Letter to The Washington Post

In "The Rise of Kos" on August 3 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/02/AR2007080202023.html E.J. Dionne postulates that the DailyKos is the ideological and partisan opposite of Rush Limbaugh and that it supples the "needed...discipline" to the party of FDR and JFK. I can only conclude that Mr. Dionne has never listened to Limbaugh, has never visited the DailyKos site and at best is glossing over the qualifications of Kos founder Markos Moulitsas. I watched Moulitsas interviewed on C-SPAN's book review and I was right with him until he said that he was so impressed with the way the military gets things done that he believes society as a whole should be similarly organized. What? I was associated with the U.S. Army for 31 years. It is a distinguished organization, but it is not democratic nor is it a place where decisions are debated. After that and often since I have visited the site. It is filled with invective and hate, but scarcely an idea or a sane discussion of anything. It's junior high at best and Mr. Dione has grossly insulted his idols. Limbaugh on the other hand deals in ideas, satire and humor. You must listen carefully lest you miss the most hilarious quips. According to the Pew Research Limbaugh has the most educated and informed audience in radio. In addition, Mr. Dionne is wrong to say that Dittoheads "despise all things liberal and Democratic." I understand he is using the adjective democratic to denote his political party, but conservatives are keen on democracy and liberality in the ancient sense that stresses the importance of the individual over the group and values freedom for that individual. These are classic values that have no relation to Mr. Dionne's political party as it operates today right in tune with the idealess, valueless, and hate-filled DailyKos. The fact that the Democrat candidates are "paying homage" to Kos tells us everything we need to know about those candidates