It's a new ad unit, so there were some technical problems (like the green background bleeding into the main content area making it impossible to read), but we think we got them all. If not, let us know (and include your OS, browser, and versions of both). We'll squash those bugs.
Advertising may be an evil, but it's a necessary one. For example, I'm proud of the fact that Daily Kos ran more polling than any other media organization in the 2008 election cycle, and we are running more polls in 2009 -- an off election year -- than we did in all of 2008. There's a reason media organizations don't do more polling -- because it's extremely expensive. Things like that, like our Electoral Scoreboard, like the forthcoming DK4, all of that costs a lot money (not to mention things like hosting), and the way we earn it here is via advertising. But for those of you offended by commercialism, you can always subscribe and view the site ad-free (lots of people swear by this). In the end, you get to make the call.
Update: Ha ha, from the comments, someone has already spoofed this.
And Jonah Goldberg is so stupid he falls for it.
Oh, and by the way, I was the person who forged Obama's birth certificate. There, I admit it! And no matter how obvious it is that I'm being sarcastic (like Ayers was), some dumbass conservative will likely fall for it. As Ron Chusid wrote:
The gullibility of conservatives, or more precisely their willingness to believe without bothering to fact check anything which confirms their biases, is amazing.
* By a 65%-28%, American support having U.S. troops “fight and possibly die” to eliminate the threat of terrorists operating out of Afghanistan. * But more Americans also don’t believe those efforts can succeed, 49%-38%. * And even though Americans believe that mission can’t be drawn to a successful conclusion, they still don’t think it’s shaping up as another Vietnam. Go figure. Indeed, judging by this poll the only thing Americans seem certain about when thinking about the Afghaninstan war is that they don’t want more troops sent. Only 38% support this position. And in general, they seem to want out: Nearly half — 49% — want to leave in one to two years, while only 30% want to stay as long as necessary.
Go figure.
Indeed, judging by this poll the only thing Americans seem certain about when thinking about the Afghaninstan war is that they don’t want more troops sent. Only 38% support this position. And in general, they seem to want out: Nearly half — 49% — want to leave in one to two years, while only 30% want to stay as long as necessary.
It's not an unreasonable position to hold. I hate the Taliban, think it's noble to fight them, but don't think we're doing much good in Afghanistan and should (mostly) withdraw, perhaps left to providing air and logistical support to the Afghan army.
[Barney] FRANK: You had control of the Congress. Why didn’t the Republican Congress act on it? [Paul] RYAN: I will have a moment of bipartisan of agreement. We should have fixed this under our watch and I’m frustrated we didn’t.
[Barney] FRANK: You had control of the Congress. Why didn’t the Republican Congress act on it?
[Paul] RYAN: I will have a moment of bipartisan of agreement. We should have fixed this under our watch and I’m frustrated we didn’t.