And Who Was That "Seattle Alt Weekly Reporter"? Ahem.

Over at DailyKos, the big Kos himself has returned to the topic of his once having called Maureen Dowd a "catty, insecure bitch."

I got in trouble during last year's YearlyKos when, exhausted and with my guard down, I told a Seattle alt weekly reporter that Maureen Dowd was a "catty, insecure bitch". I shouldn't have called her a "bitch", but she was catty and insecure while interviewing me...

That alt-weekly reporter would be me. And, for the record, even though Maureen Dowd and Kos apparently exchanged emails after that comment, I appear to have been frozen out — frozen out! — of Kos's email in-box.

Example: Back in October, long after the event that prompted his "catty bitch" comment, I tried to land an interview with Kos for a story I was writing about one of his favorite Democrats, Jon Tester. No response.

Maybe he was busy, or maybe I got no response because I'm just a Seattle alt-weekly reporter. But if it was because I blogged his quote about Dowd — Then listen, Kos, your big beef with Maureen Dowd is that you feel she misrepresents events and doesn't quote people accurately. And yet you still email her! And I quote you accurately and you don't return my emails?

I mean, I know I'm no Maureen Dowd, but come on. Return my email! I'll even let you call me a name or two off the record if it'll make you feel better.