They had so many epithets to use against him, it's hard to recall all of them at this point. The left, otoh, were thrilled to see how he continually spoke out against the crimes of the Bush cabal..
But around 2004, and Daily Kos at that point was pretty much RUN by Reaganites, and flooded with political operatives who banned every Liberal they could find, that the smears against Kucinich from the Left began.
I guess that confused the rightwingers to some extent, it definitely confused Progressives, so they left it to the so-called 'left'. DK was far from a progressive forum throughout those years. I watched what they did to any liberal, it was worse than anything I saw on the right wing and mixed forums many of us were participating in.
The Third Way were the culprits of course but we didn't know enough then to try to understand why actual Progressives like Kucinich, had suddenly become 'persona non grata' on so-called 'liberal' forums.
I love Grayson also, but you see the attempt HERE to smear him also. Same story, and the sad thing is, it works.
Try posting a Grayson thread and you'll see what I mean.
DK's founder appears to have cut back on his own attacks on Liberals. Maybe because those who weren't banned, eventually left a forum where they were constantly under attack. Money talks.
In fact I remember him attacking Liberals directly in one of his diaries, and when it was pointed out that he didn't mind taking their money, he announced that 'I don't need your money, I am not taking donations from now on'. Apparently he WAS being funded at that time from somewhere else, and you could get banned for asking where the money was coming from.
There must have been a falling out however, because I smiled when I recently got a request from him for donations. I left DK after watching it descend to a place where it was not safe for a liberal to even post there.
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