I woke up this morning all excited for what the day will bring. Specter's hint of a Gonzales bombshell this morning. Packing for YearlyKos. Update on the Steven's investigation, and much, much more. I mean, could it get any worse for Republicans? I almost jump out of bed to see how they are shooting themselves in the foot today.
To my surprise, one of the first things I see when I log on to dKos is a new Mike Stark diary. Yea! I always love to see what kind of trouble Mike has found now.
So, I happily clicked on the the diary......
Much to my surprise, there was Mike Stark....standing in Bill O'Reilly's driveway.....shooting us in the foot.
Now, we all dislike Bill O'Reilly. The man is as big of an asshat as they come. But, knocking on his neighbor's doors to hand out copies of his sexually charged testimony? Standing in his drive-away ambushing him as he comes out for the paper?
I'm sorry, but I believe this is flat out wrong. It makes us all look exactly like the "wingnuts" that Mike says he's going to bring down.
And the worst part? This is now going to distract from all of the hard work that has gone into YearlyKos. This is going to give the media a reason to paint us all with the over-the-top extremist brush. Especially since that diary is on the top of the recommend list. It's going to give the candidates pause - and it should.
We - the Kossack community - have worked so hard to gain credibility. Collectively we have worked to make a difference, and few have worked harder than Mike. But, all of the hard work of hundreds or even thousands of Kossacks building up to YearlyKos will be completely overshadowed by this stunt. And by all means, it's a stunt. What did it prove? That we can stalk and harrass people with the best of them?
It is an embarassment for this site.
I would like to note that I would never have made this a diary, but Mike has made it clear that he doesn't want "concern" comments littering his diary. Although it's too late for that - the concern comments are littered throughout the comments - I wanted to make it perfectly clear that Mike's actions do not represent all Kossacks and I felt that it needed a diary of it's own.
In closing, I wish Mike well. I generally love his work, but this went too far - and it couldn't have happened at a worst time. I'm sure that I will take some heat for writing this diary, but since Mike (and others) are fairly insistent that there be no dissenting comments in his diary, I felt like I had no choice.
My name is Scout Finch.....and I do not approve of the Mike Stark diary.