Markos On MTP: DailyKos, Like Democracy, Is Messy

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Sunday August 12, 2007 · 8:00 AM PDT

2007/08/12 · 08:00

Watching Markos on Meet the Press this morning, I see the mainstream -- both the press and the old school Democrats characterize DailyKos as though it is the editorial page of a newspaper and that each one of us shares everyone else's opinion.

DailyKos is not a newspaper. The views expressed here do not necessarily represent the founder, the posters, or the lurkers. They are the opinions of the individual.

Yet they continue to attack Markos because someone made a mean remark about someone else.

Why can't they understand that?

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Monday July 23, 2007 · 7:42 AM PDT

2007/07/23 · 07:42

Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R, MI-09) is using tax dollars to fund his campaign -- and no one seems to care.

In another example of how Joe Knollenberg wastes your tax dollars, he has hired a Washington, D.C. lobbyist, Trent Wisecup, as his Chief of Staff -- even though all he is doing is running Knollenberg's re-election campaign. Knollenberg has not only put this lobbyist on the public payroll, but he has been paying him an enormous salary -- $39,957 in just the first 3 months of the year!!!

The good folks at VoteNoOnJoe, a Congressional tracking blog, already documented how Knollenberg has wasted tax dollars on earmarks (like the one where he gave $8 million to his biggest campaign donor) and how he spends tax dollars to frank his campaign mailers.

Wait, it gets worse....

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Wednesday February 14, 2007 · 11:18 PM PST

2007/02/14 · 23:18

Bush's failed experiment in "bringing Democracy" to Iraq has failed on another level -- it has resulted in 3 of the largest nations to join together to offset what they see as U.S. assertions of Imperial Power.

In their distorted view of the world, Bush, Cheney, and their team of neocons thought they could play Lex Luther and try to rule the world. Of course, they saw themselves as benevolent masters. The rest of the world sees them as tyrants.

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Monday February 05, 2007 · 10:13 PM PST

2007/02/05 · 22:13

It is frustrating watching the Senate get bogged down by hypocritical Republican's who are afraid to take a position.

Rather than ask the Senate to vote on a Resolution opposing Bush's escalation in Iraq, they should hold a vote on a Resolution supporting Bush's escalation.

How could the Republican's possibly filibuster a Resolution that asked them whether they support the White House?

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Wednesday January 24, 2007 · 7:40 PM PST

2007/01/24 · 19:40

It is starting.

I can feel it.

I think the SOTU last night was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.

Without any prominent Democratic members of Congress uttering the word, there is a wave coming."

Most Republicans are disturbed by the crisis into which their party has been dragged . . .

Conservatives . . . have been especially troubled.

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SOTU: Bush's "Bold New Plan" is Old & Tired (w/ Link to WH SOTU Policy Initiatives Paper)

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Tuesday January 23, 2007 · 1:00 PM PST

2007/01/23 · 13:00

Apparently the WH is hoping people will be talking about the President's Bold New Plan tomorrow.

If it is anything like they are leaking, it nothing but the same old tired and failed policies he has been proposing.

Here is a link to the WH Bullet Points for the 2007 SOTU

HoHum. I'm bored with it already.

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Wednesday January 17, 2007 · 8:37 AM PST

2007/01/17 · 08:37

President George W. Bush and his Vice President Dick Cheney have been telling the public all week that the President is the Commander in Chief and that he has the authority to do whatever he chooses with the military.

Our Founding Fathers disagree. In fact they were very careful not to vest such authority in the Executive Branch.

Perhaps someone in Congress would be so kind as to raise this point -- to the President and to the American Public.

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Tuesday January 16, 2007 · 1:01 PM PST

2007/01/16 · 13:01

If Civilization is Really At Risk, Are Bush, Cheney & The Neocons the Only People "Smart" Enough to Realize it?

Bush has been telling us for years that the "War on Terrror" – of which he purports to distortedly think Iraq is a component – is a war for the survival of civilization.

If we were truly engaged in a war for the survival of civilization as we know it, wouldn’t we all be willing to do everything necessary to preserve it? And wouldn’t our allies do the same?

If we were truly engaged in a war for the survival of civilization as we know it, why is this something only believed by Bush, Cheney, and their cabal of neocons?

If we were truly engaged in a war for the survival of civilization as we know it, wouldn’t the evidence be so overwhelming that the American public would be clamoring for action?

Wouldn’t citizens of the UK, France, Germany, and all other western countries be jumping on board to protect civilization?

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Saturday January 13, 2007 · 9:19 PM PST

2007/01/13 · 21:19

Even When Bush Listens He Doesn't Listen

His advisors must think he has dropped their call. They advise and he ignores.

While listening to George W. Bush’s speech last week, I was trying to figure out who it was that devised the plan that he has adopted. It didn’t sound like the plan from the Pentagon or the Iraq Study Group (ISG). In fact, it sounded more like "stay the course" plus 21,500 troops.

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Wednesday January 10, 2007 · 6:22 PM PST

2007/01/10 · 18:22

Senator Reid released a letter in response to Bush's speech:

Four years into what has become a civil war in Iraq, military leaders and the nation agree: the time has come to transition our military mission, responsibly redeploy our troops, and end our open-ended commitment. As Americans await President Bush's announcement of a plan for Iraq tonight, they do so having already heard many promises. Here are some of the things Americans have heard him say in past prime time addresses.

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Wednesday November 29, 2006 · 7:18 PM PST

2006/11/29 · 19:18

Thursday's London Times is reporting that President Bush routinely ignored UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's efforts to influence US policy.

Blair must realize this already. Certainly the average Brit has known it for years.

This wasn't really a secret, but I think it was unspoken until now. It must be quite a slap in the face to Tony Blair.

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Saturday November 18, 2006 · 2:10 PM PST

2006/11/18 · 14:10

Impeachment is wrong.
Investigation is good.

Please note that based on the information available, I think Bush has probably broken numerous laws (e.g., warrantless wiretapping, authorizing torture, etc.) and I strongly believe that his view of Presidential authority is unconstitutional.

But the Republican's haven't run Congress for the last 12 years and the White House for the last 6 years by chance. They plan. They run their party like a business. They have everything from 72 hour plans up to 10 year plans (and probably longer.)

If we plan and we play this right, we can use the Democratic Majority in Congress to win a bigger majority in 2008 and to guarantee the White House in 2008.

But if talk about "impeachment" then we will fall right into a Republican trap. They are dying to run in 2008 arguing that they are going to protect the US while Democrats want to weaken our security and are just being obstructionists and playing partisan games.

If we do this right, by 2008 the public will be demanding impeachment. Read More

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