Mole Busted at Daily Kos

[Ballygrl]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9090537#9091254

Beetwasher  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)
Tue Sep-07-10 03:02 PM
Original message
Big Time Troll Bust At DKos

KY-Sen: Rand Paul staffer caught posing as progressive at Daily Kos

--snip--

Well, it turns out that at least one member of Rand Paul's paid campaign staff has been posing as a progressive member of the Daily Kos community in an effort to dampen enthusiasm for Conway's campaign and moneybomb. The staffer, Thomas Kubica, is a paid intern in Paul's Bowling Green office. Paul campaign's front desk confirmed Kubica's status as a paid intern on Tuesday morning.

Kubica registered at Daily Kos under the pseudonym "Huey Long" and has repeatedly posed as a progressive Democrat who opposes Paul but does not believe Conway is worthy of support.

--snip--

Kubica has also penned diaries criticizing Conway from the left (here and here), each of them transparent attempts to dampen progressive enthusiasm for Conway.

--snip--

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/9/7/899749/-KY-Sen:-Rand-Paul-staffer-caught-posing-as-progressive-at-Daily-Kos

A sample of one of the trolls posts:

Funny

That's one hilarious accusation. I've been accused of being a far-left purist plenty of times, but never a Paultard!

I'm sorry if trying to hold Democrats accountable irritates you.

But I believe someone who claims to represent progressives and comes here to collect our money should at least answer for the anti-progressive stances he has taken.

Believe it or not, I'm not a purist. John Kerry supported the Iraq war, but he later admitted it was a mistake and turned out to be a good choice for progressives. I worked hard on his campaign.

But Jack Conway has taken far too many positions that align him more with Mitch McConnell than any other Democrat. I don't think he offers progressives anything worthwhile besides not being Rand Paul.

by Huey Long on Tue Sep 07, 2010 at 11:20:24 AM CDT

--snip--

My comment: Wow! Whoda thunk it!! A Repub troll on an internet message board attacking Dems from the left and trying to dampen enthusiasm!! Genius!! Pure genius!!! Makes one wonder. Or maybe it doesn't.

NJmaverick  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)
Tue Sep-07-10 03:07 PM
Response to Original message
1. No doubt this is the tip of the iceberg sort of thing

   

Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) 
Tue Sep-07-10 03:34 PM
Response to Reply #1
26. Where do you think this sort of activity is taking place? Please be specific. n/t
   
Edited on Tue Sep-07-10 03:35 PM by Subdivisions

pnwmom (1000+ posts)
Tue Sep-07-10 03:41 PM
Response to Reply #26
36. Right here on DU. But it's against the rules to call people out. n/t

K8-EEE  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)
Tue Sep-07-10 03:51 PM
Response to Original message
54. I wonder how many "I'm not voting Dem in Nov" here at DU
   
posts are trolls.

I simply can't imagine anybody -- no matter how much they now claim to be disappointed with the admin or whatever, I simply can't conceive of any Dem wanting this current batch of wacky teabaggers in charge of the government. I think a lot of them (not all) are fake. I mean there are some posters who, ALL THEY POST is, that they are going to not vote for Dems in Nov! That's bullshit....then get off DU then.

msanthrope  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) 
Wed Sep-08-10 09:10 AM
Response to Reply #249
425. yep--we've got plenty of shit-stirrers here. n/t

butterfly77  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)
Tue Sep-07-10 09:39 PM
Response to Reply #54
323. A large amount..
   
They started during the election and after he won they hyped it up after his inauguration I have been on here for years and I could tell the difference...

Beetwasher  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)
Tue Sep-07-10 04:12 PM
Response to Reply #82
105. So You Deny That This Is Going On?   Updated at 10:26 AM
   
It would be nice if you had any evidence to back up the assertion that these witch hunts actually happen, considering the posts on the greatest page are very often anti-Dem and anti-Obama. How does that work?

Here is concrete evidence that this happens and it's an all too familiar refrain. Or do you deny that?

I defy you to show a single post where anyone says "everyone I disagree with is a Republican spy". Just one.

