He's calling HER an insecure catty bitch? Pot, meet kettle.

Well, he's not the first...

(Hey, Fnarf... send me an email at the Stranger. Someone wants to send you something—something nice.)

You get the awesomeness prize, Fnarf! Way to go!

Audience is not influence.

Let's hold off on the "awesomeness prize" until we see what it is. "Nice" can mean a lot of different things around here!

Dowd is among the best reads in America.... on any given day.

Kos feels like the Britannia with a grad school chorus. looking for a good grade, chiming in.

Oh yeah, lots of clicks might mean lots of clicks ....

Kos' last name for second reference is Moulitsas, not Zuniga. Please fix it. Thanks.

Hey trustafarian, what's wrong with being rich? Lots of people in Seattle and in the United States worked hard for their millions. It's a naive worldview to blame rich Americans for everything. So what if you use your trustfund to start a band, an art project, a blog, whatever. So what? Saying rich Americans are to blame is worse than sour grapes, it's stupid.

Ivan: On the cover of his book his full name is given as Markos Moulitsas Zuniga. But you're right, Moulitsas does seem to be the last name he's using these days, so I've fixed it. Thanks.

There's nothing wrong with the rich. Its just that from time to time, they need to be eaten.

That little blogger prick Ari Melber comes from one of the richest families in Seattle. Typical Garfield High liberal, rich family wants their kids to experience "diversity" so they don't send them to private school, but clog up a public school with their yuppie larva.

What's that on the cart whizzing by in the background behind Markos? Food service? Cleaning supplies? What was the glamorous location of your interview with Markos?

Nice work on the photos, by the way. Now that you've delivered Arianna, let me suggest your next targets: Arianna and Maureen in the same frame; an actual cat fight between Markos and Maureen (extra points if there are slot machines in the background); a self-portrait (don't be shy).

Eli:

FYI, Moulitsas isn't the "last name he's using," it *is* his last name.

The formal usage in Spanish-speaking countries is the person's first name, then his father's last name, then his mother's last name. In those countries, they use both.

Kos' father's last name is Moulitsas, and his mother's last name is Zuniga. It's a common misunderstanding. I hope this clears it up. Thanks for fixing it.

Eli -- Insecure catty bitch that he is, its not unusual for Moulitsas to go ballistic on anyone who calls him 'Zuniga'.

In fact, it may be a good way to see the real Moulitsas!

I won't claim to know him well, but I'd wager that I know him better than any of you. He's a decent guy and has done a lot for the liberal cause and for liberal bloggers (even those who aren't diaryists at his site.)

You might disagree with his politics, but he's a good guy.

Like, who cares?

What is not to love about a talented young rad fag - pushing good politics up the righ wing's ass?

Love them ALL by any name.

This is politcal warfare, not proofing wedding invitations .... Go Kosites ....
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"(Pol) Pot, meet kettle."

Thanks Eli. I think it is important for the "newsies" to uderstand that what they don't report, we will. It's almost as if they are getting paid for not reporting. Odd huh. I do it for free.

"Rad fag?"

Dumbass... "Audience is not influence."

You're right. I'd say that many of us bloggers have much greater influence than our mere audience numbers would suggest. Including Markos.

Thanks for clearing things up.

I agree with not one position that either Markos holds. That said he is a far more interesting read than Madame Dowd ever was or is. Dowd is nothing more than a low rent dorothy parker. nothing more pathetic than an aging ingenue.

Given his attitude there is only one phrase apt enough for the mighty oversold and underperforming Kos:

Screw him.

Uh, there is a whole element that's missing from this conversation and that's that he had to pull out the tired old "atty bitch" insult reserved for women every where who don't agree with men who chose to use it. Lame. Now, if he called Byron York an insecure, catty bitch, I'd be mollified.

Hi ! Your site is very interesting. Thank you.

Influence and Dowd aside, does anyone care that Dailykos.com has a hideous layout? It's hard to appreciate the content when it's presented as vomit.

Damn, lots of catty bitches on this blog.

I totally don't believe that this is what Markos said. Do you have a tape?? I certainly hope so, because without it, I think you may have just started a fight for your credibility.

OK. Considering that Markos apparently said he would expound on his site, it should be pretty darn easy to see if he backs the story posted here. "IB," that should answer your question, and you should look for that before you "impeach" the credibility of this blogger here, Eli Sanders.

As for Dowd, she wasn't very harsh at all, if anything she admired the drive of these folks to break out into the media. If that gets people ripped, it will be hard for this crowd to find allies.

IB: Kos recently wrote about the comment on his site, here:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/6/14/17485/8292

Ivan:

What a pedantic, pretentious person you are...and so is Markos, for that matter.

If you two insist on invoking obscure (in this country), elitist, 'age-old' Spanish-language naming conventions as a means of showing your esoteric linguistic knowledge, you're pathetic.

You two can both insist, as is your right, that Markos be called whatever he wants, tho frankly I have to wonder what *your* obsession is with the matter. But that's all you can do--insist.

Arrogant asses.

I'm crying a tear in my beer for you, ken.

People named Eli are fucking badass.

I'd totally bang Maureen Dowd until her hips shatter.

That's all.

Slinkybender, are you married? Do you have a gorgeous, hot wife and an adorable baby boy? Kos has all of the above. Do you have a relationship with a female of any species whatsoever?

In other words, project much?

Irony, anyone?

"So the bad side-effect of the YearlyKos convention is dealing with the media hordes who can't understand that this movement truly is leaderless. It doesn't fit any of their pre-existing biases and frames, so I have to be the 'leader' of this 'cult'. Or something like that."

("Pay no attention to the fact that it's called 'Yearly Kos.' That's just a strange coincidence. Has nothing to do with me. Nuh-uh.")

...I have a few pre-existing media obligations to finish off (the book tour really eliminated my ability to say "no" for a long time), then I'm going dark for a while. At least that is the hope. The media glare is not something I crave."

("Media obligations" and "book tour" being completely out of the "glare," you understand.)

Narcissist. Big baby.

"Catty bitch" is too flattering a term for Kos. He thinks he's breaking barriers and helping the liberal cause, but he's an apologist hack and a whiny titty-baby who can dish it out but can't take it. Of course, I'm only saying this a member of the sanctimonious women's studies set, so what do I know?

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Maureen Dowd is a glorified gossip columnist wasting valuable NYT real estate space. She is basically Wonkette, without the dirty words.

Ken,

I don't see how Ivan or Markos are elitist for following Spanish and Latin American custom that honors both parents. This is not an elitist practice in Latin America at all. It's been by most people for generations. Instead, you seem elitist by believing that everyone should follow the rules you perceived as normal.

George gets it.

Catty Bitch, let me interrupt your hissy fit long enough to spell it out for you. The name of the conference was decided by the volunteer planning committee, who then asked Kos's permission to use a variation of the website name (where, after all, most of us met online -- or maybe we should have called it YearlyCattyBitch, just to make you happy?)

And Kos went on a book tour! Heavens to Betsy! What a concept! It's like no one else who, like, wrote a book has ever done that before.

Really, jealousy does not become you.

And Banjo, evidently slinkybender thought it important enough to point out first. But you're right - I really don't care if slinkybender ever gets any. Too bad he has to obsess on the subject, is all. But that's his perogative.

Dave T, speaking of underperforming, how is your tiny little blog doing?

And by the way, Markos told me to write this. Verbatim.

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