From Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft:
I've been blogging so much I completely forgot that my birthday is Sunday. It's not the big one, but close enough to make me less than cheerful.
I had a lot of fun at my fortieth, so she still has a lot to look forward to.
Jeralyn's a good egg--Happy Birthday Jeralyn!
Posted by: clarice | September 26, 2008 at 05:25 PM
Happy Birthday Jeralyn! You've got a lot of admirers on this side of the political divide, which is a pretty stunning achievement these days. :-) May you have many happy returns.
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 26, 2008 at 05:35 PM
Jeralyn,
I'd love to leave you a happy birthday message at your site but you banned me for being on the opposite side of a question your herd was on.
I wear it as a badge of honor.
So thanks for that.
Posted by: M. Simon | September 26, 2008 at 06:09 PM
Banned me too, but I admire her articulation of some of Fitz's excesses.
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Posted by: kim | September 26, 2008 at 06:32 PM
Happy Birthday, Jeralyn! You can always claim to be turning 11ty, like I just had to do!
Posted by: centralcal | September 26, 2008 at 06:58 PM
What a nice surprise! Thank you Tom and JOM readers, this is very special. No wonder JOM is one of my favorite conservative blogs.
Posted by: Jeralyn | September 26, 2008 at 07:18 PM
I have a feeling that if I ever met Jeralyn, I would really like her. And we would just never discuss politics, like I don't with any of my friends.
Posted by: MayBee | September 26, 2008 at 07:21 PM
I never made it through the comments, if I am thinking of the right blog. Either way, happy birthday. I always enjoyed you when you were on Fox as a legal analyst.
Posted by: Sue | September 26, 2008 at 07:21 PM
MSimon, that was ages ago and I can't remember why you were banned so I just unbanned you.
Posted by: Jeralyn | September 26, 2008 at 07:23 PM
Happpy Birthday Jeralyn. I first watched you as a regular during the Simpson trial. I was happy to discover Talk Left when I first discovered the blogosphere. I really enjoyed TL's coverage of the Hillary primaries. Now I wonder how such a terrifically bright person as you can be an Obama supporter, but I won't hold that against you. :)
Have a great birthday.
Posted by: Sara (Pal2Pal) | September 26, 2008 at 08:10 PM
Jeralyn,
You are a sweetheart. May all our disagreements be respectful.
And happy birthday again!
Oh yeah. Down with the drug war! I've made a few converts here.
Posted by: M. Simon | September 26, 2008 at 08:41 PM
Yep, Jeralyn banned me, too. The alpha female has a bad case of Palin Derangement Syndrome and doesn't tolerate anyone disagreeing with her.
Not much point going to TalkLeft lately anyway. They way they've turned the blog into an full time Democratic Party organ has sort of eliminated what made it most worth reading.
Happy Birthday, though.
Posted by: Strick | September 27, 2008 at 10:04 PM