Did I get my Andy Warhol-allotted 15 minutes of fame when I was singled out by a veteran Los Angeles Times political reporter?

It was a dubious mention and one that we will see was delivered by someone who might well take offense to the article I wrote that resulted in my brief moment in the big time of political journalism by being singled out by Robert Salladay, then Sacramento Capitol reporter who covered Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger along with other assignments, including the 2000 presidential recount and the 2003 California recount that brought Schwarzenegger to power.

I happened to stumble on Salladay's mention of me as well as a particular column I wrote for the Political Cortex site during a routine Google search.  The mention and reference to my column appeared in the October 11, 2006 edition of Salladay's Internet column Political Muscle.

Salladay was presumably miffed by my October 6 column 5 days earlier, referring to it as "screed" or shorthand relating to a long rant or diatribe.  The only paragraph Salladay quoted related to Karl Rove's alleged involvement in the 2003 recall of California's Governor Gray Davis and the installation of Schwarzenegger.