Who Shouldn't Represent Daily Kos?

The list of the contributing editors who, in some respect "represent" Daily Kos has been posted.

A poll to assess the most representativist of all has been posted.

The question begs to be asked:

If you could pull the credentials of one contributing editor, who would it be?

I'll refrain from voting for a while to avoid any skew from my side.

UPDATE: As DocGonzo points out in his comment below

So as not to hijack this diary, I urge you to vote and comment in it (I did).

But if you want to vote for a DKos "representative", to show your support in a positive (if silly) way, you can vote in my diary's poll: Vote For Your Daily Kos Representative.

FWIW, since I posted my diary/poll over a half hour before this one was posted, I expect that this one was derived from mine.

Please do vote in either, both, or neither as you wish, and thanks to all for maintaining a civil tone in what is intended as an objective information gathering exercise, with a dollop of snark on the side.

•  Ex Con (n/t)

  by Ex Con on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:25:37 PM PDT

  •  Me Too! I Voted For KagroX, Cause Any Man With

    X in his name, just can't be trusted.  I have no idea what these people are thinking, putting someone like that in charge!  This place has gone to the Militants!

    by leonard145b on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:34:04 PM PDT

    •  I vote for Meteo rBlades

      Obviously, a fake.  The real Meteor Blades would kick Meteo's ass.

      by Sparky McGruff on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:36:08 PM PDT

      •  Hey

        Meteo was a damn powerful spell in Final Fantasy 2!  

        Tellah nearly killed Golbez with that spell.

        That said, I don't trust aliens.

        And Meteor Blade seems rather alien.

        by Jerry 101 on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:39:22 PM PDT

        •  Golbez goes down

          as one of the worst FF villains in history. :p

          by Eddie in ME on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:12:09 PM PDT

      •  Oh to be able to edit a poll eom

        by greenskeeper on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:42:12 PM PDT

    •  what about Malcolm X~

      never mind.....

      by npbeachfun on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:44:41 PM PDT

    •  It bothers me to see

      so many vote Kagro X off the island.  His front page posts are a "must read" for folks needing a concise fact check on all matters relating to the Legislature and the Constitution.

      by Dem In VA on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:48:57 PM PDT

      •  It Was Time For Us To Exercise Our Power!

        The terrorists have been emboldened by the greenskeeper!

        by leonard145b on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:51:11 PM PDT

•  Tips for Asking the Tough Questions....

  ....something the MSM/polling complex won't do about impeachment.

  by greenskeeper on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:25:52 PM PDT

  •  Here in reality world

    There have been three national polls on impeachment in the last two weeks.

    by Elwood Dowd on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:26:20 PM PDT

•  You know this is just plain nasty....

  not that there's anything wrong with that.

  by melvin on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:25:54 PM PDT

  •  Somebody Has to Be Voted Off the Island

    ....it's the American way.

    by greenskeeper on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:26:52 PM PDT

    •  I've got immunity. n/t

      by boran2 on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:06:36 PM PDT

•  Who gets voted off the island? nt

  by Inland on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:26:56 PM PDT

  •  ROFLMFAO!!!!

    Seriously!  You hit post two seconds before I was ready!

    by JuniperLea on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:27:53 PM PDT

•  I wonder

  what prompted that re-issue of the list of representatives on the front page today.  Maybe somebody(ies) got mouthy with the help.

  I guess the badges have to be polished from time to time.

  by HarveyMilk on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:28:07 PM PDT

  •  O'Reilly, I'm sure.

    Though the FP was too classy to say so.

    by LithiumCola on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:40:20 PM PDT

•  Dude...

  ...this is just wrong. I think we're lucky to have every single one of these guys and gals.

  by MBNYC on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:29:20 PM PDT

  •  We Will See

    To what extent your sentiment is universally shared.

    Personally, I prefer to live in a reality-based community than one that is sentiment based.

    by greenskeeper on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:32:13 PM PDT

    •  It's not sentiment

      ...this is, like, a grade school questionnaire to determine who has cooties.

      But anyway.

      by MBNYC on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:36:51 PM PDT

      •  Or Like Mark Penn Polling

        ...to determine how many voters won't vote for his candidate under any circumstances whatsoever.

        by greenskeeper on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:38:13 PM PDT

      •  Cooties?

