{"id":2311,"date":"2007-04-01T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-01T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/04\/john-hawkins-sold-his-blog-to.html"},"modified":"2007-04-01T07:40:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-01T07:40:00","slug":"john-hawkins-sold-his-blog-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/04\/john-hawkins-sold-his-blog-to.html","title":{"rendered":"John Hawkins sold his blog to Lincoln Chafee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Business as a political consultant was so good he decided to sell Right Wing News<\/a> to Chafee:<\/p>\n

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I’d like to thank everyone for your loyal patronage of Right Wing News over the years. I’ve really enjoyed blogging for you and will still be blogging over at Conservative Grapevine<\/b><\/a>. However, the new consulting gig has turned out to be very lucrative and has opened a lot of doors for me. <\/span><\/p>\n

So, when Lincoln Chafee contacted me and offered to buy Right Wing News so he would have a built in audience for his new blog, I took it very seriously. Then, when I heard how much he was offering, well, all I can say is, you would have taken the money, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Chafee should have done this before<\/span> the election maybe he wouldn’t have lost his seat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tags: Lincoln Chafee<\/a>, John Hawkins<\/a>, blog<\/a>, Right Wing News<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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