The Liberal Daily KOS Defends Billy Long: Anonymous Cowards Who Attack Candidates, That Sounds Like...

The Daily KOS, the infamous liberal blog that attacked Sarah Palin with lies, is defending Billy Long. After it was found out that Billy Long wasn't so fed up with earmarks as he wants you to believe, as Long voted to accept a $3 million earmark while on the SGF airport board to build a bus terminal with plans for the new airport facility not far in the works, the KOS is outraged by anonymous cowards who attack candidates.

This morning we were slapped in the face with a reminder of why so many people have become disenchanted with politics as usual in the United States. The rumors spread over the weekend that an attack ad would be launched today against the presumed Republican front runner, Springfield auctioneer Billy Long, who has propelled into the lead with the help of an anti-Washington approach, punctuated with the catchphrase "I’m fed up."

I saw the ad for the first time and it was everything the rumors indicated it would be- it was low, it was dirty, it was negative, and most of all it was misleading. And, of course, the source of the ad cannot be traced to any of Billy Long's opponents.

It was paid for by Americans for Job Security. Sounds good, doesn't it. What Americans wouldn't be for job security? If Americans who want job security think Billy Long is bad, we must have all been asleep and failed to notice his red horns and tail.

Americans for Job Security was started several years courtesy of a $1 million donation by the American Insurance Association. According to documents filed today with the Federal Election Commission, Americans for Job Security spent $44,100 against Billy Long. That amount will undoubtedly increase between now and August 3.

Billy Long is the front runner and apparently he must be doing something that has the people in Washington, D. C. worried- or there is a candidate the special interests would much prefer to have as Seventh District Congressman. No way of knowing just who those special interests are. They are not required to submit their names to the FEC. They can feel free to hide behind patriotic sounding names like Americans for Job Security and make claims that no one will have the time or the money to refute.

I am laughing at this. This is nothing new in American politics, and it's perfectly legal. The bottom line here is Billy Long isn't as fed up about earmarks as he wants you to believe. Behind his name to accept and begin construction on what has been dubbed the Billy Long bus terminal to nowhere is a yea vote. If Billy Long was so fed up with government spending, why didn't he stand up when he had the opportunity to fight government pork spending and tell Washington he was fed up? I guess Billy Long is addicted to other people's money as well.

I find it even more amusing the KOS ignores a little anonymously run Web site that may have Billy Long's fingerprints, either directly or indirectly on it. The purpose of the site was to launch attacks against Gary Nodler on of all things, earmarks and government spending. The deeper we have gotten into the primary season, the less focus the site placed on Nodler and the more the focus turned on other candidates with the exception of Billy Long. The site has even gone as far as attacking a not so anonymous site explaining why Billy Long would be a disaster in Congress.

This site went to great lengths to remain anonymous, including having the domain registration hidden from public view to where even the mainstream media couldn't figure out who is running it. At least with Americans for Job Security, you can trace who is behind it.

So in the world of politics there is justice. What seems like calculated political moves in the Billy Long camp with anonymous cowards who attack candidates and bloggers have been met by something more successful that draws attention away from the anonymous coward efforts that with each passing day seem more and more coming from the Billy Long camp. This attempt by the Daily KOS to make Billy Long a victim is laughable at best considering the details that have emerged over at the other site.

By the way, can we consider the Daily KOS piece defending Billy Long an endorsement? It sure seems that way.

Ever since I saw cowards, hiding behind the cloak of anonymity, attempting to hijack this election, you can count me as being fed up, too.

Billy Long now endorsed by the same people who brought you the Sarah Palin lies, your friends at the Daily KOS.