It is so sad at this point. Leahy tried so hard to defend his cause by suing well-known girl-blogger Stephanie.
The offensive has become the utterly defensive. Not only has Leahy been forced to give up on his noble course, he is now receiving an utter ass kicking on Teablogging from said girl-blogger:
While I am not especially familiar with the psychology of insane lizard-clowns, I’m guessing that Leahy thought that after publishing my (gasp!) real name and filing this ridiculous suit, I would cry like a girl and go running for my mommy.
That, of course, is not exactly how it worked out. After posting an insane and vaguely creepy string of tweets that made me *wish* I was half as connected as he apparently thinks I am, Leahy contacted me through another blogger with his demands, to which I essentially replied, “No deal, eat a bag of dicks, and I’ll see you in court.”
Evidently Leahy hadn’t considered a librul girl-blogger might turn out to be a fiercely stubborn J-school grad with a great support network and a particular fondness for the First Amendment, because you could have knocked him over with a feather. From there it was just seeing how quickly he’d collapse.
On one level, I feel bad for Leahy. He’s just a small-time rabble rouser perpetually trying to grab a piece of somebody else’s fame, and following the Teablogging post about his tax problems, I don’t think his initial instinct was to sue me. Rather, I’d bet good money that he was goaded into filing the suit by a much more vicious, crude and small-minded element of the conservative movement (Brooks Bayne, I’m looking in your direction) who saw an opportunity to smear, bully and hopefully silence a critic, and they played Leahy like a fiddle. Of course, once Leahy stuck his neck out and left himself wide open to a countersuit, this same self-righteous trolls were nowhere to be found.
That said, Leahy is a grown lizard man who, at least in public, behaved like a temperamental child, and I don’t think the irony lost on anyone that somebody who spends his time protesting taxes would burden the legal system with such an insanely frivolous suit.
LEAVE MICHAEL ALONE, STEPHANIE. LEAVE HIM ALONE.
Why does a beat down from Stephanie sound oddly appealing? Oh yeah, because that would be HAWT.
Hi there Steph (can I call you Steph).
I’m Wilson, I’m 5′11”, great body (yeah, I work out) and I’m black (which seems to be fashionable these days)… so if you feel like hanging out.. holler.
Psst. Michaelpleahy…. take the dollar as settlement, but remember to pay taxes on it, as it IS considered income. Of course, it’ll double your annual takehome, but you don’t want to get in trouble with the IRS, now, do you?
I live in awe of Stephanie. If I hadn’t grown up with my domineering mother Stephanie would frighten me and I wouldn’t have married my ambitious, hard-working wife who lets me not work and play house-husband (sleep) all day when not hunting with our cats.
Needless to say, MPLeahy did not grow up with a domineering mother and apparently cannot even say no to peer pressure despite being an (apparently) grown man. He looks like the kinda guy who works really hard to have his lawn green every summer, because that kind of thing is very important.
Congratulations, Stephanie. Do not relax. Do not give him hope. If he gets up again, wallop him and make him cry. I want to lick the tears from his face.