Crashing the Gate
April 10, 2006 10:30 AM Subscribe
Bill McKibben reviews Armstrong and Moulitsas's book Crashing the Gate in the New York Review of Books. More importantly, Kos gets his own David Levine caricature.
Good point, my bad. I had forgotten about the Obama work, not familar with Herseth though. Just interested in results.
posted by TetrisKid at 11:16 AM on April 10, 2006
posted by TetrisKid at 11:16 AM on April 10, 2006
tetriskid, Markos has been pretty clear that he's not interested in backing candidates who were probably going to win anyway. There's already an establishment political machine to throw money at sure things. But having a 50 state strategy means attacking teh republicans everywhere, and making them work for every seat, and not ignoring any potential voters or candidates.
posted by Space Coyote at 11:20 AM on April 10, 2006
posted by Space Coyote at 11:20 AM on April 10, 2006
not familar with Herseth though
She's South Dakota's single House member. She won the seat in a special election in 2003, I think (I was part of the small army of canvassers that the DCCC flew and bused out there for the election). She was part of a string of three congressional special elections the Dems won before the presidential election, and was mistakenly viewed as a harbringer of things to come. The most hilarious part, for me, was when her opponent delcared, the day before the election, that if he lost by fewer than 5 points, he'd personally consider that a victory. More proof that politics is all about expectations management.
posted by gsteff at 12:13 PM on April 10, 2006
She's South Dakota's single House member. She won the seat in a special election in 2003, I think (I was part of the small army of canvassers that the DCCC flew and bused out there for the election). She was part of a string of three congressional special elections the Dems won before the presidential election, and was mistakenly viewed as a harbringer of things to come. The most hilarious part, for me, was when her opponent delcared, the day before the election, that if he lost by fewer than 5 points, he'd personally consider that a victory. More proof that politics is all about expectations management.
posted by gsteff at 12:13 PM on April 10, 2006
Why is kos riding an elephant with a donkey's face in the caricature?
posted by afu at 12:29 PM on April 10, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by afu at 12:29 PM on April 10, 2006 [1 favorite]
"Jerome and Kos argue for a variety of different approaches, including sophisticated database technology that would enable Democrats to approach, for example, registered Republicans whose families may be suffering from Parkinson's disease and would be open to an appeal to support stem cell research."
Is it just me or is that a tad exploitative? "I'm sorry for your progressive and dehabilitating disease. Vote Democrat." At the very least it would require a degree of tact that Kos himself has repeatedly demonstrated he does not have.
posted by Heminator at 12:46 PM on April 10, 2006
Is it just me or is that a tad exploitative? "I'm sorry for your progressive and dehabilitating disease. Vote Democrat." At the very least it would require a degree of tact that Kos himself has repeatedly demonstrated he does not have.
posted by Heminator at 12:46 PM on April 10, 2006
Kos is caricatured as riding a donkey/elephant because part of the argument in Crashing the Gates is that the Democratic party can learn from the Republican party. I guess the artist like the idea of the elepha-donk / donk-aphant -- see, even the words are fun!
posted by crepeMyrtle at 1:15 PM on April 10, 2006
posted by crepeMyrtle at 1:15 PM on April 10, 2006
Is it just me or is that a tad exploitative? "I'm sorry for your progressive and dehabilitating disease. Vote Democrat."
How about "I'm sorry for your progressive and debilitating disease. Stop voting against your own best interest, idiot."
At the very least it would require a degree of tact that Kos himself has repeatedly demonstrated he does not have.
If you're referring to his comment about the mercenaries in Falujah, I agree with Kos 100%. Many US service people and innocent Iraqis are now dead thanks to those four private contractors who should never have been there. Screw them.
posted by Space Coyote at 2:54 PM on April 10, 2006
How about "I'm sorry for your progressive and debilitating disease. Stop voting against your own best interest, idiot."
At the very least it would require a degree of tact that Kos himself has repeatedly demonstrated he does not have.
If you're referring to his comment about the mercenaries in Falujah, I agree with Kos 100%. Many US service people and innocent Iraqis are now dead thanks to those four private contractors who should never have been there. Screw them.
posted by Space Coyote at 2:54 PM on April 10, 2006
Bill McKibben seems an unlikely person to review this book.
Back in 2003 or so, he was in a 3-way discussion printed ( I think ) in The Atlantic. McKibben asked what it would take to wake Americans up to Global Warming : a force 4 or 5 hurricane strike on New Orleans ?
Well, I'm perhaps being harsh - I think Americans are slowly waking [ with special emphasis on that word, "slowly" ] .
posted by troutfishing at 3:26 PM on April 10, 2006
Back in 2003 or so, he was in a 3-way discussion printed ( I think ) in The Atlantic. McKibben asked what it would take to wake Americans up to Global Warming : a force 4 or 5 hurricane strike on New Orleans ?
Well, I'm perhaps being harsh - I think Americans are slowly waking [ with special emphasis on that word, "slowly" ] .
posted by troutfishing at 3:26 PM on April 10, 2006
Oh - and, I have to wonder :
Is McKibben, in this context, a "gatekeeper" ?
Heh heh.
posted by troutfishing at 3:27 PM on April 10, 2006
Is McKibben, in this context, a "gatekeeper" ?
Heh heh.
posted by troutfishing at 3:27 PM on April 10, 2006
I don't know what's going on here, but I approve.
posted by boo_radley
It feels like a Jonathan Edwards allusion to me.
I like the elapha-donk ride...that kind'a reminds me Hannibal.
posted by taosbat at 4:17 PM on April 10, 2006
posted by boo_radley
It feels like a Jonathan Edwards allusion to me.
I like the elapha-donk ride...that kind'a reminds me Hannibal.
posted by taosbat at 4:17 PM on April 10, 2006
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Kos and the Daily Kos Community are still 0 for 17 when endorsing or raising money for a candidate.
posted by TetrisKid at 11:07 AM on April 10, 2006