INDCJournal: Kos and the DNCC

July 23, 2004

Kos and the DNCC

Posted by Bill

In the wake of my DNCC disinvite, I've done interviews with CBS Marketwatch, AP, NYT, Wash Times and others. In every interview, I've made sure to mention the fact that the Dems are holding forth Kos as their convention-blogging poster boy, even though he was very publicly delinked from the Kerry campaign web site after his disturbing "Screw Them" comments regarding the private security contractors that were killed and horrifically dismembered in Fallujah last March.

Well thankfully, James Taranto and some others have picked up the ball and run with the story. In Kos's dishonor, let's take a stroll down memory lane and look at some previous INDC blogging that took place during the heart of the scandal ...

E-Mailing Kos: Part 1 (Successful attempt at dialogue)

E-Mailing Kos: Part 2 (Unsuccessful attempt at dialogue)

Open Season (Gloves off)

INDC Presents Heroes of the Fifth Column: Markos Moulitsas Z�niga (INDC Cartoon)

Delusional, Messianic Ass**** Watch (Fisking of creepy messiah/victim complex)

My brief involvement in the scandal (getting Kos to e-mail me back) was my first blogospheric break. Enjoy.

(Thanks to readers madmark and Toby for pointing me to the Taranto piece)

UPDATE: And no, none of the media outlets were interested in the Kos link (perhaps the WaTimes reporter, haven't seen his article yet). The NYT reporter predictably answered enthusiastically "Oh yeah, I know Kos!" Why, of course you do ...

Posted by Bill at July 23, 2004 09:06 AM | TrackBack (1)

Comments

You didn't answer the most important question.

Did any of those media outlets mention on air or in a story the dKOS/Kerry link?

Posted by: Marc at July 23, 2004 10:15 AM

see update

Posted by: Bill from INDC Journal at July 23, 2004 10:23 AM

Dude,
What is really interesting about this is what it reveals about the young staffers who really make these decisions. So, they probably read Comrade Kos on a regular basis....meaning, their worldview is influenced by it...and these people will eventually get jobs in a Kerry administration....see where this is going?

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at July 23, 2004 11:14 AM

It's not too interesting ... rather predictible, raelly. If I told you that the surface of the sun was really, really hot, you shouldn't be all that surprised.

Posted by: Bill from INDC Journal at July 23, 2004 11:36 AM