Morton Brilliant still ain't

'Way back when I blogged about Mr. Brilliant, noting his grasp of golfing metaphors. Now he's back in the news for different reasons:

Links, have we got links - to the batch of repulsively sleazy, anonymous, blatantly partisan, transgressive Wikipedia edits traced back via his IP address to Morton (Not So) Brilliant, the ex-campaign spokesperson of Washington Governor Christine Gregoire. Brilliant was effectively fired yesterday by his current boss Cathy Cox, a Georgia Democrat running in the July 18 primary contest there for governor. Brilliant's just-uncovered November, 2005 Wikipedia skullduggery included some heavy sleaze added to the Wikipedia bio of Cox's primary opponent Mark Taylor (trying to capitalize on a family tragedy involving alcohol); and major partisan snark surreptitiously melded into Wikipedia bios of two other Brilliant client opponents, Dino Rossi in Washington, and current South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford.

Lesson: you mess with Wikipedia, and Wikipedia messes with you.