| Submit your comments on this article |
| Fifth Column |
| Kos Make the Washington Examiner |
| 2005-08-18 |
| I tried to post this yesterday, but their electronic version was not up to date. Pretty short,the whole thing is here. Note the condecending terms for our President and leaders. Ah, the left at its' most ...well, you know. Those who post at the left-wing Daily Kos Web site, the most visited political blog on the Internet, don't officially speak for Democrats, of course. But if you're a liberal and you want red meat, it's the place to go. Unfortunately for liberals, you can find the worst of liberalism there, too. Consider this excerpt from a post by "dataguy" — not just a "troll" writing something provocative, but a longtime contributor to the site. Saturday morning he posted a rather cold-blooded PR plan for getting the most political mileage out of protester Cindy Sheehan, the mother of fallen Army Specialist Casey Sheehan. Does the authentic voice of the left belong to "dataguy" or is he an outlier? Dozens posted comments at Daily Kos supporting the plan, while only a few condemned it. Does that matter? You be the judge: "Framing Cindy Sheehan — we are making errors" (excerpt) - "We are making errors with references to Cindy Sheehan. What are we trying to accomplish with promoting her? ... Relate her vigil over her dead son to universal archtypes [sic] of all vigils over dead children killed by dictatorial rulers throughout all history." - "We should call her ‘Mother Sheehan.' We should never call her Cindy; ... ‘Mother Sheehan' is her title ... She is not a person now, she is a mother ... who has been wronged by state power." - "We should use the word ‘useless' frequently. The death of her son is a useless sacrifise [sic], done for the vanity of the ruler." - "We should not use the name of her son. Her son is a symbol of all sons who have been sacrificed for this useless and criminal war." - "If there are any persons who are theatre professionals at the Sheenan [sic] vigil, they should arrange things much more theatrically." - " ... [H]ave her talk only through a spokesperson. In particular, I would not allow her to argue with critics, and would allow no critics to approach her ... If lesser emissaries from the ruler arrive (C Rice, etc), these should not be allowed to speak to Mother Sheehan." |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #6 Isn't the Washington Examiner the one that is delivered daily, free. Talk about not being able to give it away. No one picks it up except to put in the trash. I thought about calling the police to complain about the daily litter...but I've got better things to do. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-08-18 21:12 |
| #5 About half of the web traffic at Kos is Conservatives checking out the latest conspiracy theories. I myself visit two or three left wing sites and also post on one called the Left Coaster just about every day. Mostly I challenge them to prove their LLL conspiracy theories (which they can’t). It’s fun throwing a verbal grenade or some red meat and watching them scurry. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-08-18 18:27 |
| #4 LOL Shipman. I was wondering how teh filthy mouth of this tool could make it in to a paper. Now I know. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-08-18 17:46 |
| #3 Momma Cindy's Baby Killer Died for Naught In Haliburtons' Oil War, Fightin for the Man and Stealing Food from Fly Specked Arab Babies. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-18 16:57 |
| #2 Ah, Framing. Wish Ambrose Bierce were alive today; he'd have yet another entry for the Devil's Dictionary. However, I will attempt to channel him.... Framing - presenting one's political views in a fresh manner in the hope that the listener will be run over by a passing bus and thus be rendered unable to vote against one's candidate of choice. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2005-08-18 16:52 |
| #1 Actually, it should read Kos Makes the Daily Examiner, as in, made it into .... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-08-18 14:46 |