Oh, yes, in the heady days, before YOU got here.
(Yes, YOU... and you, too. And definitely YOU with the hat!)
Back then there were only smart discussions and witty banter and there was no need even for top comments because EVERY comment was so top.
And back then only worthy diaries with substance made the recommend list.
Like the famous, "Analysis of Jeffersonian Democracy using 14th Century Feudalism as a Model for Creating a Less Racist Afterlife."
That was up on "Ye Olde Shoppe of Brilliant Thinkers" (as we used to call it) for six days.
Not like now, when there is frivolity and jocularity and dancing with touching and grinding with the pants all down by the bottom of the butt.
I demand that you stop that his instant!
See, before YOU showed up on Daily Kos...
...every diarist that received 100 comments also got a free set of Daily Kos tube socks.
Before YOU there was no infighting and no "hide rating". The only choices on the pull down were "I agree", "I so agree" and "wow, I'm in awe of you."
Before YOU, we wrote our comments like we were making love, not the wham-bam-thank-you-gender-non-specific stuff we have here today. LOL, SYFPH, IOKIFYAR. Back then: "I'm laughing aloud but think I should shut my freaking piehole. Then again, these same actions of mine would be acceptable were I a Republican."
Now, that's discourse.
Before YOU Markos would call each of us personally and take our coffee and tea orders.
I remember one time... oh this is funny... when I asked Markos to pick me up a grande skim mocha with no whip, but he got it with extra whip and I knida lost it and I bumped him in the arm and the mocha flew up and the extra whip ended up on his face like a beard. That sorta thing ALWAYS used to happen before you.
Before YOU went and ruined the internets Hillary Clinton was the smart-as-a-whip wife of treasured President Bill Clinton and Barack Obama was an up-and-coming star in the Democratic party. NOW look at them... one of them will be lucky if they can even manage to raise 400 million dollars on the way to becoming President of the United states.
Before YOU Joe Lieberman was... no, he was pretty much a sniveling tool back then.
Back in the salad days we backed candidates that lost... MANY OF THEM... and in losing we were much better people. Not all this take back both houses of congress and elect actual liberals in Denny Hastert's old district CRAP. All this winning has made us soft and edgy and I blame someone with your name and your DNA who looks a lot like you.
(And the girl with the braids. And the guy holding the... THAT'S MY ROOTER!)
Before YOU the orange was orangier... the links were linkier... and I was much more important because there were less of you to get in the way.
I hereby demand that YOU people stop clicking and commenting and using this website in a way in which it was never intended on being used!
(And, whomever drew the bunny ears on Markos bio photo... erase it!)