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Democrat Fratricide: Kos slams Obama!
'Kos' himself, writing to his legions of loyal 'Kos Kiddies,' at 'Daily So many of you are upset that I pulled back my credit card last night, making a last minute decision to hold back on a $2,300 contribution to Obama. Let me explain further: . . . First, he reversed course and capitulated on FISA, not just turning back on the Constitution, but on the whole concept of 'leadership'. 'It is as the Prophet Olberman said: Obama has sinned! Sinned!' Personally, I like to see presidents who 1) lead, and 2) uphold their promises to protect the Constitution. 'Except Bush, that is!' Then, he took his not-so-veiled swipe at MoveOn in his 'patriotism' speech. 'Traitor! MoveOn is dissenting, and dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Therefore, to oppose MoveOn is to commit treason!' Finally, he reinforced right-wing and media talking points that Wes Clark had somehow impugned McCain's military service when, in reality, Clark had done no such thing. 'Not that there's anything wrong with impugning military service--heck, I do it all the time m'self!--but . . . hey, wait a minute! Let me think about that one. I'll get back to you on that. . . . Gawdahmnit, painted myself into another corner again! . . .' Maybe what looks like cowering to me is really part of that 'moving to the center' stuff everyone keeps talking about. But there is a line between 'moving to the center' and stabbing your allies in the back out of fear of being criticized. And, of late, he's been doing a lot of unecessary stabbing, betraying his claims of being a new kind of politician. Not that I ever bought it, but Obama is now clearly not looking much different than every other Democratic politician who has ever turned his or her back on the base in order to prove centrist bona fides. 'Nooooo! Kos has denied The Obama!' 'Kos is a blasphemer!' 'Kos is a closet RethugliKKKan!' 'UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!' That's not an indictment, just an observation. Now we see the masterful Kos demonstrate his mad coalition-building skillz: Now I know there's a contingent around here that things Obama can do no wrong, and he must never be criticized, and if you do, well fuck you! I respect the sentiment, but will respectfully disagree. 'When I said 'F--- you!' I meant that respectfully.' We're allowed to do that here. 'Except for Republicans, Catholics, Christers, Freepers, LGF-ers, Jew Lieberman and his Mossad masters, Cindy Sheehan, extra-chromosome Bush-loving redneck idiots (all 62 million of 'em), the fascist goons serving in AmeriKKKa's racist army of occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, and anyone who dares transgress the sacred name of Ned Lamont (PBUH). They all get banned and their comments get deleted.' But fair notice -- I will never pull a Rush Limbaugh and carry water for anyone. Not for the Democratic Congress, and not for our future Democratic president. As a matter of logic, Kos is now compelled to demonstrate his independence from the Dem establishment by endorsing John McCain. Of course, when did logic ever apply to Kos? Posted by: Mike 2008-07-02 |
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