do with her having "a really bad two years and I haven't been able to find a decent job" and had everything to do with her running for congress.
It would be more disgusting if it weren't typical and normal for a Democrat.
10. Posted by P. Bunyan | September 13, 2007 10:17 AM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 10:17
11. Posted by epador | September 13, 2007 10:25 AM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
PB: I fail to see where the incongruity lies with failing to find a decent job and running for Congress. So where's the lie?
11. Posted by epador | September 13, 2007 10:25 AM |
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 10:25
12. Posted by moseby | September 13, 2007 10:31 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Maybe she should start at Mickey D's and work her way up...
12. Posted by moseby | September 13, 2007 10:31 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 10:31
13. Posted by Gmac | September 13, 2007 11:05 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Ahhhh, celebrity worship and associating yourself with the biggest presidential loser in recent memory by mentioning you were screwing him has such a 'democratic' panache to it.
Good luck sister, you made the bed, you get to sleep in it and the voters in your state have every right to know what you're really like.
13. Posted by Gmac | September 13, 2007 11:05 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 11:05
14. Posted by P. Bunyan | September 13, 2007 12:05 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Epador,
If she were honest, the e-mail would have said something like:
I'm running for congress and since I'm a Democrat we're gonna need to hide my past from ignorant voters, so could you please remove the post about me.
It was a lie by ommission.
14. Posted by P. Bunyan | September 13, 2007 12:05 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 12:05
15. Posted by CharlieDontSurf | September 13, 2007 2:18 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
It is also a lie by equating a "decent job" with congress.
15. Posted by CharlieDontSurf | September 13, 2007 2:18 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 14:18
16. Posted by Levans | September 13, 2007 3:07 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Hasn't been able to find a decent job, so she's running for Congress, eh? You know, that rationale probably fits a great many of those she aspires to have as colleagues.
16. Posted by Levans | September 13, 2007 3:07 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 15:07
17. Posted by McGehee![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| September 13, 2007 4:04 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I demand this site remove all words containing the letters M, C, G, E or H -- and especially those in which the letter E appears twice in succession.
17. Posted by McGehee![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| September 13, 2007 4:04 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 16:04
18. Posted by epador | September 13, 2007 4:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Oh Lord, do I HAVE to put "[sarcaster on]" with every tongue in cheek post or what?
18. Posted by epador | September 13, 2007 4:12 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 16:12
19. Posted by P. Bunyan | September 13, 2007 5:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sorry Epador, if you were being sarcastic, I missed it.
19. Posted by P. Bunyan | September 13, 2007 5:00 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 17:00
20. Posted by david drake | September 13, 2007 5:42 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
That is suck a sad, sad, tragic story from Lee Whitman. I weep, I cry, I shed big tears. Perhaps there is a government program that will give her a job for which she is not qualified, or perhaps she will - in the future - remember not to be so foolish. But probably not.
20. Posted by david drake | September 13, 2007 5:42 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 17:42
21. Posted by david drake | September 13, 2007 5:43 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
oh, sorry - a PS: I would not remove or delete the original post either. Good move!
21. Posted by david drake | September 13, 2007 5:43 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 17:43
22. Posted by _Mike_ | September 13, 2007 7:52 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Her political calculus sucks.
Plan to run for Congress:
Step 1) send out e-mail requesting references to my previous scamming be removed. Lie about the rational behind request. (The people who busted me last time should be easily fooled.)
Step 2)...
22. Posted by _Mike_ | September 13, 2007 7:52 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on September 13, 2007 19:52
23. Posted by JD | September 15, 2007 12:36 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Check out her match.com profile. She also likes skinny dipping!
23. Posted by JD | September 15, 2007 12:36 AM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on September 15, 2007 00:36
24. Posted by JD | September 15, 2007 12:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Writer23 is the match.com screen name
24. Posted by JD | September 15, 2007 12:37 AM |
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Posted on September 15, 2007 00:37