Markos - Dems are "Idiots" To go on FNC

Politico ^ | 4/29/08 | Michael Calderone

[GPSkins]

With two big Fox News interviews this week--Obama/ Wallace last Sunday, and Clinton/ O'Reilly this Wednesday--progressive Democrats aren't likely to be pleased that the party's candidates are spending so much time on Rupert Murdoch's cable network.

So right after the news broke of Clinton's upcoming appearance on "The O'Reilly Factor," I caught up with Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas to get his take.

"Democrats are being idiotic by going on that network," Moulitsas said by phone. "It’s the sort of stupidity you’re not going to see from John McCain."

Indeed, Moulitsas said that Daily Kos is a site that's hostile to Republicans in the same way that he believes Fox News is toward Democrats. And Moulitsas added that starting something like Chris Wallace's "Obama Watch," wouldn't work on the Republicans.

"You think if I started taunting McCain he’d go on Daily Kos," he asked? "Of course not."

"Clinton going on O’Reilly, at the end of the day, shows she’ll do anything in the pursuit of power," Moulitsas said. "It’s an ugly trait."

(Not surprisingly, Wallace offered me the opposite take last December).

[GPSkins]

Ha! The Jeremiah Wright of the NutRoots speaks! What a joke...

[hsalaw]

"You think if I started taunting McCain he’d go on Daily Kos," he asked? "Of course not."

Even McCain's not crazy enough to deal with those loonies at the Kos. At least I hope he's not.

[Paladin2]

BOR’s an idiot.

[obamahorror]

dailykooks are jealous. Clinton has abandoned them long time ago since they were clearly in tank with Obama; Obama is now on the verge of abandoning them since he believes they have no choice to stick with him, and he needs to go after moderates/conservatives.

Markos is going to do a Dean scream soon.

[FreedomPoster]

2nd that. I quit watching long ago, when his head expanded to a size that the studio could no longer accommodate.

[enough_idiocy]

He’s a bit full of himself, and of his rocker, to compare his site to Foxnews. Professional journalists from both sides of the political aisle with top ratings v. a deranged hyperbiased clown and a computer.

[Mygirlsmom]

Even McCain's not crazy enough to deal with those loonies at the Kos. At least I hope he's not.

Oh, I don't know...sometimes I think McCain believes his version of the "Republican tent" is big enough even for loons like KOS--everybody's welcome doncha know!

[John Jorsett]

My fondest wish is for the Democrats to take every piece of advice DailyKos offers.

[Doug Loss]

Moulitsas seems to think his vitriol-filled rant site is somehow equivalent to a major international news organization. Just more evidence that he’s not able to recognize reality. CNN, MSNBC, maybe lefty equivalents to FNC. DailyKos? Not even close.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"It’s the sort of stupidity you’re not going to see from John McCain."

Juan's kept more than busy enough, 24/7, fumblingly attempting to deal with his own unique, signature sorts of stupidity, thanks all the same for asking. ;)

[y6162]

“Markos is going to do a Dean scream soon.”

It’s true. All the money that the nutroots poured into Obambi is going up in smoke as he implodes. Moreover, when Clinton wins, Kos is going to have no influence.

All that George Soros money down the drain again. tsk tsk...

[philled]

Hillary was even on the Bob and Tom show this morning. She must be desperate! She actually started out sounding human and a little bit funny but quickly got into downplaying expectations of the next President because of all that they were going to be "left with".

She had one statement that I found very interesting. She commented that the next President would have to focus on "ending the war in Iraq and winning the war in Afghanistan".

I always found it ironic that Obambi was going to sit down and talk with Ahmanutjob and other anti-American despots but wouldn't talk to anyone at FOXNews. I thought it was because he was afraid that people would actually see him- as opposed to going on the other cable news networks.

[MartinStyles]

I really doubt more than 5% of the USA has heard of dailykos.. And he’s saying.. um, that he’s comparable to Foxnews in stature somehow?

[MurryMom]

Deadliest month in Iraq all year; president acknowledges he approved torture; economy getting worse as more people lose their homes to foreclosure -- forget all that.

The out-of-context quotes from a black preacher and pictures of a scantily clad Miley Cyrus, that's what matters to the sheeple.

[MrB]

Does Markos make anyone else’s gaydar go off?

Hey, by the way, what are you going to do with your screen name if obama loses either the nomination or the general?

Just curious.

[safeasthebanks]

And which party has been in control of Congress for more that a year now?!?!??!

[Mr. Lucky]

Would you be kind enough to place the words of the black preacher in their proper context, please?

[y6162]

“The out-of-context quotes from a black preacher and pictures of a scantily clad Miley Cyrus, that’s what matters to the sheeple. “

Well furry, you don’t mind if we try to win do you?

Obambi needs to explain why he was a member of Wright’s church for 20 years and only now denounces his left wing, racist, anti American views. Could it be he’s an opportunist, showing one face to blacks and another to whites?