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The New Blogfather?

An otherwise interesting Salon feature discussing the tension between the Armstrong-Kos “netroots” and the Democratic Establishment, “The Blogfather,” begins:

Jerome Armstrong, aka “The Blogfather,” . . .

When did Armstrong get this title? I always thought it was Glenn Reynolds? Wired thought so, too, in a February 2004 piece. (There’s a 2005 Alternet article wherein Markos “Kos” Moulistas Zuniga credits Armstrong as his blogfather, but that’s a wholly different thing.)

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.

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According to the Glenn Harlan Roberts er, Reynolds, story, the title belongs to Joanne Jacobs. Snerk.

Posted by Andy Vance | June 1, 2006 | 10:21 am | Permalink
 

I think it's less of a genitor thing and more of a Tony Soprano thing.

Posted by Mark Jaquith | June 1, 2006 | 10:23 am | Permalink
 

I think its a cocooning thing.

Posted by yetanotherjohn | June 1, 2006 | 10:36 am | Permalink
 

Ok, am I less of a blogger if I admit that I don't know who Jerome Armstrong is?

Neil Armstrong I've got.

Ditto Lance.

I even knew a Bill Armstrong in High School, yet Jerome ain't ringin' no bells.

Posted by Steven Taylor | June 1, 2006 | 12:46 pm | Permalink
 

He founded myDD, which is a pretty huge democratic blog. I used to read it a lot more.

Posted by James Joyner | June 1, 2006 | 12:48 pm | Permalink
 

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