I'm not one to lurk on right wing websites. Not enough soap in the house to get the filth off.
But when a friend who likes to waste time on read Fark.com sent a link to "The 10 Worst Quotes/Excerpts From The Daily Kos For 2008" with the editorial addition "BOY YOU KOS GUYS ARE STUPID", I had to peek at what the stink was about.
Turns out it was comic gold. Join me below the fold to see what was found by the epic fail-master who begins thusly:
America's biggest, most influential, and kookiest blog is the Daily Kos and so, obviously, the blog deserves its own set of "worst of" quotes...
Democratic members of Congress post on the blog, Democratic presidential contenders cater to them, and Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas is considered to be a mainstream figure amongst Democrats.
Here is the wingnut's attempt to legitimize his claims-
As you read these quotes, keep in mind that all of them come from the Daily Kos diarists, not from the commenters.
As usual, there is no there there. Not only are none of the quotes from the front page, but all but one the diaries failed to make the rec list. Most got the low impact rating that equates with "IGNORED".
Congrats to Inky99 & Lithium Cola for the dubious honor of making the list this year.You join such other respected dKos diarists as Granny Doc, Cenk Uygur, One Pissed Off Liberal & snafubar who have made this list in years past with such "kookie" quotes as this:
And as the fish rots from the head, I propose we start by demanding that the criminal Bush administration be investigated and brought to justice for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- OPOL
Send him to the funny farm! Suggesting war criminals be prosecuted is the wild rating of the certifiable!
Since the Lithium Cola is the only writer who is now a front page editor, let's re-visit his recommended diary.
You Americans work longer than anyone, pay all these taxes, make all these robots, and then not only don't you sit on your ass, but you get mad when anyone else does. You're fucking crazy.
Oh, what's that at the end?
The above is an embellished version of something a Canadian friend said to me recently. It was such a strange thing to my American ears, and yet seemed so obviously correct, that I thought I would pass it along.
That Canadian Socialist sure is nutty isn't he? You can sure see why the virulently anti-Socialism candidate in the Presidential race last year garnered over 32% of the electoral college vote! I guess the wingnut didn't feel that this was, in fact, a transcript of sorts was worth mentioning.
Here's my brief reply to explain the reason this wingnut has failed so inexorably:
When in fact (at the time) NONE of the quotes listed are from "Writers". Since then, the 1st person has been promoted to a "writer" (front page editor), and I don't see much wrong with his quote.
The other people, except for one, are people who don't post often, whose diaries get almost no "recs" (our forum's method of showing 'worthiness'). On a user-moderated, open-forum site, these quotes could very easily be added by moles or other morans from the right wing website that is claiming to "monitor" Daily Kos.
In conclusion, BillO the clown and other troglodytes can keep trying to discredit the journalism done here, but their pathetic efforts will continue to be exposed as just that. Let us hope they keep trying to show how crazy we are. In the end, well...