Special News Bulletin: YearlyKos Welcomes Another Candidate to Groundbreaking Leadership ForumA "respected blogger"? Isn't that, like, an oxymoron?The YearlyKos Convention team is pleased to welcome Senator Hillary Clinton to the second annual, historic gathering of the netroots in Chicago this August. Clinton joins Senators Edwards, Obama, Dodd, and Governor Bill Richardson as a participant in the first ever collaborative presidential forum with both a respected blogger(Joan McCarter of DailyKos) and a leading member of the traditional media (Matt Bai of The New York Times Magazine) as moderators, with author and blogger Dr. Jeffrey Feldman facilitating questions from attendees.
The short history of Kosnikia provides a really brilliant, crisp case-study in the operation of the Democratic Party as a engine of co-optation. Matt Bai! When he shows up, you know the vultures have stopped circling -- they've landed and begun to dine.
Comments (9)
Already looking forward to your coverage of the vulturefest.
Posted by sk | July 13, 2007 2:41 PM
Posted on July 13, 2007 14:41
Kos has joined the big-time sellouts?
You mean, like, just now, today?
Hell, I thought they always were, just as a matter of principle (or, in their case, lack of principle).
Posted by Mike Flugennock | July 13, 2007 3:32 PM
Posted on July 13, 2007 15:32
Always a sellout, but arguably only now has he reached the big time.
Posted by MJS | July 13, 2007 3:44 PM
Posted on July 13, 2007 15:44
Anyone read the latest installment of Bill Blum's anti-empire report?
http://members.aol.com/bblum6/aer47.htm
some juicy stuff on hillary...the latest counterpunch newsletter had some interesting hillary history too. if anyone is interesting in reading it, i can forward the pdf of it (although i'm sure Cockburn and St. Clair will publish it on the site soon enough).
Posted by tim d | July 13, 2007 3:56 PM
Posted on July 13, 2007 15:56
Well of course Hilary is one of the 'serious' candidates.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2007/07/edwards_clinton.html
Posted by Tim M | July 14, 2007 2:35 AM
Posted on July 14, 2007 02:35
Mistah Smiff writes:
A "respected blogger"? Isn't that, like, an oxymoron?
Actually, no.
What an oxymoron is is someone who, during the birthing process, has their throat tangled so tightly in the umbilical that the oxygen flow to the brain is partially constricted, rendering them hopelessly stupid -- that is, a moron.
Many of these oxymorons, however, have gone on to fill useful roles in society, such as CEOs and roundtable talk-show pundits.
Posted by Mike Flugennock | July 14, 2007 8:11 AM
Posted on July 14, 2007 08:11
Dare I fantasize that some version of "The Dean Scream" will occur at this year's junket ? Taking down not only Hillthatcher, but Kos' empire, too ?
I just want it all to irrevocably collapse beneath the little turd and his repugnant minions ("McJoan," the "respected blogger," etc.) before he has a chance to sell it to MSM or whomever for mega-bucks. Then he can return to selling p*rn* sites for a living-- a much more suitable career for him than political analysis has been, or could ever be...
Posted by ms_xeno | July 14, 2007 4:41 PM
Posted on July 14, 2007 16:41
Yes, porn is KO$' natural milieu. He certainly wasn't sharp enough to cut it with the republicans and he's little more than a useful idiot with the dems.
Posted by AlanSmithee | July 15, 2007 12:19 AM
Posted on July 15, 2007 00:19
gang
why the special anima/animus
toward the kosbots ??
are they not exposed enough already ??
i agree we all can never get enough
of the nixon of Democracy ...mother clinton
she is
that ultimate
heavy bag
always worth a thump or two
but kos and comapny ???
i suggest we leave em be
let 'em subside
into their own acids
no one envies them
their post crest moments eh ??
lets move on to the next dot com
let em
bubble and boil
down to broth
un watched and
un-escorted
let us aim our precious
razz-berries else where
Posted by op | July 16, 2007 8:37 AM
Posted on July 16, 2007 08:37