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August 27, 2005BELTWAY BLOGROLL
From Satirical Blogger To Sober Speechwriter?
That is the career path some fellow bloggers envision for Scott Ott, the conservative voice behind ScrappleFace and the author of "Axis of Weasels."
Their praise came this week after Ott penned the response that Ott's fans think President Bush should give to grieving mother and anti-war protestor Cindy Sheehan. She wants Bush to explain why her son, Casey, died in Iraq, and Ott gave Bush some free communications advice.
An excerpt: "Mrs. Sheehan, everyone dies. But few experience the bittersweet glory of death with a purpose -- death that sets people free and produces ripples of liberty hundreds of years into the future. Casey Sheehan died that freedom might triumph over bondage, hope over despair, prosperity over misery. He died restoring justice and mercy. He lived and died to help to destroy the last stubborn vestiges of the Dark Ages."
True to his fictional form, Ott presented the response as Bush's addendum to an "internal White House memo." But bloggers gave Ott his due credit.
Michelle Malkin said Ott's post "puts the focus back where it belongs" -- on finishing the work "thus far so nobly advanced" by American troops. And Common Sense for America noted that while Bush's response sprang from Ott's imagination, it should be real.
Jeff Harrell of The Shape of Days first raised the prospect of ScrappleFace getting a serious day job. "Get this guy a job in a press office, soonest," he wrote. And Lorie Byrd of PoliPundit took that idea a step further: "He should be writing for the president."
The writing "is eloquent and moving and thought provoking," Byrd wrote, "and I wish it had been included in the president's recent speeches. Excellent work, Mr. Ott."
Ott charges $3,000 per appearance to deliver his own speeches, so he knows the market well. Is anybody in the White House reading?
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