Ubiquitous wrote:
> In article <lIWdnbhnaJ-IVoHVnZ2dnUVZ_sbinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
alric@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
>>Ubiquitous wrote:
>
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>>> The nation's top Democrats are suddenly ru****ng to appear on the Fox
News
>>>Channel, which they once had shunned as enemy territory as the nemesis
of
>>>liberal bloggers.
>>>
>>>The détente with Fox has provoked a backlash from progressive bloggers,
who
>>>contend the party's leaders are turning their backs on the base - and
>>>lending credibility and legitimacy to the network liberals love to hate
- in
>>>a quest for a few swing votes.
>>>
>>>In a span of eight days, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), Sen. Hillary
Rodham
>>>Clinton (D-NY.) and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean
are
>>>all taking their seats with the network that calls itself "fair and
>>> balanced" but is widely viewed as skewing conservative.
>>>
>>>With the party's presidential contest reduced to hand-to-hand combat,
>>>Democrats are turning to the ratings leader among cable news channels
in a
>>>clear rebuff to the liberal activists known as the Netroots.
>>>
>>>Markos Moulitsas, founder of the leading liberal site Daily Kos, told
>>>Politico's Michael Calderone: "Democrats are being idiotic by going on
that
>>>network."
>>>Ari Melber, the Net movement correspondent for The Nation, told
Politico by
>>>phone that progressive activists and the Netroots are "not happy about
it."
>>>
>>>"I don't think that it is tenable to completely neglect or ignore what
your
>>>base wants," Melber said.
>>>
>>>The Democratic leaders' new openness to Fox reflects the liberal left's
>>>dimini****ng power, at least at this point in the political cycle. Once
>>>feared by the Democratic candidates, these activists are now viewed at
least
>>>in part as an impediment to winning the broad swatch of sup****t needed
to
>>>clinch the nomination.
>>>
>>>Goaded in part by a taunting "Obama Watch" clock displayed by Fox News
>>>Sunday host Chris Wallace, Obama appeared last Sunday after resisting
the
>>>show's entreaties throughout the campaign.
>>>
>>>Clinton had a civil interview on Wednesday night with prime-time host
Bill O'Reilly,
>>>who has often mocked her husband.
>>>
>>>And Dean will appear this weekend on "Fox News Sunday."
>>>
>>>Early in this presidential race, John Edwards led the Democratic
candidates
>>>in what amounted to a Fox boycott. Edwards appeared on Fox 33 times
between
>>>August 2000 and January 2007, the month after he announced his
campaign, and
>>>has never been back.
>>>
>>>Roger Ailes, the president of Fox News, took the boycott in stride,
>>>commenting that more Democrats watch Fox than watch CNN or MSNBC, the
>>>channel's cable news competitors.
>>>
>>>Recognizing that Obama's appearance risked incurring blog wrath, a
"senior
>>>Obama adviser" vowed to Greg Sargent of Talking Points Memo before the
>>>interview that the senator would "take Fox on" during the broadcast.
>>>
>>>But the interview turned out to be a civil give and take, with no
pushback
>>>against Fox. Afterward, Sargent wrote that the pledge had turned out to
be
>>>merely "a bunch of tough talk."
>>>
>>>"This will likely further dismay liberal bloggers who had worked very
hard
>>>to get Dems to boycott Fox as a way of delegitimizing the network and
who
>>>already criticized Obama for agreeing to appear in the first place,"
Sargent
>>>wrote.
>>>
>>>Network records show that since the campaign began in January 2007,
Clinton
>>>has given 13 interviews to Fox News anchors and correspondents, and
Obama
>>>has given 10.
>>
>>I'd LOVE to know the source of THIS tripe. What's the link? I bet it's
>>one of those comically right-wing pages that feed morons like you.
>
>
> Ad hominem noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to make.
What's the link, hotshot?
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