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Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:10:30 +0000

[...] matter when action was taken to cover up the story at an open community such as Daily Kos. Lee Stranahan has posted more today on how Kos not only acted to attempt to cover up the story, but how he was [...]

By: Toast

Toast — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:37:48 +0000

I don’t know about the “Greed” part, but you’re spot on with the “Groupthink” bit. Groupthink is the fucking Ebola virus that will kill the liberal blogosphere if we let it.

By: PJ

PJ — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:04:51 +0000

I have pretty much given up on Daily Kos. Yesterday they were salivating over the fact that Cindy McCain had seemingly lied about meeting Mother Teresa. Oh, the horror. I posted that was chicken feed next to John Edwards.

By: andy

andy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:28:39 +0000

“The commenter is right. I don’t belong in the Daily Kos community. I only wanted to be right. Guilty as charged. That’s exactly what I wanted. Now if only we can figure out what Daily Kos wants to be.”

He wants to be rich.

By: ProfJonathan

ProfJonathan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:57:21 +0000

As the person who “brought up unbanning” Stranahan, I remain saddened that the DKos community can’t see its own pettiness and weakness. That said, I find the site very useful, not so much for the back-and-forth discussion but for the many issues that are spotted first by DKos people. As with many other sources, one reads it for what it is, and discounts it for what it is as well. {ProfJonathan}

By: Lisa De Ritis

Lisa De Ritis — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:52:03 +0000

Lee,

I posted a diary on dKos today lamenting the fact that the John Edwards’ affair is about much more than infidelity; it is about the cover-up. I, too, predicted that this story will not die – it will help bury my Dems at the national elections in November. I WAS FLAMED!!!! Talk about breathing their own ether. This is all such a shame. I was a huge Edwards supporter going back to 2002. I believed his hype, and I gave til it hurt. Well, now I’m one pissed off Mohican. His entering the race when he did changed the entire Democratic political landscape. He took attention and funds away from Kucinich and Clinton. In any event, I fear we are heading for another fall, with Edwards frog-marching us towards a Republican victory.

By: TheBlaz

TheBlaz — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:44:37 +0000

That is pretty interesting, and gives me a bit to mull over.

The only think I’m convinced of is that you will not be unbanned.

And I think that’s a damn shame.

I’ll pop in here and there to say hi, and if I happen across your name on DK, I’ll be sure to put in a good word.

Not that it will matter.

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:27:34 +0000

Blaz,

The LA Times article makes Markos’ position REALLY clear – he’s never heard of me, he doesn’t care…

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/08/why-a-liberal-b.html

However, a quick look at Amazon page for his new book makes it crystal clear what is really going on…read who the review / forward is from…

http://www.amazon.com/Taking-System-Radical-Change-Digital/dp/0451225198/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218937925&sr=8-1

By: TheBlaz

TheBlaz — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:56:34 +0000

That is a shame as I feel apologies are due.

I’ve been banned from sites before (not DK, but MyDD twice and a couple smaller ones). First time I was banned from MyDD I got pissed, wrote about it on my old blog and on DK, etc etc.

Next time I got banned I just shrugged and haven’t gone back since.

/shrug

Who knows, maybe you can be unbanned. I have seen it happen multiple times. Write to him again, give it another shot.

If it happens, cool.

If not, then I’d be disappointed in the decision, like many should be.

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:03:30 +0000

Blaz,

For what it’s worth – I meant to say a couple of days ago that I felt I’d been too harsh on you personally. Yes, it does mean something that you showed up here to have a discussion.

The irony, of course, is that I can’t respond to the people who continue to attack me on DailyKos.