{"id":6782,"date":"2008-12-31T12:31:45","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T20:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6782"},"modified":"2009-01-06T19:09:23","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T03:09:23","slug":"the-brad-blog-named-as-finalist-for-2008-weblog-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6782","title":{"rendered":"The BRAD BLOG Named as &#8216;Finalist&#8217; for 2008 Weblog Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-liberal-blog\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/2008WeblogAwards.gif\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a>As <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\">The BRAD BLOG<\/a> hobbles <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6680\">wrist-wrecked<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6779\">flu-fallen<\/a> towards the finish line of a particularly harrowing and exhausting year, we&#8217;re heartened by a very nice distinction, being named as <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/site-news\/2008-weblog-awards-finalists\/\">Finalist in the 2008 Weblog Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We hadn&#8217;t even realized we were in the running, until the list of nominees was announced last night. So we&#8217;re pleased to find ourselves in <i>very<\/i> distinguished company for the &#8220;Best Liberal Blog&#8221; nod:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Hullabaloo\" href=\"http:\/\/digbysblog.blogspot.com\/\">Hullabaloo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Think Progress\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/\">Think Progress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sadly, No!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sadlyno.com\/\">Sadly, No!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The BRAD BLOG\" href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/\">The BRAD BLOG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Blue Gal\" href=\"http:\/\/bgalrstate.blogspot.com\/\">Blue Gal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Orcinus\" href=\"http:\/\/dneiwert.blogspot.com\/\">Orcinus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Truthdig\" href=\"http:\/\/truthdig.com\/\">Truthdig<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Wonkette\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wonkette.com\/\">Wonkette<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Taylor Marsh\" href=\"http:\/\/taylormarsh.com\/\">Taylor Marsh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Shakesville\" href=\"http:\/\/shakespearessister.blogspot.com\/\">Shakesville<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crooks &amp; Liars\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crooksandliars.com\/\">Crooks &amp; Liars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Confluence\" href=\"http:\/\/riverdaughter.wordpress.com\/\">The Confluence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Glenn Greenwald's Unclaimed Territory\" href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/opinion\/greenwald\/\">Glenn Greenwald&#8217;s Unclaimed Territory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Talking Points Memo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.talkingpointsmemo.com\/\">Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We don&#8217;t much care for the &#8220;Liberal Blog&#8221; label, but as neither &#8220;Best Independent Blog&#8221; nor &#8220;Best Non-Rightwingnut Blog&#8221; were available categories, and given the company we&#8217;re honored to share, we&#8217;ll take whatever we can get and note &#8212; as it is said, and we mean it &#8212; the honor of simply being nominated.<\/p>\n<p>Online voting for the title begins <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-liberal-blog\/\">right here at the Weblog Awards site<\/a> on Jan 5th. Though given the sizes of the (mostly) group blogs we&#8217;re nominated alongside, as mentioned, we&#8217;re honored to have simply been nominated, without even campaigning, as Finalist. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 1\/5\/09:<\/strong> Voting is <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-liberal-blog\/\">now open<\/a> through Jan 12th. And guess what? You can vote once in every 24 hour period! So <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-liberal-blog\/\"><strong>go stuff the ballot box!<\/strong><\/a> It&#8217;s legal!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As The BRAD BLOG hobbles wrist-wrecked and flu-fallen towards the finish line of a particularly harrowing and exhausting year, we&#8217;re heartened by a very nice distinction, being named as Finalist in the 2008 Weblog Awards. We hadn&#8217;t even realized we were in the running, until the list of nominees was announced last night. 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