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Exclusive: Kos on Helen Thomas, BP Oil Spill, and Loving Fox News

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by Tommy Christopher | 7:16 pm, June 8th, 2010

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Pioneering Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas was on hand yesterday for a panel discussion at the liberal America’s Future Now! conference, and spoke with authority about grassroots activism in the Age of Obama. I caught up with him after his panel to bounce a few media-related questions off of him, and he had some surprising things to say.

Markos’ panel was one of the first of the conference, so while attendance was good, the crowd was relatively low-energy. Afterwards, a dozen or so people lined up to speak with him, and I was impressed with how he eagerly indulged all of them. This wasn’t “You’re so awesome! Can I have your autograph?” It was “Let me give you my vision of the progressive movement, then you respond, and then we can have 6 more tangential discussions, the last one of which I will revive 4 times when it seems like we’re done.”

All kidding aside, it was refreshing to see that he cares so genuinely about his cause, and his core audience. He never once glanced at his watch or fidgeted.

Our interview was full of surprises, not the least of which was his sincere, if qualified, profession of love for Fox News.

In part 1, I asked Markos what he made of the just-broken news of Helen Thomas‘ retirement.

In part 2, I asked him if, and why, he thinks the Republicans seem to be getting a total pass on the BP Oil Spill:

Finally, I asked who he’d like to see replace CNN’s Campbell Brown. Somehow, this ended with Markos Moulitsas saying how he loves and appreciates Fox News.

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Tommy’s next exclusive ……. Van Jones !
me1ranger

Hey tommy, nice softballs there, big boy. Who pitched and who caught..or did you two take turns…fucknut.
puck30

Oh look Tommy interviewed Olberman’s hand puppet.
jrcmi

“fucknut.”

Did you write that line yourself, or does Mommy help you with the big words?
SteveMG

I asked him if, and why, he thinks the Republicans seem to be getting a total pass on the BP Oil Spill:

Asked? Hmm, sort of like Sarah Palin “asking” if Helen Thomas’s press pals condoned her comments?

That type of question?

As Helen might say, “Oy vey”.
Sean68

Markos has testosterone to burn.
Glenn.Bovine.Merrill

Kudos to Tommy Christopher!

That was an INTERVIEW, without interruptions or screams of “cut off the mike! cut off the mike”!
ImNotBlue

I believe, King… it’s spelled “mic.”
Barney

So, you couldn’t find anyone more irrelevant to interview??
Barney

Wow…you sure that wasn’t Moulitsas’ little sister.

…ain’t the manliest of men, is he?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Xeta-Byte/100001174410994 Xeta Byte

I can’t stand Markos’ politics, but this says a lot about his character. Good interview.
http://trickletown.vox.com/ Trickletown

Most important information gleened from interview: Kos ain’t afraid to do an interview standing in front some god-awful wallpaper.
ex political-media hack

He never once glanced at his watch or fidgeted.”

boy, thats one dumb sentence.-why didnt ya get a room bubba!

(and i thought tommy was really a huffpost blogger – now its obv hes a kossack follower of the pro arena pro facist salvadorian turned nutroot demagogue and hero..

now tommy’s fanboy idiocy here begins to make sense…