NJmaverick  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)
Wed Sep-08-10 09:02 AM
Response to Reply #116
424. Ghost recs
   
what's to stop GOP staffers from signing up for multiple DU accounts and reccing the anti Dem posts to the greatest page

[AllosaursRus]

Good grief! The left never does this sort of thing do they? wink, wink!

Talk about much ado 'bout nuttin'!

The word macaca comes to mind. Nothin' like sendin' a paid political activist/cameraman following your opponent in order to catch a slip of the tongue in order to win by way of slingin' shit to see if it sticks to the MSM wall!

Crawl back under your rock, slug!

[Ballygrl]

NJmaverick  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)
Wed Sep-08-10 09:02 AM
Response to Reply #116
424. Ghost recs
   
what's to stop GOP staffers from signing up for multiple DU accounts and reccing the anti Dem posts to the greatest page

slay  (1000+ posts)
Tue Sep-07-10 04:24 PM
Response to Reply #103
120. Yes, let's censor - no wait - BAN any opinion that doesn't tow the party line
   
that's the way to get support for such a "big tent" party as the Dems. I'm sure you must be joking.

Stellar  Donating Member  (152 posts)
Tue Sep-07-10 05:05 PM
Response to Original message
157. Sometimes these troll play us against ourselves...
   
We all know that some of us had different Dems in the race that we supported in 2008 and were hurt when they fell out of that race for presidency.

And a lot of us have been 'nit-picking' at how and what the winner has done so far - good or bad. I'm sure if my chosen one had won, I'd probably have done the same thing too. So those trolls are spinning that game back on us to discourage us.

In other word, I may not be totally happy with some of the things that have transpired in the last twenty months, but I for damn sure am not giving up on something to get nothing (or less) from the party of 'no' just because I'm frustrated.

Hissyspit  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)
Tue Sep-07-10 06:15 PM
Response to Reply #187
200. Anyone who thinks all or most of the anti-Dem or anti-Obama sentiment here   Updated at 1:14 AM
   
is due to troll infiltrators is just being foolish (naively or deliberately).

NJmaverick  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)
Tue Sep-07-10 06:46 PM
Response to Reply #200
216. I couldn't think of a better way to demoralize the Dems than to pose as a disgruntled
   
Edited on Tue Sep-07-10 06:48 PM by NJmaverick
liberal. Easy to redirect anger and dissatisfaction away from the right target (the GOP, tea baggers and right wingnuts) and wrongfully focus it on the Dem. Far more effective to do that sort of thing posing as a liberal rather than a right winger. The GOP and right wingnuts may be evil but they are not stupid.


Ever notice how the internet liberals are less supportive than polls of liberals find?

[JohnnyReb]

You'd think someone yelled "FIRE" in the big tent..... .....mole on.

[Ballygrl]

What a long freaking thread!

CTLawGuy  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)     
Tue Sep-07-10 09:36 PM
Response to Original message
320. now why would a republican post as a progressive
   
Edited on Tue Sep-07-10 09:42 PM by CTLawGuy
and encourage people not to support democrats?? now that's just silly! They're only advancing the cause of progressivism by doing that, right?

NJmaverick  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)
Tue Sep-07-10 10:09 PM
Response to Reply #327
341. Not just righties prretending they are on the left
   
they use that false left position to take down the Dems, which is what motivates them.

Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts)     
Tue Sep-07-10 10:28 PM
Response to Original message
347. Same people posting the doom & gloom polls....its an organized effort..
   
designed to demonize and demoralize Democrat voters. Hey if were lossing why even turn out...thats what they are counting on.

DimplesinMI  (113 posts)
Wed Sep-08-10 02:56 AM
Response to Original message
406. How much do you want to bet
   
Some are here on DU too . $25 or $50 bucks!!!

Forkboy  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Sep-08-10 05:27 AM
Response to Original message
410. This thread sums up everything that makes DU suck these days.
   
Too bad Skinner doesn't pay any attention to his own website. This thread is illuminating in so many ways, if one cared to look.

myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Wed Sep-08-10 07:21 AM
Response to Reply #410
413. This is one of the creepiest threads I've ever read on DU.
   
