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You are here: Home / The Salivating Morons Who Make Up the Lynch Mob

The Salivating Morons Who Make Up the Lynch Mob

by John Cole|  March 4, 20059:28 pm| 38 Comments

This post is in: Democratic Stupidity

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The Mullahs* at the Daily Kos are calling for JIHAD:

As you’ve probably noticed, there have been several Alan Greenspan-related posts on the main page in just the past day or so. In one of those threads, blogswarmer Bob Brigham suggested that we “unleash the blogosphere” on Greenspan. It’s a brilliant idea – no one is more worthy of having a halo-ectomy than St. Alan – so let’s have at it…

And for those of you who want to really get down & dirty in the trenches, we can turn this into a one-degree-of-separation venture. That is, if you can find similar material for anyone who is closely linked to Greenspan, that’s fair game, too. Good examples would be Greenie’s idol, the nutbag “objectivist” Ayn Rand, and Andrea Mitchell, his NBC reporter wife. (An aside: We can debate the merits of this approach all you like, but suffice it to say, there is no question that Republicans do the same crap to us all the time. If you still want to play by the Marquess of Queensberry rules, fine – but I’ve moved on to brass knuckles.)

Charming marching orders from the new Taliban*- but really- it isn’t a smear campaign:

And, to make it amply clear, this is emphatically not a call for a “smear” campaign. This is a call to reveal the truth about Alan Greenspan (and his associates).

Nah- breaking out the ‘brass knuckles’ in an all out assault on the Chairman of the Fed, his wife, and a dead libertarian isn’t a smear campaign at all.

Here is my challenge to the blogosphere. Let’s watch these wingnuts as they wallow in the cesspool, and every time they take a Greenspan quote out of context, recite a Greenspan decision without providing the necessary context, or attack him or his wife personally, let’s note it and correct the situation.

I’m tired of these loudmouth bully boys trying to ruin people because it is ‘the same thing the Rethuglicans do.’ At least now we know that we have found Steve Lovelady’s salivating morons.

* If Robert Byrd can go into the well of the Senate and call Republicans Nazis and you wingnuts lap it up, I have no problem calling you guys what you are…

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  1. 1.

    M. Scott Eiland

    March 4, 2005 at 9:47 pm

    Let’s see: Ayn Rand dead for twenty-three years vs. the awesome intellectual might of a swarm of moonbats? Doesn’t sound like a fair fight to me–maybe the moonbats should break into the tinfoil fund and hire someone to hold Ms. Rand down while they go to work.

  2. 2.

    Marko

    March 4, 2005 at 10:29 pm

    Maybe they’ll dig up documentation from Greenspan’s days as a male escort. That seemed to work well for them . . .

    They seem to be setting their sights a bit high based on past performance. I guess we’ll see how well the Kos smear machine scales, eh?

  3. 3.

    Just Passing Through

    March 4, 2005 at 11:17 pm

    The left is in a death spiral. At some pont, Kos will put out a call and the next victory party will feature scans of some target’s unpaid parking tickets. Tame stuff after crowing over downloads of Gannon’s cock, but you get your jollies however you can.

    Fascinating to watch.

  4. 4.

    Tom Maguire

    March 4, 2005 at 11:46 pm

    OK, props to the Karl Rove mole who climbed the ladder at the Daily Lost Kos. Going after Andrea Mitchell is part of their media strategy? How do they see that working out?

    Well, they may get one pay-off – when they aredone, there may not be anymore liberal media.

    Have a great weekend.

  5. 5.

    Kimmitt

    March 5, 2005 at 1:52 am

    You know what I really hate? When people who say things are held accountable for them later. That sort of thing should not be tolerated in America — at least, not for conservatives.

  6. 6.

    Brennan Stout

    March 5, 2005 at 2:11 am

    First it was gay reporters. Now it is senior citizens.

    Is there a demographic the Kossacks aren’t willing to slay?

    But they can still raise money! That’s how you win.

    Honestly, the Kossack diaries are my new morning funnies. Though, I will never abandon the strip “Non-Sequitur”.

  7. 7.

    jdm

    March 5, 2005 at 8:52 am

    Kimmit, You go girl!