        This place has cooties?

        You better put up your own poll.

        by melvin on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:42:35 PM PDT

      •  yep~

        

        by npbeachfun on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:55:45 PM PDT

    •  No, we won't.

      Your poll didn't include a 'Keep them all' choice. So I don't even know how the count is going.

      GIGO.

      by Elwood Dowd on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:27:49 PM PDT

  •  can i have your vote then?

    'cause i wish i could vote twice!

    by nonnie9999 on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:36:24 PM PDT

    •  I'm not voting in this. nt.

      by MBNYC on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:37:44 PM PDT

    •  Ditto...

      :-)

      by Got a Grip on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:48:49 PM PDT

  •  Obviously, you have not encountered

    some of the boorish behavior that is exhibited by a very few, or you'd have hit a button without batting an eyelash....

    ;-)

    by Got a Grip on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:47:49 PM PDT

  •  You think none of them...

    want to vote in this poll? Heh.

    by blueteam on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:48:51 PM PDT

    •  I Would Bet Some of them Will eom

      by greenskeeper on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:53:51 PM PDT

  •  Kiss up!

    by mattes on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:28:27 PM PDT

    •  Blah Blah Blah nt.

      by MBNYC on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:34:42 PM PDT

  •  I'd rec this comment, but

    ...it would look too self-serving.  ;-)

    by BarbinMD on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:06:33 PM PDT

•  None of them have pissed me off THAT badly!

  I only wish people into the cornfield when they hit that hot Irish pissoff button just right...

  I could say that for a few of us serfs, but not the lords of dkos!

  by JuniperLea on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:29:29 PM PDT

•  Isn't this sort of mean? n/t

  by Potus2020 on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:32:46 PM PDT

  •  Sort of?

    by melvin on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:33:31 PM PDT

  •  Mean, No

    Cold, yes.

    by greenskeeper on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:34:56 PM PDT

    •  Everbody's On Ice!

      by leonard145b on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:35:46 PM PDT

  •  Mean, maybe. Childish, definitely. n/t

    by word is bond on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:29:38 PM PDT

•  Bleh. n/t

  by Nightprowlkitty on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:34:26 PM PDT

•  Oh, how I wish

  for a multiple choice poll here....

  since it isn't, I'll refrain from voting. It would NOT be georgia10, sadly, she hasn't been around a whole lot of late.

  by bricoleur on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:34:55 PM PDT

  •  I, too, miss georgia10

    She's probably cramming for bar exams, I'd guess.

    by word is bond on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:30:57 PM PDT

•  Me

  I shouldn't even represent myself...

  by The Baculum King on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:35:13 PM PDT

  •  Shocking!

    by leonard145b on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:36:18 PM PDT

    •  Stunning Too!

      by The Baculum King on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:38:15 PM PDT

  •  In the future...

    ...I think that The Baculum King ought to be represented by, ummm, lets say Bob Johnson.

    by Jay Elias on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:41:13 PM PDT

    •  Ouch!

      by The Baculum King on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:42:22 PM PDT

      •  It could be worse....

        I could represent you.

        by Delaware Dem on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:54:13 PM PDT

        •  Probably Be Better Than My Federal Public Defende

          r. Took her a month to find out I had been indicted in the Courthouse she works in...

          by The Baculum King on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:03:48 PM PDT

•  Bleh, bleh

  No circular firing squads please. I am cool with all of them.

  by undercovercalico on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:35:55 PM PDT

•  Next poll

  Banned person you'd most like back.

  by livosh1 on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:38:18 PM PDT

  •  On That List Should Be, Francislholland,

    until the elections in November 2008, and then ban him again.  Then, bring back RealityBias for a trial run. My hands are sweating!  Can I really say this stuff?

    by leonard145b on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:46:21 PM PDT

    •  No. Goodbye.

      ;)

      by Delaware Dem on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:54:39 PM PDT

      •  It's Hard To Get Quality Trolls These Days!

        Sigh! It makes one nostalgic for the good Ole days.  Sigh!

        by leonard145b on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:14:59 PM PDT

  •  I miss RealityBias.

