Please don't let the Greens, Naderites, Libertarians and Republican trolls hijack DKos!

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Wednesday April 20, 2016 · 11:23 AM PDT

2016/04/20 · 11:23

Trolls of various stripes have been trying to stir trouble in the Democratic ranks for months now. For a long time, they got no traction. Now, unfortunately, they are succeeding all too well. This is my urgent plea to all Democrats to recognize this, and freeze out the trolls.

amitxjoshi

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Wednesday March 30, 2016 · 7:01 AM PDT

2016/03/30 · 07:01

The Clintons have always been as liberal as circumstances allowed them. I think Democratic voters have failed them by sheer apathy, letting Republicans take Congressional majorities from 1994 on. The Clintons have been resilient in the face of unbelievable calumny ever since, and stayed active where I would’ve just given the world the finger and walked off!

They have compromised, because that’s the way to, you know, actually make progress in a democracy. I want leaders who will keep their eye on the ball, and reliably move it forward. Quarterbacks who only want to throw end-zone touchdowns don’t impress me much.

I want to make common cause with people who temper their passion with common sense. Who stay true to their own goals, but can build coalitions with others. Who, above all, stay resilient, focused, and reliably vote!

I think Hillary’s the right leader for that, and those who would vote for her in November are the right folks to band together with.

amitxjoshi

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 11:46 AM PDT

2008/10/31 · 11:46

As I feverishly crawl the web to stay on top of the election, all my reading raises some questions to which I KNOW people have answers, but I can't find them. So I thought I'd write them up!

Answer my questions, post links, or add your own questions in the comments!

Questions on the flip...

Poll

24 votes Show Results

You have time to think up these silly questions?

24 votes Vote Now!

You have time to think up these silly questions?

What a waste of time!

4 votes

Mildly interesting questions, but not really important.

2 votes

Just what I've been thinking!

8 votes

You obviously haven't spent enough time on this--I've a few more in the comments!

0 votes

I love diaries with polls! (i.e., Pie!)

10 votes

Let's reward good behavior! (With poll...)

amitxjoshi

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Sunday November 11, 2007 · 9:57 AM PST

2007/11/11 · 09:57

Feinstein, Rockefeller, Reid, Schumer. Lieberman. What a pathetic bunch of losers we have in our caucus, and in leadership positions, at that! We've been bitching about it long enough, and some of our bitching has real influence. Not as much as we'd like, of course. But enough to be perceptible.

But the most effective influence in politics is money. And while we don't have Scaife's millions to throw at our favorite causes, we do have numbers behind us. So here's an idea, below the fold.

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22 votes Show Results

Linking dollars to leaders' good behavior is

22 votes Vote Now!

Linking dollars to leaders' good behavior is

A great idea!

15 votes

A good idea, but I'm way ahead of you!

2 votes

Yawn! (Or Pie, if you prefer)

5 votes

A bad idea--we don't know all the details, we have to trust our leaders' judgement.

0 votes

A terrible idea! Don't you realize how 9/11 changed the situation??

0 votes

A puzzle!

amitxjoshi

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Thursday September 20, 2007 · 11:11 AM PDT

2007/09/20 · 11:11

Kagro X had a front page diary today about the filibuster that whimpered. It's superbly written, with great passion, verve and clarity.

Inspired by this diary, I fired off e-mails to Boxer and Feinstein, my two senators. I peppered comments on Kagro X's diary. I fretted. I fumed.

Then I realized that I'm also puzzled.

amitxjoshi

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Friday April 06, 2007 · 10:13 AM PDT

2007/04/06 · 10:13

Kos and others gave advance publicity to the Editor & Publisher piece which anticipated Joke Line's latest on the Shrubbery. Some people actually thought Joke Line would write something relevant, insightful, and respectful of readers' intelligence.

This would, of course, be a radical departure from his usual habits. The man can't help himself--some time back in the nineties, he sold his soul to the rethug machine, in exchange for his cushy gig as a senior, "bipartisan" pundit.

Guess he's an honest crook--he stays bought. His anticipated new piece is no good, despite the cheerleading comments on the blog.

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17 votes Show Results

Joke Line is

17 votes Vote Now!

Joke Line is

A truly non-partisan, honest journalist, and his commentary is fair and insightful

0 votes

A hack, but he regularly criticize the Shrubbery in his own, non-partisan way

2 votes

A huge hack, but still not the worst of the lot

5 votes

A real DLC troll; he's not an obvious Kool-aid drinker, but his influence is more pernicious because of that!

9 votes

Forget Joke Line; the diaryist is a rabid liberal dog, a purity troll intent on cannibalizing the Democratic Party!

1 vote

The Martyr Complex

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Friday March 09, 2007 · 8:50 AM PST

2007/03/09 · 08:50

David Sirota had a recommended diary up yesterday complaining about Congressional inaction over Iraq. Or Herseth's scepticism about the precise meaning of polls. Or something.

Now I love Sirota's writing. I really do! He's passionate, he's committed to values I share, he's not afraid to say clearly what he thinks. I admire him for it.

But I'm really getting tired of the martyr complex I see amongst us of the left. If our team isn't pushing the envelope to the point where at least a few of us are risking their political careers, we think we're not doing enough.

amitxjoshi

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Monday November 13, 2006 · 12:09 PM PST

2006/11/13 · 12:09

Recent AP article quotes Rumsfeld's spokesman saying that due to his recent resignation, Rumsfeld has decided to skip NATO.

Is that right? Apparently the Pentagon spokesman was speaking so quickly that the AP stenographers had no time to think! Otherwise they might have remembered (or Googled and found) articles such as this one. If any of them read DK, they would've been well-informed.

More details below the fold... Read More

Contest: Trolls, Nutpickers, and ???

amitxjoshi

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Friday September 22, 2006 · 3:06 PM PDT

2006/09/22 · 15:06

We all know what "troll" means in blog-speak: someone who visits a blog and posts primarily to disrupt normal conversation. Once identified, blogs such as DK work quickly to hound them out of here--a bit like an immune system response. The FAQ has more.

Once identified, trolls did what any virulent organism would do--they evolved! dKospedia defines several mutants, including the concern troll, conspiracy troll, and others.

But now I think I see another mutant...(more below the fold) Read More

Flat-footed nuclear non-proliferation

amitxjoshi

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Saturday August 26, 2006 · 11:26 AM PDT

2006/08/26 · 11:26

Suzanne Nossel, guest blogging at the Washington Monthly, pontificates thus:

"This morning Iran opened up a plant that produces heavy water, in blunt defiance of UN insistence that it stop its nuclear weapons production activities."

Anyone else share with me this senes of disbelief that anyone can be so tone-deaf as to think they can talk like this without making otherwise moderate folks develop an instant determination to develop their own complete arsenal of nuclear-tipped ICBMs? Read More

Bring it on, Lieberman! (Was: Lieber-lemonade)

amitxjoshi

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Wednesday August 09, 2006 · 4:36 PM PDT

2006/08/09 · 16:36

Well, Lamont won. And decisively, no matter what spinmeisters may say--Bush won by much smaller margins, and we all know how subdued he was in claiming a mandate! Lieberman, ever true to his narcissistic self, is going to run as an independent. Now Democrats need to take a long hard look at what's coming down the pike in November, and map out a strategy. Read More

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Let's reward good behavior! (With poll...)

A puzzle!

The egregious Joke Line

The Martyr Complex

AP Stenos: Rumsfeld skipping Europe due to resignation

Contest: Trolls, Nutpickers, and ???

Flat-footed nuclear non-proliferation

Bring it on, Lieberman! (Was: Lieber-lemonade)