    Why indeed should conservatives be held to the same lack of scrutiny as those on the Left? I mean, finders-keepers and all that.

  8. 8.

    Slartibartfast

    March 5, 2005 at 9:08 am

    You know what I really hate?

    Yes, I do. Probably you should get some help for that.

    When people who say things are held accountable for them later. That sort of thing should not be tolerated in America — at least, not for conservatives.

    Do you have something specific in mind when saying this, or is it just more of the same directionless spleening? Or could your case possibly be that Harry Reid is in some way qualified to judge Greenspan? Some of those more qualified score him somewhat higher than Reid does. But facts don’t do what you want them to, sometimes.

  9. 9.

    CadillaqJaq

    March 5, 2005 at 9:29 am

    When they finish with Alan, Andrea and Ayn Rand’s cold corpse, let ’em take on the Mount Rushmore bunch… oh, wait… they did that with Thomas Jefferson earlier.

    Whatever, I truly pray the extreme libs never change. Based on recent results, nothing they attempt works for them.

  10. 10.

    Bob

    March 5, 2005 at 9:57 am

    Brennan, Alan Greenspan is your prototypical senior citizen? Jeff Gannon is your prototypical reporter?

    They really are the same, in a way. They both are working for unfettered capital, each in their own way. They’re both top men, too, although Gannon is about to find out that he’s way closer to the bottom than he imagined.

    Latest rumors are pointing towards Rove and away from Fleischer and McClellan. All of you who get outraged by invasion of privacy, remember that this is commerce. Besides, the right to privacy is about to dismissed by the cranks among the Supremes. There is no right to privacy anymore.

    Maybe Karl found Jeff while cruising the internet ads. Money changes hands. If you were concerned about privacy, you wouldn’t have wanted to know about the cum-stained blue dress that Monica hid in her closet. Maybe you would have risen like Gannon on a weekend job and condemned the Republican lynching mob when they went after Clinton, if you’d cared about privacy.

    Everything is sold, everyone is bought.

    I wonder how many of you call for Ayn Rand when you’re driving down the Interstate, or getting your flu shot or calling the fire dept. or doing anything else that involves the State protecting your selfish little asses from anarchy and the knives and forks of your hungry neighbors. Just wondering.

  11. 11.

    Sav

    March 5, 2005 at 10:26 am

    “Latest rumors are pointing towards Rove and away from Fleischer and McClellan.”

    Naw, if you re-aim the foil due south, you’ll see that they’re actually pointing to Fleischer and McClellan and away from Rove.

    How many times have I told you to get that thing fixed?

  12. 12.

    George Saras

    March 5, 2005 at 12:11 pm

    It is remarkable that a complete and likely incontinent moron like Dumb-As-Shit [DAS] Bob can top his loony and crazed posts day-after-day. And yet DAS Bob manages to do it daily, which leads one to postulate that perhaps DAS Bob is really a collective set of posters at the asylum who have decided to use the nom de plume “Bob” to cover all of their psychotic and paranoid rants.

  13. 13.

    Kimmitt

    March 5, 2005 at 1:08 pm

    Do you have something specific in mind when saying this,

    Yes — this post. Cole hasn’t seen any statement dug up and hasn’t waited until the filtering process weeds out the trivial and inaccurate. He just assumes that anything used will be unfair and inaccurate — or figures that St. Alan shouldn’t be questioned at all.

    Alan Greenspan has done some really lousy things to the US economy over the past five years — and, possibly, over the past twenty, depending on his motivation for setting up the Social Security Trust Fund in the fashion in which he did. It’s about goddamn time someone started paying attention.

  14. 14.

    Birkel

    March 5, 2005 at 1:40 pm

    Bob is a KKKarl Rove plant.

    Ditto Kimmitt.

    Fear everyone.

    Too funny…

  15. 15.

    Birkel

    March 5, 2005 at 1:43 pm

    Of course, I meant to type KKKimmitt.

  16. 16.

    M. Scott Eiland

    March 5, 2005 at 2:11 pm

    Alan Greenspan has done some really lousy things to the US economy over the past five years — and, possibly, over the past twenty, depending on his motivation for setting up the Social Security Trust Fund in the fashion in which he did.

