Kerry went on,

“I have been twice as consistent as Bush. I have been consistently for the war, and consistently against it, consistently for the military and consistently against it, consistently for my band of brothers and consistently against baby killers, consistently for gun control and consistently against it, consistently for life and consistently for abortion on demand right through Kindergarten.”

and so on.

Posted by: jones at August 11, 2004 05:33 PM

Consistently Confirmed Media Bias about Scary Kerry

Posted by: leaddog2 at August 11, 2004 07:17 PM

I agree with Senator Windsock. He’s been consistently opportunistic and FOS.

Posted by: TL at August 11, 2004 07:37 PM

Alan and Michele unfairly banned nikita demosthenes from contributing to the Command Post because - Alan and Michele said - there was inappropriate slang in this innocuous post.

The URL is:

http://www.command-post.org/oped/2_archives/014071.html

Alan and Michele did not respond to nikita’s e-mail arguing his case about the innocuousness of this post. nikita argued that: (1) the slang in this post is very innocuous, (2) that harsher slang is frequently used by other contributors to the Command Post, (3) that there’s nothing wrong with “slang” or “colloquialisms” so long as they are not crude or profane - indeed, such usage is seen throughout the blogosphere and is one of the reasons the blogosphere is so fun and readable, and (4) that the post communicates very well the widely-felt frustration with Kerry’s constant harping on his 4 months in Vietnam.

The post got the Command Post a good mention in the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper during the Democratic Convention. But Alan and Michele banned nikita anyway.

Go read the post. See if a ban based on the “slang” in this post makes sense to you. It doesn’t to me.

Alan and Michele are sticklers for rules with others. But I humbly submit that Alan and Michele aren’t following their own rules in this instance.

Respectfully-
-nikita demosthenes

Posted by: nikita demosthenes at August 11, 2004 07:38 PM

I can’t find anything in the post that anyone would object to, except, perhaps, the actual message of the content.

Slang I found:

“Ahem”
“OK”
“lame” (in context)
“Whoops”
“poster boy”
“duh”
“Sheez”
“cheers”
“riffs” (in context)
“Nitpick”

????

Posted by: CERDIP at August 11, 2004 08:52 PM

A. Neither the time nor the place
B. I can’t either, but I’d defer to Michele and Alan on this. If they felt like dropping you, well, it is their right.
C. You’re still listed as a contributor on the bottom right side of the page, so I’d check that out.

Posted by: Lakhim at August 11, 2004 09:23 PM

Here’s the short article from the Cincinnati Enquirer.

The URL is:

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/07/31/editorial_blog.html

I saw the article as a positive, not a negative (as, apparently, Alan did).

-nikita demosthenes

Posted by: nikita demosthenes at August 12, 2004 12:07 AM

Oh.
“In blogging, slang such as “sheez” and “lame” really helps get the point across.”

I think that was more sarcasm…the newspapers are really hitting the content of the blogs hard lately, trying to make them look juvenile.

Posted by: Lakhim at August 12, 2004 12:31 AM

..whats this bs got to do with the topic at hand??Are we trying to deflect that this man is “NOT FIT TO COMMAND”

Posted by: Rob_NC at August 12, 2004 08:39 AM

Here’s plenty on the fact that Kerry is “Unfit to Command.”

John Kerry Lied About Spending Christmas 1968 In Cambodia. Most Mainstream Media Are Ignoring The Story.

I would’ve probably have posted the above post on the Command Post editorial page if I hadn’t been banned.

Posted by: nikita demosthenes at August 12, 2004 09:23 AM

Hmmm. For some reason that link didn’t work.

The URL is:

http://nikita_demosthenes.blogspot.com/2004_08_08_nikita_demosthenes_archive.html#109218492297332196

The post should be here.

Posted by: nikita demosthenes at August 12, 2004 09:26 AM

Nikita, are you SURE you are banned? Not just a glitch? Oh well, in the mean time, we’ve had some fun at http://rednecktexan.blogspot.com/ . I guarantee you, you won’t get banned. :)

Posted by: No Party at August 12, 2004 07:52 PM