“twisting slowly, slowly in the wind”: Jim Brady, meet L. Patrick Gray III

Brian Zick

from AMERICAblog and firedoglake John and Jane have both posted the text of an auto-respond email, which Postie ombudser Deborah Howell sent out in response to comments and questions about Ben Domenech. From: Deborah C Howell .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l.substring(0, 1) == ' ') output += "&#"+unescape(l.substring(1))+";"; else output += unescape(l); } document.getElementById('eeEncEmail_fK3qPBGgpj').innerHTML = output; //]]> Date: March 23, 2006 9:44:05 PM EST To: xxxxx Subject: Re: Domenech The Washington Post has not hired him. The website has. The two are under totally different management. He will not be working for the newspaper. If you want to complain to the right person, try .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l.substring(0, 1) == ' ') output += "&#"+unescape(l.substring(1))+";"; else output += unescape(l); } document.getElementById('eeEncEmail_z2yMhSAeYx').innerHTML = output; //]]> Deborah the slowly twisting executive.editor, of course, @wpni.com, being Jim Brady, as Deborah Howell performs a skilled imitation of John Erlichman

The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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