    And this justifies going after his wife–not to mention a woman who’s been dead for twenty-three years–how?

    Welcome to the Mulholland zone, Kimmitt. Your complimentary bucket of slime and “I Hate Ah-nuld” bumper sticker are ready.

  17. 17.

    RW

    March 5, 2005 at 2:25 pm

    Tell us, Kimmitt, what flavor is the kool-aid? Is it “screw them” or “excuse the inexcusable”?

  18. 18.

    shark

    March 5, 2005 at 2:42 pm

    Maybe Greenspan has a gay relative they can out “BECAUSE OF THE HYPOCRACY”

    This is great….these idiots marginalize themselves

  19. 19.

    Kimmitt

    March 5, 2005 at 3:11 pm

    And this justifies going after his wife–not to mention a woman who’s been dead for twenty-three years–how?

    1) “Going after” is an interesting term for a process of digging up public statements. In addition, since you still don’t know how any of it will be used, there’s nothing to talk about. If someone wants to go start a quotation database for a given reporter, for whatever reason, what the heck is the problem with that?

    2) Ayn Rand deserves every bit of opprobrium and mockery she receives. The fact that Greenspan hung out with her is really kind of frightening.

  20. 20.

    Kenpin

    March 5, 2005 at 4:04 pm

    Just for the record: Kos faggots are only “bully boys” when they’re behind computers. They would never say their shit at an NRA convention, being cowardly worms.

  21. 21.

    Joanne Jacobs

    March 5, 2005 at 5:22 pm

    It’s “Marquis” of Queensbury Rules. The original marquis caused the downfall of Oscar Wilde, who had the misfortune to fall in love with the marquis’ son, known as “Bosie.” Just saying.

    Attacking Greenspan for his actions and speeches is fair game. Going after his wife as a way to get at Greenspan is not.

  22. 22.

    Mikey

    March 5, 2005 at 7:19 pm

    Joanne has it right. Mr. Greenspan is responsible for Mr. Greenspan’s actions. Not Ms. Mitchell. It would be appropriate to keep in mind that little point. Only those guilty of the crime (whatever that is) should bear the penalty.

    Fair is fair.

  23. 23.

    RW

    March 5, 2005 at 10:56 pm

    Attacking Greenspan for his actions and speeches is fair game. Going after his wife as a way to get at Greenspan is not.

    True, but with Ms. Mitchell having the same level of testosterone & the same size balls (read: nil) as the girly-men doing the background checks, it would be a fair fight. Mitchell would no doubt kick their candy asses, as well, which is why they’re tough via their keyboards.

    As are so many (need I mention names?).

  24. 24.

    Aaron

    March 6, 2005 at 12:47 am

    Kimmit,

    Shouldn’t the Kosacks and Clinton’s team dug up the evil dirt on Greenspan when he really did the damage?

    Just like Enron’s crimes were done in Billy’s times.

    Sure, Greenspan did some damage, but everyone sure waxes lyrical about the “good old days” under Clinton…

    But I guess now that Greenspan suggested maybe personal savings accounts for SS might be a good idea, you geys will ala Mr. Burns “Release the hounds.”

    Perhaps you guys can name these little progroms for those whose who don’t support the Party line?

    Clinton’s time: let a hundred flower’s bloom

    Bush’s time:

    http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/dhp.html

  25. 25.

    tom scott

    March 6, 2005 at 1:31 am

    And Craig Livingstone has just been hired to oversee the research. He’s bringing copies of over 900 files with him.

  26. 26.

    Nate

    March 6, 2005 at 11:46 am

    Of course, I’d love to give Kos a piece of my mind on this matter, but those cowardly fascists have taken away my ability to post there because they couldn’t whine away my (100% civil) arguments on the Guckert wannabe-scandal.

    They are Kos, and they will brook no dissent!

  27. 27.

    Kimmitt

    March 6, 2005 at 4:11 pm

    But I guess now that Greenspan suggested maybe personal savings accounts for SS might be a good idea, you geys will ala Mr. Burns “Release the hounds.”

    Again, I’ve been pissed at Greenspan since 2001, so I’m just thrilled that everyone else has finally noticed that he’s decided to put ideology ahead of technical competence.