    I know he was tedious, and there were some issues there with language, but the dick jokes were great.  

    And I haven't seen the circumcised banana in a long time.

    by ArgusRun on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:49:33 PM PDT

•  Markos.

  Markos shouldn't represent DKos.  :-D

  by Jerry 101 on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:40:09 PM PDT

•  That son-of-bitch Open Thread

  has really been eating my lunch lately.

  Chit Chat Chit Chat Chit Chat in the midst of all the horror.  Get a spine you fucking loser.

  by LithiumCola on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:42:45 PM PDT

  •  Hear Hear.

    That bastard has crossed me for the last time.

    by Delaware Dem on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:55:06 PM PDT

•  I don't like that poll...

  ...there should be a "none of the above" option.  I can't decide!

  Or better yet there should be a "kos" option.  I'd vote for that (just for fun)

  by DawnG on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:43:59 PM PDT

  •  There's No Way to Edit a Poll

    ah well

    by greenskeeper on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:45:13 PM PDT

•  Hmmm, a diary devoted to calling out

  editors and admins.  Sorry Dude, I'm not playing.  I guess there's nothing  important to talk about today.

  by MajorFlaw on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:44:57 PM PDT

  •  Sorry Dude - You Just Jumped Into A Jocular

    thread, and now you're hooked, whether you like it or not!

    by leonard145b on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:48:17 PM PDT

    •  A "Jocular" thread?

      You mean we're gonna talk sports?

      by MajorFlaw on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:52:23 PM PDT

      •  LOL! Yay Ya! KagroX can't hold Ms. Laura's Joc!

        You better not never say nuttin bad about Ms. Laura!  If you do, I'll just lose it!  Ms. Laura's a Saint!

        by leonard145b on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:57:18 PM PDT

        •  On a serious note . . .

          would you take a look at this and reconsider.  New info has come in.

          by MajorFlaw on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:01:34 PM PDT

          •  Yes, I Was One Of The Original 38!

            by leonard145b on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:03:51 PM PDT

            •  I'm afraid I don't understand.

              I'm probably just missing some obvious point but I don't get it.

              by MajorFlaw on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:06:34 PM PDT

•  What about open thread? Doesn't he/she count?

  I like Open Thread though, but just sayin' you left one off...

  by Sandy on Signal on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:48:22 PM PDT

  •  Open Thread is a jerk..

    I really hate Open Thread.  He thinks he's so smart, but I think he's pretty damn predictable.

    by Sparky McGruff on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:02:14 PM PDT

    •  Armando. I want to vote him on so I can vote him

      off again because I think he'd appreciate that. Or maybe he'd just tell me to go f** myself. Whichever.

      by katier on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:13:55 PM PDT

      •  and dammit, pooties and pie are on My List

        There is such a thing as too much of a good thing.

        by katier on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:15:22 PM PDT

•  Can we vote back the circumcision guy?

  I feel that some of today's issues need to be seen through the frame of male circumcision.

  by JohnGor0 on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:49:19 PM PDT

•  One of the best things about dKos...

  ...is that all of those people represent the site, and not one of them represents me.

  I'm proud that all of them are contributing editors.  I'm proud as well that I've disagreed with every single one of them at times.

  by Jay Elias on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:49:53 PM PDT

  •  You're Not Getting Any Better At Shrill ; ) eom

    by greenskeeper on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:50:46 PM PDT

  •  ah, I remember the time you and Meteor Blades

    had it out over whether or not chocolate ice cream should ever have fudge bits in it.  That was a scary thread.  Glad to see calm waters returned.

    by sele on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:55:29 PM PDT

    •  What can I say?

      As a libertarian, I feel his purist, traditionalist notions of what can and can't be in ice cream are highly offensive, and dare I say, conservative.  And sometimes, we need to fight against those who would limit our ice cream freedoms.

      by Jay Elias on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:57:59 PM PDT

      •  check yr email.

        You could diary?

        by melvin on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:59:08 PM PDT

        •  I did...

          ...and wrote you back.

          I think it is more a subject for those (like you) who have a better grasp on environmental issues than I do.  I fear my ignorance on the environment would limit the good I could do.

          by Jay Elias on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:01:24 PM PDT

          •  Just got it.

