Okay, okay, I love the kos-race just as much as anyone. I've been reading blogs all day and discussing politics all day with my thankfully politics-obsessed BF. We've have tons of fun. We have fun here, especially reading about why Ron Paul is a kooklamatz and when people artfully skewer the traditional media and other beltway hacks.

But as we get closer to the Iowa caucuses, you guys seem (-sweeping generalization alert-) just go completely apesh*t and take it to an alternate universe of paranoia.

What's the fun in that?

My computer homepage when I log on, is Dkos. I was at the first Yearly Kos. Check out my user ID, please. I rubbed shoulders with Markos in Vegas. I came here in 03, a definite Deaniac.

But, seriously, nearly every rec'ed diary a candiate diary? Is this  I have fallen through the looking glass and ended up on an internet version of Hardball.

Please, stop it.

Stephen Harrison is a former Community board leader, an activist, and a lawyer. He is running against Vito Fosella, a rotten republican in the NY-13 - a New York City district that shouldn't have Republican representative since in is majority Democratic registration

There is a shift in the power base - Lamont, Tester, Winograd.....we are moving foward and we are going to take the democratic party with us.

But I am kind of standoffish in a crowd. I am concerned about going to Las Vegas and sitting in the seminars quietly and never speaking up or connecting with anyone.

And I think that I will not have as much fun in Las Vegas (outside the convention) if I am by myself.

I also wrote letters to every Dem member of the judiciary committee.

The theme I used in every contact is: Filibuster and my basic message is "Alito doesn't deserve to be on the supreme court of a country that loves liberty."

I am sure many of you have done the same and more.

I know, how can a borough like Brooklyn have such skeez as it's rep? Because my district. NY-13, is mostly Staten Island with a little sliver of southern Brooklyn.  Staten Island is filled SUV-driving, spiky-gel-haired homeowners.

In any event, I dutifully signed the petition and got to talking with a tabler and found that we both worked on Barbaro's campaign against Fosella in '04. Currently, no one is running against Fosella - Barbaro is in his 70s and enjoying retirement.

If I didn't have to work, for Pete's sake, I would. Can't the dems come up with someone? For right now, it is not to be.

I was only 30 letters sent, with 10 more in the oven, when the Alito hearings came to the fore and took precendence over this action.

I wrote 8 cards yesterday to the democratics senators on the judiciary committe. I have also (so far) called Lindsey Graham's office (barfarino), left a message for Harry Reid and spoke to a clerk in Biden's office.

I am writing about the outrageous criminal behavior committed by the president in violation of the fourth amendment. Below in a partial excerpt of my previous diary on the topic. I would love to have company in this project. Useless action? Maybe, but at least I can pretend a representative democracy exists for a litle while.

I have long admired the skillful organizers and "party people" here at DK. I've written my share of emails and have called my senators Schumer and Clinton more that once (and I;ve called others too, Durbin, Leahy, etc) I've called Democratic reps in congress too. Working for the Dean campaign I have also written a lot of letters. I don't know their effect, but with the illegal action of the President I feel I must do something.

This time I am going to be sending something to every single Democratic member of the House - damn the expense. That's right, ALL of them.

First, I am sending a handwritten notice containing two citations:

All I want for Christmas...?

For an atheist I have somewhat of a long list this year. My list has been pretty long for a while.

Peace is a pretty big thing, seldom embraced but much cherished, both private and communal peace. Not only are we killing people in an illegal and immoral war in Iraq every day, every hour, but we are torturing people all over the world. Our government is the agent of suffering and pain in the world. Our money, energy and most of the governments' collective will is focused to this end - the delivery of suffering.  War is unsubtle coercion - do what we want or we will kill or torture you and your family.

The American government is not an innocent body - how could it be, founded on two genocides? But the ideas of America were innocent.  We believed we are good, we do good, we embrace our individuality and want everyone to do the same, everybody gets a chance  to grab the gold ring.

This crony administration is the suckiest, crappiest, worst excuses for leadership in the whole fucking world.  

So the democratic strategery is to try and out-suckify?

The democratic idea on Iraq is not to attempt to lead?

And although I can put most of the absurdly disjointed response at Bush's feet - what of the Democrats? Bill Clinton in some motherfucking oval office photo-op with the Bushes?

Give me a goddamn break.

We need a leader, someone who can comfort the frightened, organize what is needed, and lead the gulf coast during this trying time.

"Bush flew to DC in the middle of the night to sign legislation on Terri Shiavo.

He can't go four miles down the road and talk to Cindy?"

http://www.davidsirota.com

I know some think this is dreadful disloyalty to the party (Bimini cat-fight anyone?) but I am pleased that someone has actually gone through the votes and congressional rules to identify those most rotten.

We know Kossians lean Dean. That is obvious, if nothing else is. Dean has a lot of defenders around here, and since dailyKos is known for it's deanizens, anti-Dean trolls like to stop and drop a few of their little dung balls here and there.

I also have to acknowlege the democrats who are, shall I say, a little squeamish when it comes to truths the Governor is wont to bring forth, now and again.

You know who you are: corporate lobbyist ass-kissers, inside the Beltway buttheads, stammering, cringing, crying assholes.

I mean, the Democratic Party wimps.

Howard Dean is the only thing keeping me on this listing, sagging, ship.

After Kerry wimped out on the election, and after Democrats wavered and wondered about  Rice, Abu Gonzales, Bolton, Terry Shiavo (JESUS, they couldn't even pull it together with 80% of America one side of the issue!)....