"Blogofascism?" And Armstrong's "violin d'Ingres"

The fallout from the diktat [which the barely literate zuniga misspells as "dictat," probably its Spanish spelling] of the celebrated leftie czarovitch to bury the story of Jerome "jayson blair" Armstrong's previous quasi-criminal career as a stock tout has got The National Review up and at 'em against the increasingly totalitarian tendencies of the ultra-left bloggers.

Of course, it was predictable that an in-house site for leftie Kos insiders would leak when the diminuitive fuehrerlein issued a ukase against talking about the Armstrong fiasco.

Mickey Kaus has continually hammered this blatant case of "pay to play" DailyKos corruption [Warner hires Armstrong as his on-line czar, Armstrong partner-in-crime Zuniga at DailyKos keeps a stream of pro-Warner blogs sluiced into the media Wurlitzer he has constructed] and the MSM may soon be obliged to ACTUALLY PICK UP THIS MAJOR STORY. In this case, unlike the Mapes/Rather fiasco, a prez candidate appears to be jeopardized by an ongoing revelation---not a thirty-year old controversy buttressed by phony docs. Warner should fire Armstrong and denounce the little RICO scheme that sprouted in his campaign HQ. Wouldn't you think the MSM would want to demonstrate a little BALANCE in their reporting?

Not really. Read Tom Maguire to realize why the conservative bloggers will probably have to continue in the samizdat mode for the time being. Crazed ranters on the ultra-left have tried to niggle and nitpick TNR, in classic leftist fashion, as the "old mole revolution" keeps gnawing at the dirt underneath the sunshine turf of light and reason.

The Puffington crowd and the Kossacks appear to have become discredited before their time, which they have in the past would be right about now. Like an Austrian philosopher said somewhat unkindly about the United States: [The blogosphere] has gone from barbarism to decadence without an intervening ascendancy [or words to that effect].

Kosola has the potential to sink the DailyKos RICO scheme before it leaves port.

UPDATE: I did not check out Tom Maguire's Post for all of the great links on the Zuniga/Armstrong slow-mo meltdown. Occidentality has a great summary of all the good toxins that are being leached out in this mini-epic, including a wonder citation of Riehl World View's little discovery of Armstrong's "violin d'Ingres" [hobbyhorse or second skill], ASTROLOGY! Check the link and find out how Jupiter is aligning with Mars, etc., and how Warner may have hired Armstrong for more than just POLITICAL consultation skills. The most singular quote:

Varuna is 900 km (550 miles) in diameter and has an orbital period of 285 years. It was discovered 28 November 2000, coinciding with the contested election results in the USA (astrologer Jerome Armstrong has noted that the GOP has its natal Varuna at 19 Sagittarius, conjunct George W. Bush's South Node, which Pluto is currently transiting).

So I guess the hanging chadfest in Florida was simply meant to be!