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Fox, Michelle and the Low Road

July 19th 2008 16:12
I have come across an interesting site that urges Americans to petition protesting the smears by Fox against Michelle Obama. As of the last time I looked, there were in excess of 44,000 people who had signed the Petition.

Now, just between us, it won't do any good. The Far Right's tactics of lies, smears, and worse, are the political discourse it knows well.

Meanwhile, take a look at http://foxattacks.com/michelle

and watch this:



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Comment by Lester Caudill

July 19th 2008 17:33
Hey Jim thank God for Fox News at least they are fair and balanced, unlike ABC, NBC, and of Course the ever republican hating CBS.

Jim why are the big three sending their anchors with Barack Hussein Obama while he tours Iraq, and afghanistan? When john McCain went it barely was mentioned on the network news.

Why do you think conservatives watch Fox News Channel? Because it is the only place we can get our news without have to listen to them act like silly school girls over Barack Hussein Obama, and every other liberal politician. They should report and let the listener decide for themselves.

And Jim why do the ABC, NBC, and CBS distort what republican do, and it cost Dan Rather his job, maybe some of the other anchors should go to.

Chris Matthews is B.H.O. biggest fan, I wonder if he has started the B.H.O fan club.

Comment by Jim Stillman

July 19th 2008 18:00
Lester, it’s always a pleasure to read your comments. You don’t call me names and, except for your silly acceptance of SLB’s (and Ann Cloture’s) clever repeating of Senator Obama’s middle name, you raise air points.

First of all, the reason that the major network anchors did not go with Senator McCain, as I understand it, is that they were not specifically invited. At the time of Senator McCain’s trip, moreover, the Democrats were in the heat of the primary contest between Senators Clinton and Obama and that was deemed to be more newsworthy.

The close coverage of Senator Obama holds danger for him. He has to demonstrate that he has the gravitas to be President. All it will take is a serious misstep, such as referring to Czechoslovakia as a present-day country or telling a joke about the pleasures of rape, for example, and Senator will wish the Press stayed away!

I know that you will never agree with me, but from my perspective, Senator McCain is getting “a pass” from the Press. From “Bomb, bomb, bomb, Iran”, to the rape comments, to McCain’s admission that he is not knowledgeable about economics and therefore relies on former Senator Gramm’s wisdom, to the repeated reference to “Czechoslovakia, the mainstream press has allowed the Senator to escape accountability, suggesting that he just forgets things.

Comment by Jeff Musall

July 20th 2008 04:04
Jim - I am on the mailing list for the foxattacks post, they are always shining the light on Fox idiocy...Lester, you must be one of four people alive who buy that "fair and balanced" crap - Jim is right, the media let's McCain off the hook and doesn't really question him hard most of the time. To see media that is fair and balanced one almost has to look to overseas coverage on many stories....even the mouthpiece Brit Hume admitted Fox was for conservatives. Hey, I can admit us libs get good press from Olbermann and Stewart and Colbert - the rest is corporate owned and conservative leaning. The funny thing is that because the spectrum in America has shifted so far right what would have once been called what it is (FOX) propaganda and fluff, is now seen as news by some to historically misinformed to know otherwise.

Comment by Jeff Musall

July 20th 2008 04:07
Oh, as for the comment about the story that "cost Dan Rather his job." The BBC (and other outlets) completely and fully stand by that story to this day.

Comment by Lester Caudill

July 20th 2008 13:10
Hey Jim, I would never call you names. I like to read your blog, and have agreed a little with you in the past. I know politically we have different opinions, and I do respect yours even if I disagree with it. I understand what you are saying about the timing of McCain's trip, but it could have been covered better, and more indepth, 30 seconds on a News cast is not much.

Hey Jeff are you serious, the liberal press has never ask Obama anything harder than what did you have for dinner. If you think McCain is getting a pass, Barack Hussein Obama is getting rock star treatment. everyone of the network news anchors are following him around to watch his every move.

Bias in a mild word for it, Chris Matthews goes in crying and shaking fits we someone mentions Barack. Chris Matthews acts like those little girls that screamed and yelled for Elvis.

Come on and get real here, you know it's true they are bias against McCain, they never follow him to Iraq, some didn't even send reporters, and on CBS they spent about 30 seconds of time reporting it.

Listen John McCain is not my favorite candidate, but John McCain is a hero, and deserves better than that. I am glad that Barack has finally desided to go take a look, and stop talking without knowledge, it's good that he is going to see for himself. Oh now I get why they are following him there, they want to keep his mouth open and his eyes closed.

You must be a comedian if you can write what you have written with a straight face. Someone would have to be living in fantasy land to think that ABC, NBC, and CBS is not bias is so plain, and you know it.


Comment by Jeff Musall

July 20th 2008 13:54
So Lester - you can tell me that if Obama didn't know Shiite from Sunni, repeatedly talked about a country that doesn't exist, had to have some botton dweller like Lieberman whisper correct answers in his ear, refused to support the immigration bill with his own name on it, etc....you guys would just let it pass with barely a mention? C'mon. I know McCain isn't your favorite candidate because he's not nearly the fundamentalist, bot don't worry, he will keep catering to the far right to get votes....

Comment by footballguru

July 20th 2008 14:22
Funny the Libs and media loved Mccain until he got the nomination now they don't. Just like Rush said it wouild happen.

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