Bloggers bailing on Jacob Perry and Circle City Pundit

"Yes yes, I bask in the glory of those who agree with me. That must be why this site is more open to discussion than any out there in this state. We've tolerated your rants and your personal attacks for this long, yet you are going to say that this site is only about agreeing with me? Who's the baby?"

Jacob Perry on Circle City Pundit, March 2009

A recent vicious rant posted by Jacob Perry, caused me to give a quick look over at his Circle City Pundit last week. That's when I realized all of the major contributors to the CCP blog had jumped ship and no longer contribute to his site. You will find many of them working together at the well respected conservative leaning blog, Hoosier Access.

Sean Shepard is the most recent departure from CCP. Perry's not talking about why Shepard left. But I know. Jacob Perry is furious that Sean would not give insider information about Ed Coleman's change of political party before the official press conference announcement. He was angry because he wanted to brown nose Tom John with the nugget before the press conference. What Jacob Perry is too narcissistic to get is that eyes roll when his name is mentioned in even Republican circles these days and his legend exists only in his mind.

One Republican insider suggested that in the few years he had known Jacob, the man had not been able to hold down even his pizza delivery or retail sales jobs and thinks he eventually had to flee Indiana with his family to go live in his parents house. A lot of Republicans frowned on Perry's storm of self-importance when he publicly dumped his failed attempt to manage the 2004 Horning Campaign.

Lots of people appear to have gotten entangled in Perry's rants, schemes and are target of the blame for his own failures. Perry himself seems to have been everything from a Democrat, a Libertarian to a Republican in his attempts to try and become some big political insider and get a political job. He certainly must fume when he sees so many former friends actually having an impact, making a difference and making headlines.

"Shepard on Politics and Policy" and his national LibertyFile.com brought in 6500 unique readers in just a single day last week. Circle City Pundit blog won't pull anywhere near that number of readers in a two-month period, let alone a day.

No longer with regular contributors, except local Pro Cynic Jeff Cox who is an order of magnitude smarter than Perry, he now attempts to bait Patriot Paul to blog at CCP.

We got to know Patriot Paul in the summer of 2007 when he began showing up at the Indiana Tea Parties, tax protests, and the city council protests. We quickly saw his enthusiasm, dedication, and friendliness and it was natural to give him bigger platforms to express himself and his views. In the early days, while he was still a bit reluctant and unsure patriot in costume, I taught him that Patriot Paul would become a "brand" and it was perfectly fine to show up at events in costumes and encouraged his playful antics. I was right. His constant and very clever antics played well for The People in the media. Now Patriot Paul frequently contributes articles and photos to HFFT and has been quite helpful to our efforts to inform you.

Paul confirmed he was asked to blog by Jacob Perry, who updates his site from his parents basement in Florida. I personally warned Paul that I see Jacob Perry as narcissistic, unstable, untrustworthy, and will in all likelihood back stab him like he's done others. I don't want to see that happen to Patriot Paul, a relative newcomer, who doesn't understand Perry's past.

I warned our well-meaning and hardworking Patriot Paul, that in my opinion, Perry exhibits many characteristics of a sociopath.

Before Jacob Perry refers to another hardworking unpaid activist working on behalf of the people as children and himself an adult (as he often does in blog rants), he needs to think real hard about who lives in his mommy and daddy's basement and who has their act together enough in the real world to manage the responsibility of paying their mortgages, keeping their jobs, and functioning in the real world as an adult.

And before he brags that CCP's site is more open to discussion than any other in the state, he might want to ask himself why he bans people with dissenting opinion from commenting on his blog. I believe that the answer to these questions is found in the definition of a sociopath.