Watching To See McCain Fall On His Face Tonight? Join Fellow Liberals At The Tank

Are you in New York City? Are you watching television tonight in hopes of McCain screwing up his biggest speech of the year thus far? Well if you answered yes to both and do not want to risk throwing things at your television, come downtown to the Tank and watch with a few dozen or even a few hundred of your bestest liberal friends, including a special guest, DailyKos' founder Markos Moulitsas.

From The Tank:

Thu, 09/04/2008 - 7:00pm

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Special Guest Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, founder of Daily Kos, will be on hand to comment on the GOP nominee’s address (and sign his new book “Taking on the System”) – and drinks will be on hand to help wash McCain’s speech down…as Drinking Liberally offers a drinking game to toast the end of Convention fever.

Tonight is the last night of the convention and then we have a lot of work to do. McCain and Palin must not be allowed to come even close on election day and it'll take millions of us to get it done. But for now, come down to 87 Lafayette St (at White St. just south of Canal) and join us for a lot of fun. Oh and get your signed copy of Markos' new book too!

Markos Versus Ford: LIVE!!!!!

I'm here in the room, about a hundred feet from the stage. However, everyone should watch this debate between the founder of DailyKos and the leader of the centrist DLC, Harold Ford, Jr.:

Who Are These Nerds Anyway?

These blogger-types, with laptops in hand, swarmed the ridiculously large McCormick convention center in Chicago this past August. The traditional media is afraid of them and many more are trying to get a handle on what the hell is going on here. Well I count myself as one of those swarmers....and Nerdcore Rising tries to document it here, all within ten minutes.



Great job nerds!

Markos Publishes...Not A Diary!

Literally hot off the presses and not in an orange format, Markos Moulitsas of the famed DailyKos has penned his first Newsweek article. This will be the first of many as he goes up against the infamous Karl Rove. "Kos" pulled no punches today (as he always does on the blog) and went after everyone on Iraq, Bush, the Democratic Senate and the House of Representatives. Markos knows that Americans aren't fools and he isn't buying the Congressional crap either.

From Newsweek:

For a party that won historic gains in 2006, the Democrats have proven surprisingly reluctant to deliver on their chief campaign promise: forcing George Bush and his Republican Party to change course on their disastrous war in Iraq.

Anti-war sentiment among the American people is now approaching 70 percent, but Congress has proved incapable of action. Twice now, the Democratic-controlled House and Senate have caved on Iraq funding bills, giving the unpopular Bush everything he has demanded. Now the Democrats are reportedly ready to tackle this Sisyphean task once again tomorrow, when they consider a fresh $50 billion for Bush's wars.

Nevada's Harry Reid claims the Senate bill will establish a December 2008 "goal" for the end of combat operations. If Bush vetoes, the Senate majority leader says, "then the president won't get his $50 billion." The words sound tough, but we've heard them before.

One thing I do miss are the links. These clickable words in the article are a traditional media tool that only show Newsweek's archives on the person or place mentioned. It is better than nothing I guess, but the links in the blogosphere are far superior.

Besides that, Markos hits hard in his introduction to Newsweek. He is holding Bush, Pelosi and Reid accountable for their actions. Especially so for Reid and Pelosi who vowed to change the tune of Congress. The only sound that has changed so far is one of Republican compliance to Democratic kowtowing. Our Democratic leaders have been pitiful thus far, and now they need to back up their tough talk with hard action.

Colbert Exposes Nazi-Traitor Markos Moulitsas

Stephen Colbert, the ever-intrepid investigator and interviewer follows Poppa Bear's lead and goes after Markos Moulitsas of DailyKos. Of course Bill O in his infinite wisdom thinks DailyKos, with its pictures of 'pooties' and Democratic blogging, is a hate site that is indistinguishable from the Nazis (sigh). Well Colbert gets to the bottom of it when he hosted Markos on his show yesterday.