BlogHer - Pronounced With an 'Umpty' - Comments

MKH, I am so happy you are

Dana J. Tuszke — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:18:06 -0600

MKH, I am so happy you are here! I was getting rather lonely on the right side of the fence. ;)

I look forward to reading you here! Yay! YAY! (I'm so excited about this, my dorkiness is shining through!!!)

I'm lacking cool too

Denise — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:50:58 -0600

And now I feel quite hip. I never expected to learn hip hop coolness from MK Ham. BlogHer is awesome that way. Heh.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Fast Times @ Homeschool High & Flamingo House Happenings

Thank you, mystery solved

Elisa Camahort — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:03:19 -0600

And I've exposed my lack of cool hipness :)

Elisa Camahort
BlogHer
elisa@blogher.org

Good call, Laurie

Mary Katharine Ham — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:41:08 -0600

The song goes:

"Let me introduce myself/ My name is Humpty, pronounced with an 'umpty'"

So, this is me, introducing myself.

Digital Underground reference...

lauriewrites — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:32:32 -0600

As far as I know, Elisa, for "The Humpty Dance," but I'm missing the context I think.

Welcome aboard anyway - cool to see the election coverage taking off.

Laurie

OK, I confess...

Elisa Camahort — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:15:13 -0600

I do not get the post title...I feel very lame. Can someone please explain?

Welcome aboard Mary Katharine! We're thrilled to have you.

Elisa Camahort
BlogHer
elisa@blogher.org

You North Carolinian women

Morra Aarons Mele — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:36:19 -0600

You're amazing! What do they put in the water down there? To name just a few....

Elizabeth Dole
Elizabeth Edwards
US Rep Sue Myrick
YOU
Former Sierra Club President Lisa Renstrom

Welcome!

Welcome MKH

debra roby — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:08:27 -0600

Looking forward to what appears will be some interesting conversations...

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Deb's Daily Distractions

Welcome!

Erin Kotecki Vest — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:50:00 -0600

There is NOTHING like BlogHer's voicing their ideas and opinions and we are thrilled to have you join the team!

Politics & News Contributing Editor
Queen of Spain

You Go Girl!

Rightwingsparkle — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:49:41 -0600

I love seeing you on Fox News! Keep up the good work!

Welcome to BlogHer MKH.

Catherine Morgan — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:46:29 -0600

Hi Mary Katharine. I love watching you and Morra on CNN, and I'm looking forward to reading your posts here on BlogHer.

Welcome to the team.

Contributing Editor Catherine Morgan
also at CatherineBlogs.com and The Political Voices of Women

Way to go MKH!

cmarks1990 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:09:57 -0600

Oh I can't wait! I'm so glad you are here. I'm looking forward to reading!!

c.a. Marks
http://sexandthesouth.blogspot.com
http://alabamaimproper.com

Thanks

Mary Katharine Ham — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:06:56 -0600

Hipmomma and Lisa for the warm welcome. Oughtta be a fun ride!

Welcome Mary Katharine

Lisa Stone — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:36:36 -0600

Your work on the voter manifesto was hugely important to BlogHers. Thanks for joining us to cover Election 2008!

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

Welcome MKH!

hipmomma — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:19:22 -0600

Always enjoy seeing you make guest appearances on The Factor, and you and Michelle Malkin are definitely the dynamic duo!

Looking forward to seeing you weigh in on some of the hot issues. Just to give you an idea where I stand...

God. Family. Country. And, of course, blogging! :)

Pronounced With an 'Umpty'

Mary Katharine Ham — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:43:53 -0600

Hey, everyone! Just introducing myself. I'm Mary Katharine, a political writer with Townhall.com. I met a good number of you at the BlogHer conference this year, and I'm pumped that I get to be a contributing editor to the community starting now.

My buddy Morra (whom y'all know well) and I will be anchoring BlogHer political coverage during this election season and trying to give you plenty of commentary and first-hand coverage from both sides of the political spectrum. I'll be holding down the right side of things, and Morra and I will be doing some friendly debate (as we've been known to) and hoping you jump right in and join us. A few things about me...

I come from a wondrous place called North Carolina– a land of great beaches and greater beach dives, a land where fried chicken and free wireless go together as God intended.

I'm passionate about politics and my positions, but I tend to enjoy good humor more than a good fight.

I graduated with a degree in journalism and plied that trade for a while, mostly as a sports and features reporter, which is an artful way of saying I covered racin’, high-school football, and the county’s largest legumes (and, the occasional murder if I was in the office when the news broke). While there, I discovered opinion journalism might be a good route for mouthy me, so I traded in writing about NASCAR drivers for writing about politicians.

I love SEC football, boiled peanuts, my super-liberal hometown, early-80s Eddie Murphy stand-up films featuring purple leather pantsuits, historical novels, ACC basketball, a Robert Earl Keen concert, karaoke-ing the greatest hits of Young MC, and the fact that making one's voice heard in politics these days doesn't require a degree or a newspaper job-- just a computer and a will.

Anyway, that's why I'm here with you. Women will make a huge difference in '08 in some new and exciting ways, and this community is a place where some of those ways will become clear. I look forward to being a part of it, hearing back from you, and I hope I do justice to the mission and the fabulous community Lisa, Elisa, Jory, Morra and others have created here.

Thanks for letting me hang out, and what else is there to say? Ladies, start your engines!
I'll be back later with more, and I'll be down at the CNN/YouTube Republican debate this week, so much more from there...