That Kos/Armstrong fiasco
I’m with R. Mildred:
That Kos is even giving the story time of day is fucking diabolical, considering the only interesting thing about the whole armstrong thingie is not that Armstrong actually shilled stocks for cash, the interesting thing is that A) It wasn?t a huge fucking shock (?Major democratic party blogger used to be a con man for big business? should be a scandal of some kind, if you think about it, but isn?t because it?s armstrong, who is an already proudly out member of the paid-for-dem-hack community), and of course B) That Kos apparently thinks that there is nothing wrong with doing this, like Armstrong is being called on smoking pot in college or something actually minor, this man lied to trusting internet denizens so that they?d basically pump money into his bank account. This puts him on the same level as nigerian scam artists (so if armstrong ever starts a fundraiser to get a trapped Kossack astronaut down from a secret Democratic Party manned satellite, don?t believe him).
For someone connected with a major money funnel for the Democratic Party, that should be a fucking huge thing, and Kos should be either flipping out and making assurance to the dem supporters that everything is kosher with Dkos fund raising activities (think about it, DKos raised a few million during ?04 for kerry, who exactly would realise if a few thousand here and there was diverted from a future campaign? A thought that wasn?t really thinkable until it turns out that we?re dealing with someone who was making a killing as a paid for liar in ?03) or saying absolutely nothing until the case is over and armstrong can defend himself.
What did Kos actually do though? Pretends it isn?t a big deal, makes it into a big deal, states that armstrong cannot make a comment because the case is ongoing, poo-poos and flings insults left and right as though he?s john snow or something, and fianlly gets outraged that someone in his little E-masonic lodge leaked an email. This is a man who?s acting so much like a repug who?s covering for something that one cannot help but wonder if something else is really going on. Which of course is really fucking helped by an inexplicable seKret Kossian Kabal leaking all over the show.