Markos

[SHRED]

"Prior to enlisting in the Army, Moulitsas was a member of the Republican Party. During the 1988 presidential election, he served as a Republican precinct captain and assisted with the re-election campaign of Illinois Congressman Henry Hyde."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markos_Moulitsas#Early_life


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But you knew that already.

Right?



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[DJ13]

1. Polos

[t0dd]

2. +1

:rofl:

[NWHarkness]

3. And you are different from McCarthy....how?

[HughMoran]

8. Right on!

Good point. Blacklist him!

[berni_mccoy]

+1

[berni_mccoy]

11. +1

[anonymous171]

12. McCarthy made shit up. All of this is true.

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[Pithlet]

24. So anyone who's ever believed differently in the past but has changed should start to feel fear

That's nice to know. Only people who've ever been pure has the driven snow since they day they were born need apply, right?

[anonymous171]

28. I didn't say that. I am just saying that OP is true. nt

[Pithlet]

31. You certainly seem to be implying it has some significance n/t

[Hawkeye-X]

4. Gee, You left out a important part...

However, during his time in the military Moulitsas began a transition in his political philosophy that would lead him to change his party affiliation from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party.<1>

Selective quotes suck.

1988 was a different time than it is now.

Hawkeye-X

[saltpoint]

43. But did he have freckles in the third grade?

[Odin2005]

5. That would not be Henry "Hyde Amendment" Hyde, would it?

:puke:

[HughMoran]

6. Change one's opinion on HCR, under the BUS!!!

A week ago I regularly cringed when he attacked Dems on HCR for not having a PO - any you were kicking and reccing his threads.

Now you vengefully try to character assasinate him for changing his mind - just like Ed Shultz (is he next on your list) and a whole raft of other Democrats.

[KharmaTrain]

7. And??

...so he worked the polls for Hyde, and that matters how? I've known plenty of Democrats who were rushpublicans...especially when they were younger and not as versed on politics as one becomes when one gets older. Your point is??

[berni_mccoy]

9. Same is true of Hillary. Oh and Kucinich was anti-abortion before he started running for Pres.

[sendero]

14. Not surprising..

.. since the Clintons never were progressive and didn't make any bones about it.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

10. He and Daily Kos never appealed to me...

and I never paid much attention. Perhaps this explains why:

Moulitsas is a fellow at the New Politics Institute,<30><31> a think tank of the New Democrat Network, which was founded by Simon Rosenberg in 1996. The NDN's stated purpose is to help elect "centrist" Democrats, and is considered by many to be a successor to the centrist Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), an organization that Simon Rosenberg resigned from in 1996.

[sendero]

13. Not surprising...

.... the country is full of assholes pretending to be progressives.

[berni_mccoy]

17. Dennis is the only member of the Progressive Caucus who voted the way he is.

Are they pretending too?

[SidDithers]

29. Many of them right here at DU...nt

Sid

[Bjorn Against]

15. I don't like Markos one bit...

That being said I used to be a right-winger myself and I realize that people can change, I want more people to move to the left and I am glad that Markos left the Republican Party.

I don't like Kos and if he wants to primary one of the most important progressive voices in Congress then I absolutely will speak out about how wrong he is, but I will not criticize him for leaving the Republican Party.

[DaveinMD]

16. so what

Markos has done as much as anyone to build the progressive movement. And he's 100 percent correct about Kucinich.

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. No he is not correct

The deadline to file for the primary is passed. So suggesting someone run against Kucinich in the primary was just ignorant.

[DaveinMD]

27. he obviously wasn't talking about this year

he was saying Kucinich deserved to be primaried the same way he said so about Lincoln. And he has also been correct in pointing out how Kucinich has never been interested in getting anything done. He's useless. I'm 100 percent with Markos.

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. I'm 100% with Kucinich

And funny but when I saw Markos on teevee this week, he didn't say anything about a future primary. :eyes:

[DaveinMD]

34. its certainly

what he's been writing about. Kucinich never gets anything done. All talk, no action. I'm sure his ideological purity will do wonders for the thousands whose lives could be saved by this health care bill.

[NWHarkness]

18. "Are you now, or have you ever been a Republican?" n/t

[DFLforever]

21. Kos has always said, he entered the army (Marines?)

a Republican and came out a Democrat.

Other Famous ex-Republicans:

Arianna
Thoms H
Stephanie Miller
John Cole
Ed Schulz
Cenk?


I'm sure there are others

[berni_mccoy]

23. Add Hillary to the list. And Kucinich was Anti-Abortion before he started running for President.

[KharmaTrain]

35. Kinda Like An Ex-Smoker...

Seems like the bigger zealots of the Progressive cause in recent years have been former rushpublicans. Guess unless you been to the dark side you can't really appreciate the light.

But this is all about trying to push Kos under the bus cause he piss in the St. Dennis punchbowl.

[Juche]

22. Arianna Huffington was also a republican once

So was David Brock. So you have to abandon the Huffington post and Media matters too.

Know who else? Thomas Frank, Cenk Uygur & Ed Schultz. They were GOP once.

[Ildem09]

25. Markos made up for his early mistakes

Not everyone is perfect. dude is kick ass now.

[gratuitous]

26. And his real last name is Zuniga!

Brown or Brownstein? Brown or Brownstein?

And for those of you who don't get the reference, go watch "The Front." But don't blame me if you learn something.

[onehandle]

30. Nice parsing. He was Very young at the time and while in the military he saw the light.

You left that part out.

He and Dennis are both good guys.

[Last_Stand]

32. No mention on that page about his ties to the CIA...

[The River]

36. Yes Actually

Whats the point of the post?
Gossip masking as "news" isn't serious political discourse.
There is so little in the way of thoughtful,
well written original content here these days.
I have rely on DKos for that.

[unkachuck]

37. a Judas!....I knew it....n/t

[apocalypsehow]

39. Judas? How, exactly?

Changing ones political opinions does not a Judas make - unless you're suggesting that Moulitsas conspired to have an innocent man murdered for money somewhere along the way, as the actual Judas Iscariot did.

Is that what you're suggesting with your reply? Answer yes or no.

Edit: spelling.

[The River]

42. He Forgot

the dripping sarcasm thingy....:think:

[apocalypsehow]

38. So what?

What possible relevance does that historical tidbit have on his current political views and activities?

"None" is the correct answer - but, then, you knew that.

[liberalmuse]

40. Why yes. What is your point?

I used to be a fundie but now I'm an atheist. Sometimes people do a 180 in regards to their political and/or religious affiliations.

[Warren Stupidity]

41. people change

surprising, huh?

[grahamhgreen]

44. And then they change back.

[donheld]

45. I USED to be a right wing bible beater.

voted for Reagan twice. I regret that every day of my life now. People change.

[TexasObserver]

46. Markos is already old news. Who cares what he thinks?

He's chased face time on TV and gotten a tiny portion of it. He always comes across as a rank lightweight.