Kos Shows Hypocrisy, Opposing Gays in the Military

In 1993, Markos Alberto Moulitsas Zúñiga (MAMZ), in an essay at the Northern Illinois University "Northern Star" school newspaper, said:

"the demands and pressures of military life are incompatible with allowing integration with homosexuals." Full Essay at the Northern Star

Ironically, MAMZ later outed a Republican gay journalist, saying, "He has been extremely anti-gay in his writings. He's been a shill for the Christian right. So there's a certain level of hypocrisy there that I thought was fair game and needed to be called out."

DK Readers Discuss Kos' Stand Against Gays in the Military

The conservative reporter who asked President Bush a loaded question at a news conference last month resigned yesterday after liberal bloggers uncovered his real name and raised questions about his background.

Jeff Gannon, who had been writing for the Web sites Talon News and GOPUSA, is actually James Dale Guckert, 47, and has been linked to online domain addresses with sexually provocative names.

( . . . ) Markos Moulitsas, a San Francisco liberal who writes the popular Kos site, said of Gannon: "He has been extremely anti-gay in his writings. He's been a shill for the Christian right. So there's a certain level of hypocrisy there that I thought was fair game and needed to be called out." Online Reporter Quits After Liberal's Exposé, New York Times.

However, no one is as familiar with hypocrisy as MAMZ, for example, insisting that he is not from a wealthy family but then holding his honeymoon at a "family business" that is the among the most exclusive beach front hotels in El Salvador. And so on and so forth. I have been asked not to repeat the entire litany in each post, so I incorporate the litany by reference.

Why Has Markos Alberto Moulitsas Zúñiga (M.A.M.Z.) Lied About His Wealthy Salvadoran Oligarchy Family Background?