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Eason gets his 15 minutes on the blogs
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2008-07-10 12:05In the future, everyone is famous on 15 blogs.
After retiring early rather than lower a flag to honor former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, L.F. Eason III was the topic of the day in the blogosphere yesterday.
In its usual over-the-top style, D.C.-based political blog Wonkette called him a "brave American hero," while sister blog Gawker nominated him for "a hundred Nobel Peace Prizes" and asks, "Is anyone hiring experts in weights and measures?"
Idiosyncratic conservative Andrew Sullivan called his story a "profile in decency."
Durham author Haven Kimmel saluted him, noting "the list of people who stood up to (Helms), even in death, can add one more name, and I thank this man and I hold him and his family in the Light, for discerning what is true and acting on it to his own peril."
On the other side, a number of conservatives lambasted Eason's "sanctimonious arrogance" and said he "spit on (Helms') grave."
Former N&O columnist Dan Gearino slipped the shoe on the other foot, pondering liberals would be celebrating if a conservative made a similarly defiant gesture toward, say, Barack Obama.
In a snarky vein, Selma conservative Troy LaPlante wrote: "Good riddance. One less state employee on the payroll." And S.H. Long at Curmudgeonly & Skeptical went a step further: "Even in death Helms rids state of Commie b------s."
