Erick Erickson Buh-Bye

So Long, Erick. Thanks for All the Fish. I guess as the new guy in charge, the unenviable task of bidding goodbye to the man who made this site what it is falls to me. In that respect, I feel probably much as John Adams must have felt when he heard George Washington was going to call it quits, or maybe how Aaron Rodgers must have felt when he heard that Brett Favre was actually leaving the Green Bay Packers – full of excitement, if an excitement tinged with fear about screwing a great thing that a good friend has built. Erick has always been careful to note the work of Josh Trevino, Ben Domenech, and Mike Krempasky in founding RedState, and we all owe a debt of gratitude to our founders. But no one who’s been involved with the site over the years would deny that it’s been Erick’s tireless work that has grown the site to something much more than what it was when it started. [Full] In 2009  Erick Erickson called retiring U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter a "goat fucking child molester."  He now admits it wasn't his finest moment, but it put him on my "brilliant mind" radar screen.  His RED STATE blog was one of my favorites; he spoke for me 99% of the time.  Didn't agree with his excluding Trump from his Atlanta event, and I hated his guts for the way he treated Sarah Palin, but them's a few fish in a big ocean.  Eric sold RED STATE supposedly to devote more time to his radio show.  I didn't know he had one. So there's that. Life goes on.