  28. 28.

    Birkel

    March 6, 2005 at 9:41 pm

    KKKarl Rove plant KKKimmitt apparently knows a lot about finance. I’m sure she’ll explain all the facts that led her to a change of heart….

    in 2001.

    What, exactly, changed in 2001? Hmm, can any of you guys help me out with my recent history? It strikes me that something happened on or about January 20th of 2001 but I can’t quite place it.

    Ah well, it will come to me.

  29. 29.

    Kimmitt

    March 7, 2005 at 4:28 am

    I’m sure she’ll explain all the facts that led her to a change of heart….

    Sweetheart, boys have a penis — girls have a vagina.

  30. 30.

    Birkel

    March 7, 2005 at 10:05 pm

    (s)he has her feelings hurt?

  31. 31.

    Defense Guy

    March 8, 2005 at 4:27 pm

    When they fail, and they will fail, who wants to bet on the excuses they come up with?

    My bet, something involving the evil Rethuglicans using lies to obstruct their truth. It should be amusing, and sad.

  32. 32.

    Kimmitt

    March 9, 2005 at 6:08 am

    Nice list of recent Republican Nazi references.

    The two sweetest ones:

    “Now, forgive me, but that is right out of Nazi Germany. I don’t understand…why all of a sudden we are passing laws that sound as if they are right out of Nazi Germany.”
    -Sen. Gramm, R-TX, September 5, 2002 (speaking in opposition to a Democratic tax plan)

    “He also said that imposition of the Kyoto Protocol ‘would deal a powerful blow on the whole humanity similar to the one humanity experienced when Nazism and communism flourished.’ And that was the chief economic advisor to Russian President Putin. The world has certainly turned on its head that we Americans must look to Russians for speaking out strongly against irrational authoritarian ideologies.”
    -Sen. Inhofe, R-OK, October 11, 2004 (speaking in opposition to the Kyoto Protocol)

    As usual, IOKIYAR. Apparently, it’s okay to call Democrats Nazis when denouncing tax bills and environmental legislation, but calling Republicans Nazis when denouncing systematic human rights violations is right out. I guess you gotta have your priorities.

  33. 33.

    RW

    March 9, 2005 at 12:36 pm

    but calling Republicans Nazis when denouncing systematic human rights violations is right out.

    Ahem, Byrd correlated the Republicans with Nazis while arguing about proposed changes in the filibuster senate rules, Kimmitt, not human rights violations. You should remember, since you were (lamely) defending Byrd about it here a few days ago.

    One day I’ll see an original thought…

  34. 34.

    Sav

    March 9, 2005 at 12:39 pm

    Inhofe didn’t call or compare Democrats to Nazis in that quote and you know it. Gramm came closer to Byrd territory but unlike Byrd referred to the bill and not the tactics of those writing the bill.

    Byrd, on the other hand, specifically compared Republican tactics regarding potential rule changes to the confirmation process to Hitler’s tactics while in power.

  35. 35.

    Kimmitt

    March 9, 2005 at 3:02 pm

    Ahem, Byrd correlated the Republicans with Nazis while arguing about proposed changes in the filibuster senate rules,

    You are quite correct; I apologize.

    you were (lamely) defending Byrd about it here a few days ago.

    Not so much, actually.

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    March 5, 2005 at 1:43 am

    GreenspanGate

    In his younger years, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was a Nazi. Here’s the proof!!! The denizens of Daily Kos have listened carefully to the words of their patron saint, Tom Daschle Jr (Harry Reid), and have declared moonbat jihad…

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    March 5, 2005 at 6:44 am

    Why Greenspan? Why Now?

    Perhaps this is what got the folks over at dailykos.com fired up enough to declare jihad on Alan Greenspan. Meanwhile, the National Ledger provides further…

  3. RobBernard.com says:
    March 5, 2005 at 9:42 am

    Huh?

    As you’ve probably noticed, there have been several Alan Greenspan-related posts on the main page in just the past day or so. In one of those threads, blogswarmer Bob Brigham suggested that we “unleash the blogosphere” on Greenspan. It’s a…

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