One of the only sane voices at the New York Times, David Brooks, does a deadly accurate character study of Markos Moulitsas “Screw Them” Zuniga in tomorrow’s edition, according to Raw Story: NY Times columnist Brooks attacks ‘Kingpin’ of Daily Kos.

In Sunday’s paper, conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks attacks the founder of Daily Kos for acting like a “Kingpin” who “commands his followers” to “unleash their venom on those who stand in the way,” RAW STORY has found.

“The Keyboard Kingpin, aka Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, sits at his computer, fires up his Web site, Daily Kos, and commands his followers, who come across like squadrons of rabid lambs, to unleash their venom on those who stand in the way,” writes Brooks. “And in this way the Kingpin has made himself a mighty force in his own mind, and every knee shall bow.” ...

Brooks suggests that Markos is a hypocrite for lashing out at The New Republic for leaking the private emails.

“The Kingpin waxed Cheneyesque on the evils of leaking, and this time the squeaking fury of the Kossacks could be heard (to those capable of discerning high frequencies) far and wide,” writes Brooks.

Brooks also compares Markos to the indicted former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

“The Kingpin is not surprised by such betrayals,” opines Brooks. “Sounding like Tom DeLay — who is his moral doppelgaenger — Kos says that those who crash the gates and take on the establishment are bound to be attacked.”

Oh man. That’s gonna leave a mark.

UPDATE at 6/24/06 6:03:44 pm:

Kos leaves a “really quick” post, with some Deep Thoughts for the Kidz: Daily Kos: Really Quick. (Hat tip: Killian Bundy.)

Just a quick reminder as the media nip at our heels —

We didn’t get here because of them.

They can praise us, they can trash us, they can ignore us, and ultimately none of that will matter as long as we keep doing what we’ve been doing.

Whether we succeed or not will depend on our own efforts. Not those of anyone else.

The Kidz are hopping mad.

What reporters are taking bribes this year?

Several “journalists” got fired last year for taking bribes (consulting fees?) to run pro-GOP pieces. Remember there is a billion dollar propaganda budget out there. The public should be reminded of this frequently, because it is one of those elephant-in-the-living-room things that most people have never heard of.