Reply #6: I think much of this is mythical, frankly

[OnTheOtherHand]

Here is kos in September 2004 promoting a diary about Blackwell's paper-weight hijinks.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/29/121813/53">Here is kos on October 29 talking about late attempted purges.

So, kos was front-paging Conyers Report content before the election. It's a matter of record.

Here is the debut of "Armando's Challenge" (I think some drafts may've been posted earlier) -- and here is the version that Armando front-paged. georgia10 later became a front-pager herself.

Here is Febble's kick-ass diary on machine misallocation in Franklin County, and here is another kick-ass diary, for which Febble was ba-- no, just kidding. I don't know that anyone has ever gotten into trouble at DKos for posting solid evidence-based diaries about election fraud. In fact, some pretty lame-ass stuff survives.

Here is where kos says of Florida-13, "As is, this election appears to have been stolen."

And Here is where kos says, "South Carolina needs to move to voting machines with a verified paper trail." But apparently we're supposed to be mad about that diary, because he also complained about "morons across the internet charging fraud" -- which, I've got to say, I remember actually happening (I can't verify the "morons" part), and I think the DU mods would support me on that.

What kos says -- and what kos appears actually to mean -- is that he opposes "bullshit conspiracy theories." Admittedly that term is somewhat subjective, but as far as I can see, anyone who can't identify any bullshit conspiracy theories about 2004 isn't trying very hard.

If anyone actually has evidence that kos "is a tool and has no real need for transparent and verifiable elections," then it should be presented. Personally, I think it's silly to cast this guy as an enemy. I'm sure he has a big ego, I'm sure he's sometimes rude, I'm sure he's sometimes wrong, but I daresay those things could be said of other people as well.