As many probably know, former Virginia Senator George “Macaca” Allen recently created his own blog. News of his new blog sped rapidly throughout the internet’s many tubes. But it turns out that another former presidential wannabe from Virginia has also become a blogger: Jim Gilmore. The website for Gilmore’s presidential bid, gilmoreforpresident.com, now redirects automatically to virginiapatriot.com. Indeed, Gilmore started up his blog less than two weeks after withdrawing from the GOP race in mid-July.

Both Allen and Gilmore occasionally wade into the comments sections of their posts (usually to thank adoring fans). Gilmore’s seems to be more of a regular opinion blog, while Allen’s is more likely to highlight articles by and about him. Allen’s blog is sponsored by the “Good Government Action Fund PAC” which he formed in late May to support local and statewide candidates and the blog allows visitors to donate (by snail mail) to the PAC. The PAC might be a stepping stone for Allen to reenter the political field, and Gilmore has already mused aloud about running for senate or governor in Virginia. Their sites also share one other similarity: their latest political defeats are glaringly absent from their biography sections.

Cross-posted at Ben Weyl Blog

Posted by Ben Weyl
Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 1:09 pm

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