We have our very own Witchsmellers Pursuivant right here on DU. When are we to break out the loyalty oaths?

NJmaverick  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)
Wed Sep-08-10 11:36 AM
Response to Reply #449
473. The paid GOP operatives want to undermine support for the Dems
   
not add to it

Beetwasher  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  
Wed Sep-08-10 11:39 AM
Response to Reply #473
474. This Whole Concept Of Pro-Obama Trolls On A Democratic Message Board Is The Funniest Thing Ever!   Updated at 10:26 AM
   
As someone esle on this thread said (you?),that's like saying a pro-Steeler poster on a Steeler's website is a troll.

It's an utter and totally obvious distraction and attempt to change the subject.

NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts)    
Wed Sep-08-10 11:41 AM
Response to Reply #474
475. Yes it most definitely is

[Ballygrl]

You'd think someone yelled "FIRE" in the big tent..... .....mole on.

And all moles get paid too, who knew?

[Ballygrl]

Kind of a related thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9093179

nashville_brook  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) 
Tue Sep-07-10 09:43 PM
Original message
The difference between critics and trolls is clear
   
Who is driving Democrats away from the party?

To paraphrase one of Keith Olbermann's greatest hits: why has the ferocity of your venom against fellow Democrats now exceed that of your venom against the Republicans.

<snipped>

[njpines]

so it's the pro-Obama moles vs. the anti-Obama moles . . . who ya got??? 

[JohnnyReb]

Maybe I should have said "Lets mole".

[wavespank]

[youtube=425,350]gdB2-4F8UYY[/youtube]

[crockspot]

Good grief, if Tom Hanks had built a bonfire that big, "Castaway" would have been a fifteen minute short.

[Ballygrl]

[youtube=425,350]gdB2-4F8UYY[/youtube]

[DefiantSix]

And once again, the DUmp Monkeez add 2 + 2 and come to the obvious answer: PINEAPPLE!!!

Yeah, DUmbshits; you go right on believing that the ones criticizing Da Wun and questioning whether voting for Dhimmis will advance Progressivism as you know it are all moles at the DUmp.  In fact I'll join you in calling for $kammer to purge all such dissent from your ranks for good.

This ought to be fun... 

[TheSarge]

They are such a paranoid lot when they sense the end is near.

[DefiantSix]

They are such a paranoid lot when they sense the end is near.

Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean we AREN'T out to get them... 

[JakeStyle]

They are such a paranoid lot when they sense the end is near.

This has definitely kicked their paranoia into overdrive, hilarious!

[BlueStateSaint]

This has definitely kicked their paranoia into overdrive, hilarious!

 

 

[Ralph Wiggum]

They are such a paranoid lot when they sense the end is near.

I'll be very curious to see the purge after the mid-terms.  2004 was hilarious.  They threw out hundreds of moles/trolls.

[Airwolf]

Well It is son of Ron Paul and hes no different then Daddy Nutjob so if he goes down then I'm not shedding tears over this.

[Ballygrl]

Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean we AREN'T out to get them... 

Questions questions questions, not that I want to fuel the paranoia but are the moles playing progressives who don't like Obama spurring angst amongst the posters? or are the moles playing Obama supporters infuriating the progressives? or are the moles sole purpose having fun with the rec/unrec feature? or are the moles posting polling information with a sad face to upset some people. We report, you decide.

[thundley4]

Questions questions questions, not that I want to fuel the paranoia but are the moles playing progressives who don't like Obama spurring angst amongst the posters? or are the moles playing Obama supporters infuriating the progressives? or are the moles sole purpose having fun with the rec/unrec feature? or are the moles posting polling information with a sad face to upset some people. We report, you decide.

If those are all questions, then the answers are all Yes.

[Carl]

If those are all questions, then the answers are all Yes.

You can`t be suggesting that every time you look over your shoulder on the island you see a mole? 

[Duke Nukum]

Either there are a lot of morons who post at the DUmp or a lot of moles.

[zeitgeist]

Either there are a lot of morons who post at the DUmp or a lot of moles.

I have to agree with both parts of that statement.

[Ballygrl]

If those are all questions, then the answers are all Yes.