            Quick note up at Truth & Progress. Subject much bigger.

            by melvin on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:02:43 PM PDT

      •  What you really object to is ...

        ...government regulations to maintain the purity of ice cream, to keep it from being produced under medieval sanitary conditions, and to stop it from being called organic even when is produced from dairy cattle filled with growth hormone.

        But, typical of you libertarians, you want to ... uh ... fudge the discussion.

        by Meteor Blades on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:16:10 PM PDT

        •  Sigh

          OK, just for that horrible joke, I'm voting for you.

          by DHinMI on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:18:35 PM PDT

          •  O/T

            Did those files come through?

            by Jay Elias on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:20:41 PM PDT

            •  Shit, Forgot to Thank You

              Man, how rude! No wonder I'm getting so many votes.

              Yeah, I got them all, but I haven't had an opportunity to listen to anything, and I probably won't for another day or so.  But thanks a ton for sending those.

              I've been listening to the "new" Elliot Smith album on my iPod on the Metro, and I really like some of the songs.

              by DHinMI on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:23:32 PM PDT

              •  No worries...

                ...I hope you like them.  I find Elliot Smith tough to listen to on the subway, but the Metro isn't nearly as loud.  On the NY subway, if it isn't loud, you can barely hear it over the train.

                I have a lot of live stuff if you are ever interested in anything else.  Some great old Uncle Tupelo shows in particular might appeal to you.

                by Jay Elias on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:29:51 PM PDT

        •  But doesn't the success...

          ...of Ben & Jerry's suggest that the market solves those problems without a need for government regulation?

          Best fake argument ever, btw.

          by Jay Elias on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:20:08 PM PDT

•  pointecoupeedemocrat n/t

  by chicago minx on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:51:46 PM PDT

•  Not voting.

  For I respect, admire and agree with all of the contributors.  I am proud to have them represent the site.  

  by Delaware Dem on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:52:43 PM PDT

  •  How can you agree with all of them

    when they disagree with each other?

    by srkp23 on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:02:51 PM PDT

    •  quite right.

      I am sure I disagree with everyone on that list over some issue or other.  I was speaking generally though.

      by Delaware Dem on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:09:22 PM PDT

    •  just not at once

      by emptypockets on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:13:06 PM PDT

•  ErinF

  by Andrew C White on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:52:47 PM PDT

  •  I was waiting for someone to post this.

    Can't you just imagine, all the yelling and house painting.

    by high uintas on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:01:00 PM PDT

    •  It had to be said

      by Andrew C White on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:10:32 PM PDT

•  I love em all.....

  .....so I'm not voting.

  You should have called this diary, "Delete These Fucking FPers, Kos!" :)

  by Ekaterin on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:54:06 PM PDT

•  we all represent DKos

  any of us can righteously state that we are members of this community, and that we speak only for ourselves.

  This is real democracy in action; messy and a bit hyperbolic, but absolutely authentic.

  Americans speaking out.

  Get used to it, because we are NOT about to go away.

  by claude on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:54:59 PM PDT

  •  We represent the Daily Kos Community.

    But not Daily Kos the site officially.  For legal reasons, only those authorized to speak for Daily Kos (i.e. the List) can speak for and represent Daily Kos.

    by Delaware Dem on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 06:56:55 PM PDT

    •  understood (n/t)

      by claude on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:14:09 PM PDT

•  Vote *For* Your Daily Kos Representative

  So as not to hijack this diary, I urge you to vote and comment in it (I did).

  But if you want to vote for a DKos "representative", to show your support in a positive (if silly) way, you can vote in my diary's poll: Vote For Your Daily Kos Representative.

  FWIW, since I posted my diary/poll over a half hour before this one was posted, I expect that this one was derived from mine.

  by DocGonzo on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:03:04 PM PDT

  •  It's the Yin to Your Yang

    And I encourage folks to vote FOR their Daily Kos Representative in your diary.

    The two were close enough on the recent list (and there has been a long enough run of derivative diaries of late) that including a link didn't really seem necessary, but I'm glad it's here.

    by greenskeeper on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:08:59 PM PDT

•  why the hate for DHinMI? n/t

  by klugerEsel5 on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:05:15 PM PDT

  •  24 People at Last Count

    Eh, I can live with that.  

