REP. FORD: But, but, Markos, in all fairness, your site has posted awful things about Jewish-Americans. Your site…<\/p>\n
MR. MOULITSAS: That’s not true.<\/p>\n
REP. FORD: …has offered…<\/p>\n
MR. MOULITSAS: It’s not allowed.<\/p>\n
REP. FORD: You\u2014now you have a site up about…<\/p>\n
MR. MOULITSAS: It’s not allowed.<\/p>\n
REP. FORD: …something about Cindy Sheehan, she uses it as a\u2014she has a heavy presence there in talking about her run against…<\/p>\n
MR. MOULITSAS: It’s called democracy…. I don’t control hundreds of thousands of voices. You and your organization have a few dozen people. You can control that message. And you don’t need to attack Democrats.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Ford was trying to make a very cheap shot, but more importantly, he was highlighting just how little he understands about blogs. By arguing that Daily Kos features “awful things about Jewish-Americans,” Ford was implying that Markos runs some kind of anti-Semitic forum. That’s patently absurd. Daily Kos is a large community, and sometimes, people in a community will occasionally say offensive things. To besmirch Kos’ site this way, on national television, was O’Reilly-esque. If Ford doesn’t know better, he has a lot to learn.<\/p>\n
It was an offensive remark, but I don’t want to be overly negative about the program. Ford agreed to appear at next year’s Yearly Kos (aka Netroots Nation), and the DLC apparently wants to be inside the Democratic fold, not outside.<\/p>\n
MR. MOULITSAS: …I’m looking forward to hopefully merging factions. Everybody else in the party coalition has come together. You’re the lone holdout. I hope that’s not the case next year.<\/p>\n
REP. FORD: We’ll be there, and I hope you are as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Did anyone else see it? What’d you guys think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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