{"id":3054,"date":"2010-10-25T12:22:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T19:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2010-10-25T12:22:25","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T19:22:25","slug":"if-fox-news-can-breed-their-own-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=3054","title":{"rendered":"If Fox News Can Breed Their Own Democrats…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watching Fox News, you sometimes have to wonder where they get the idea that they can call their guests “Democrats.”<\/em> It appears that they go to great lengths to find the most objectionable opponents of the Democratic Party and slap them in front of a camera with “D”<\/em> next to their name. For instance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\nDoug Schoen:<\/strong> Republicans need to bring back the optimism and inspiration that Ronald Reagan championed so well. If they can take ownership of bringing the country a new sense of hope and possibility they have a bright future ahead.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n<\/strong>Mara Liasson:<\/strong> I think this the tea party movement, the big question when it started is will this be a divisive thing for the Republican Party or will it be a source of energy? I think it’s turning out to be a source of energy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\nPat Caddell:<\/strong> The problem is that we have a Potemkin village presidency here. We have facades. The facade of being open government and new politics and then behind it Chicago gangsterism going on.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n<\/strong>Kirsten Powers:<\/strong> [Sarah Palin]<\/em> is the embodiment of what feminism is all about. She\u2019s a working mother, she\u2019s successful, her husband helps with the children. We should be excited about this, even if you don\u2019t support her.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Boy, with friends like that, who needs enemas? This list just scratches the surface. The Fox Democratic lineup has also featured such Democrat bashers as Lanny Davis, Susan Estrich, Harold Ford, Jr., and even Dick Morris. And that’s just their regulars. Fox scours the news wires to find any incident wherein a Democrat is critical of other Democrats. In fact, that’s the fastest way for a Democrat to get invited to appear on Fox.<\/p>\n

If Fox News gets to chose who they think represent Democrats, I think I should be able to decide who is a Republican. So I’ve assemble a short list of folks whom I believe best represent the state of the GOP:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\nMichael Moore:<\/strong> Is there a difference between Democrats and Republicans? Sure. The Republicans just come right out and give the bastards a corner office in the West Wing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n<\/strong>Al Gore:<\/strong> The most disturbing aspect of the Republican political culture is how it puts its unquenchable thirst for power, domination and a radical ideology above facts, reason and the truth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\nLindsey Lohan:<\/strong> Is our country so divided that the Republicans best hope is [Sarah Palin]<\/em> a narrow minded, media obsessed homophobe?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n<\/strong>Benito Mussolini:<\/strong> Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

That should level the playing field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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