Another Case of Mistaken Identity

The ever-encouraging
Seth Finkelstein of
Infothought writes to suggest that the only reason
the gatekeepers of the Democratic Party Convention superstructure
granted those coveted blogger’s credentials to the Dowbrigade is that
they had confused us with that OTHER Michael
Feldman, whose hilariously
funny program "Whadya Know?"
, which is produced by Wisconsin Public Radio and syndicated by National
Public Radio we have somehow never found the time or opportunity
to listen to.

Not that we are jealous or resentful that he stole our name and
has become rich and famous off of it. We notice he is currently on tour,
selling tickets to his traveling radio show, certainly showing both his popularity
and entrepreneurship, which is French for "between pregnant ships".  But
such is the unrealistically inflated ego of the Dowbrigade that it had
never
crossed
our mind that
the only
reason
we made the Dems A-list of bloggers was that they thought we were he!

Once Seth so kindly pointed this out to us, it was obvious! Whether
this represents the opportunity of a lifetime or some sort of virtual
fraud is a moral question we will probably spend seconds mulling over
on sleepless nights.

In practical terms, however, it opens untold possibilities but begs
a series of crucial questions, to wit:

Is the OTHER Michael Feldman getting all of the essential DNC blogger
email we have been missing, as well as the "spam from the mainstream
press" of which we have been warned by helpful fellow blogger Alden
Hynes of Greater Democracy?  If
so, what is he making of it?

In fact, does the OTHER Michael Feldman even know we exist? Has anyone
ever asked him if he was Michael Feldman, the Blogger?

Will he be at the convention? Will our paths cross? Will this cause
the universe to implode from the tautological paradox?

If he’s not there, can we take a room at the Ritz-Carlton and charge
it to Wisconsin Public Radio?