Double or triple posting on this.

Actually a purple finger held up after voting is Iraq telling Kos to go fuck himself.

Moulitsas wasn’t just posting any polls, he was selecting those that suggested Democrats—from John Kerry to congressional candidates—were heading for victory, while downplaying less encouraging signs. It left liberals trapped in a bubble of reassurance. Heading into the election, it would have been reasonable to assume from the evidence presented on Daily Kos that Kerry was the clear favorite to beat Bush, and that Democrats were likely to pick up seats in both houses of Congress. When none of these things happened, there was a sense of incomprehension.

Muhuawhawhawhaw!

Hey, I've got an idea: why don't we rightwing rethuglican warmongering babykillers quit visiting the Kos website, talking about the Kos person, and in general giving him the attention the overgrown pathetic adolescent obviously craves? Let him live in his own hermetically sealed leftard bell jar with his minions and sycophants. That's what he does anyway, but the least we can do is quit adding to the kabillions of "hits" he is gloating about. If he no longer has legions of outraged "right wingers" (aka, "normal people") building up his site stats we might someday go to whatever his url is and get a "404 not found" message. Come on now -- I may be a crazy woman with a crazy dream, but it just might work.

Nah. Never mind. You people just can't stay away from him or Atrios or whoever the other people are. It's like a drug -- a really nasty and pointless drug like absinthe, that makes you hallucinate, gives you brain damage, and worst of all tastes like original flavor Nyquil.

I wonder if assholes like Kos, Yglesias, AmericaBlog, Nancy Pelosi will ever have a moment of clarity and realize, "hey, I'm a complete asshole..." If that moment of clarity ever comes to pass I'm sure the realization that they have slipped too far down the slippery slope of degeneration to ever come back will also sink in so it is a moot point. Damn I'm drunk

I think the moment, and the realization, probably happened long ago.

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So do they get sucked into a parallel universe when they finally admit they're wrong. Or do they just melt into a pile of purple-green goo.

I have often wondered why people on the right bother to visit those lefty sites. Is it because of a desire to see (read) how the other side lives?

Or is it a need to find material?

You know, for jokes and such...

'Cause I can't think of any other reason.

Durand

So do they get sucked into a parallel universe when they finally admit they're wrong. Or do they just melt into a pile of purple-green goo

Me thinks their heads will just explode from sheer guilt and self loathing.

When he said "vindicated," was he talking about the state of affairs in Iraq or something like the trophy video, where contractors filmed themselves shooting at civilians?

I don't agree that his remarks are defensible, given that we don't know that the contractors that were killed participated in anything like that, but it is a very different thing.

Sounds like you're assuming that he was talking about the state of affairs in Iraq.

Do you have anything to back up that assumption?

Regards,
bodhi

Let's not forget that every single candidate that that lisping little pillow-biter has supported -- from his 10 or 11 handpicked congressional candidates in 2004 to Kerry and that chap in Ohio this year -- has lost.

Not that there's anything wrong with being a lisping little pillow-biter, or a gay cowboy or shepherd or summin.

bodhi,

The contractors weren't shooting at civilians, they were shooting at Madhi army personel. Military snipers would have done the same except that they were not deployed to the site.

There is no vindication for what he said. And there never will be.

Hey, I've got an idea: why don't we rightwing rethuglican warmongering babykillers quit visiting the Kos website, talking about the Kos person, and in general giving him the attention the overgrown pathetic adolescent obviously craves?

I disagree completely. Not about the absinthe part, me likes. Kos is becomming not just a phenomena on the left but unbelievably enough a person the Democrats go to for advice and counsel. He has briefed the Democrats in Congress, talks to Democratic leaders regularly...in short he is becomming a Democratic power broker and direction setter.

Nothing would make me happier than to have this ass clown become the face of the Democratic party. He rips of the veneer of the touchy feely caring lefty and is driving them further and further left. Keep up the good work numb nuts.

Talk about a disconnect with reality - the guy probably thinks the birds sing him songs of praise as their patron deity as part of their spring fertility ritual, and says "Ha! Take that Bush!" after every BM.

Ko0 KOo, kOo koO 8~\

Two quick points -

Kos clarified his 'screw 'em' comment about a week after he made it. The rationale had to do with his emotional state and involved his upbringing in El Salvador.

Also, Kos made a point that his selections for endorsements had nothing to do with the probability of that candidate winning the election, but rather he wanted to get the Democratic base revved up.

Or something.

Anyway - the Kos-meme that drives me up the wall is Kos's stint in the Army.

Basically - he joined the Army to take advantage of the educational benefits and get out of Chicago (he said as much during an interview in '03 with a Boston University publication) -- which is all well and good. He then got out just as he was about to be shipped to Kuwait. Again, all well and good, his enlistment was up.

Now, if he would just LAY THE FUCK OFF the "I, Patriot" crap.

and, yes, I served in the miltary.

Also, Kos made a point that his selections for endorsements had nothing to do with the probability of that candidate winning the election, but rather he wanted to get the Democratic base revved up.

This would be all well and good if he didn't say all the time the only thing he really cares about is WINNING! I don't buy the "I choose my candidates based on policy" crap. He wants to win and win big.

Kos clarified his 'screw 'em' comment about a week after he made it. The rationale had to do with his emotional state and involved his upbringing in El Salvador.

Everyone has an excuse, whether it's him laughing at Pat Tillman's death, or the murderers and rapists who blame it on childhood abuse in court.

Kos is a joke.

Their still uncivilized there still a bunch of savages

The truly funny thing is that the Dems keep choosing Kingmakers who are especially bad at making Kings. Kos will be another in a line of "0-fer" political consultants who get their faces on television (a la Bob Beckel) or who keep getting hired based only on their own marketing and promotion (Bob Shrum).

The problem here is that the more deranged idiots like Kos are listened to by the Democrat big shots, the more elections they will lose and the more their party will decline. And this is not a good thing. Without a viable opposition, the GOP will grow fat, lazy, corrupt, and complacent. We need at least two healthy political parties in competition, each one to keep the other lean, mean, and fighting for each vote they get.

If you think that GOP-sponsored pork is bad now, imagine how bad it would be if the Demcrat opposition collapsed.

Ace,

Thank you for yet another great post. I don't comment on your site because, well, I'm just not very interesting. I am only an appreciative reader.

It occurs to me that I can contribute in my own small way and so I have by hitting your PayPal link. I hope that others who enjoy your writing will do the same.

Compared to the wisecrackers who make this site so much fun this comment sounds all goofy and maudlin, and it is, so I beg your forgiveness. But I think it's important to give encouragement and support - and money - to those like you who have so clearly earned it.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyeux Festivus, etc., Ace. May the New Year bring happiness and prosperity to you, your family, and the hilarious crew of fans you've assembled on your site. Please know that although we may be silent, you've got a lot of friends out here on the vast internet.

Oh, and keep up the good work!

-LM

What utter scumbags.

Please know that although we may be silent, you've got a lot of friends out here on the vast internet. - LM

What utter scumbags. - Bill from INDC

Oh, come on, Bill ! It's Christimas! :)

I think it's a good thing to be aware of what the opposition is saying. People read them, people are influenced by them. We should be aware of what stories, claimes, memes, and propaganda are being proliferated by these sites and people. Commenting on them is also good: it gives us ammunition to beat their arguments (not all of us are as aware of what's going on to create our own arguments against their claims), and it makes the rest of us aware of just what they're saying and doing.

Sort like what Bush's doing. ;-)

And, yes, every now and then their true face unwittingly is revealed. Those are moments to notice.

Hey Muslihoon, check your e-mail.

Yeah, I meant Kos, et al, of course.