    One of my old bosses taught me that one of the ways you're judged in politics is by who your enemies are.  By that measure, I'm very fortunate I'm disliked by the people who dislike me.  

    by DHinMI on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:47:30 PM PDT

    •  Do you want me to vote for you? ;-) n/t

      by BarbinMD on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:04:27 PM PDT

      •  Well, You're Already Hatin' On the Flaming Lips

        You hate my music, why not just admit you hate me?

        by DHinMI on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:06:29 PM PDT

        •  Well

          I said I'd give them another chance, as long as that song wasn't their best...so I won't judge you by one song.  ;-)

          by BarbinMD on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:09:43 PM PDT

          •  Yeah, It's Not Their Best

            It was just on the jukebox.  

            I'll make you a disc next time you come in to town, because I'm that kind of hateful asshole.

            by DHinMI on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:13:56 PM PDT

            •  Why

              ...that's downright vicious.  Thanks!  

              by BarbinMD on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:17:19 PM PDT

    •  Dont know you, have read your work~

      I respect that your comment-

      

      Laugh, no matter what happens!

      by npbeachfun on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:22:05 PM PDT

  •  Gotta hate somthin'.

    by ablington on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:51:08 PM PDT

    •  'gotta nuke something' - nelson muntz

      by klugerEsel5 on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:17:48 PM PDT

•  oy..you go out to see Sicko and

  apparently come home to drama...

  by terrypinder on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:12:01 PM PDT

•  I would pull Metor Blades just because

  he was once a McGovernick. (snark)

  by jiacinto on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:32:28 PM PDT

•  And by the way

  I was just kidding in that last post. Even though I am not a contributor to the front I am surprised that no one has mentioned my name as being someone who "shouldn't represent Daily Kos".

  by jiacinto on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:35:45 PM PDT

•  I voted for DemfromCT because I want him to

  feel edgy and feared, poor guy.

  This is a horrible diary, by the way. Hey! lets also vote for the ugliest Kossack!

  by ablington on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:48:34 PM PDT

  •  This Diary is Tutti Frutti

    I wrote a better version of this diary one day short of two years ago that called for DemFromCT and Meteor Blades to be kicked off the island.

    This diary isn't even original; my diary was like a Little Richard recording, and this diary is a cover by Pat Boone.

    by DHinMI on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:55:27 PM PDT

    •  That's freaky, yo.

      I can't believe DemFromCT has had nearly 2 YEARS since then to establish himself as an asshole and he has blown every opportunity. I think Meteor Blades may have won, ultimately.

      DemFromCT is officially the nicest kossack. How does he love with himself? The vanilla, O the vanilla...

      by ablington on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 07:59:32 PM PDT

      •  But You Should Hear Him When He Thinks...

        ...nobody's listening; man the MOUTH on that guy!  He cusses like an classics professor!

        by DHinMI on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:04:18 PM PDT

        •  Bzzzzzzt! Classics professors curse, they ...

          ...do not cuss.

          by Meteor Blades on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:51:45 PM PDT

      •  How does he love with himself??

        by Elwood Dowd on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:04:50 PM PDT

        •  heh heh

          Oopsie. Same as everyone. I suppose.

          by ablington on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:05:27 PM PDT

      •  LOL

        I like vanilla.

        It's the hardest flavor to get right, so it's the best test of how good the ice cream really is.

        by DemFromCT on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:06:53 PM PDT

        •  NICELY put.

          by ablington on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:07:16 PM PDT

        •  But who knows how it's actually supposed to taste

          ?
          [Kos, give us a few more characters on the subject line.]

          by word is bond on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:45:29 PM PDT

          •  Potter Stewart had it right

            He knew it when he saw it. Same with the right way to do vanilla.

            by DemFromCT on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 04:29:04 AM PDT

            •  Makes sense

              for people who really get off on vanilla. I suspect I've only had the bowdlerized versions.

              by word is bond on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 07:47:01 AM PDT

              •  come to Connecticut

                in summer and get it off a farm. Many places around here make their own and don't cheat on the cream content.

                They make Haagen Dazs seem watery. ;-)