MSNBC, MoveOn, HuffPost, DailyKos Paranoid Hillary & Obama Appear on FOX

[Cicero]

What are the left wing blogosphere and low rated cable channels to do now that obama, Hillary and soon DNC Chairman Dean have, or will, appear on FOX NEWS?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HaEhFp0Xxt8

http://youtube.com/watch?v=m_X-5B5VyNg

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_05/013650.php

[negativ]

I'm fairly surprised that Hillary's appearance on the O'Reilly Factor didn't result in the creation of strangelets or some other sort of hitherto unknown phenomenon that would react negatively with all the hydrogen atoms and *poof* us all out of existence.

I'm not a rabid fan of Obama, but I do respect him. I think it's horribly unfair that he's been expected to make excuses for Jeramiah Wright. As far as I'm concerned, the Clintons have cornered the market on "unsavory personal relationships". How many of Obama's former business partners have served prison time?

I really hope that this campaign ends up being Obama vs. McCain. It might actually be a campaign about ideas instead of a campaign about who eats more babies.

[President Bush]

What are the left wing blogosphere and low rated cable channels to do now that obama, Hillary and soon DNC Chairman Dean have, or will, appear on FOX NEWS?


Start repeating that MICHAEL J FOX IS FAKING IT!

[Ziggurat]

I'm not a rabid fan of Obama, but I do respect him. I think it's horribly unfair that he's been expected to make excuses for Jeramiah Wright. As far as I'm concerned, the Clintons have cornered the market on "unsavory personal relationships".

You've got it backwards. It's not unfair that Obama has to make excuses for Wright, it's unfair that Clinton doesn't have to make excuses for her associations.

But there's actually a fairly logical reason for the discrepency. Clinton is a known: we already know what she's like, we've had plenty of time to see her in action. Some people have formed bad opinions of her based on that, some people good opinions. But Obama is an unknown. The nation at large doesn't know what he's really like, and so indirect clues (like who he associates with) become much more significant for him than they do for Clinton. That's not fair, but it is actually logical.

[Cicero]

Start repeating that MICHAEL J FOX IS FAKING IT!

Wasn't that Limbaugh who accused Alex P. Keaton of exaggerating his Parkinson's for a commercial?

But what does that this have to do with how the left wing blogs and perennial basement ratings dweller MSNBC's hissy fits over Democrat presidential candidates appearing on FOX News? Can't they just admit that their boycott of FOX was absurd and that Hillary and Obama will go to wherever they can reach the largest audience.

[RandFan]

Wasn't that Limbaugh who accused Alex P. Keaton of exaggerating his Parkinson's for a commercial? Ah, but you missed the point of the posters conceit. He can always plead stupidity because he is after all President Bush.

[EeneyMinnieMoe]

I'm fairly surprised that Hillary's appearance on the O'Reilly Factor didn't result in the creation of strangelets or some other sort of hitherto unknown phenomenon that would react negatively with all the hydrogen atoms and *poof* us all out of existence.


You mean that you're surprised that the universe didn't explode when Hillary appeared on The O'Reilly Factor. :D

Me too. I'm also surprised that pigs didn't fly and hell didn't freeze over.

Just kidding. Good for them that they were brave and fair enough to appear on shows unfriendly to them and their party.

And the same goes to Republican politicians who appear on Real Time with Bill Maher or The Daily Show or on news programs that would generally be considered liberal. Good sports.

[kallsop]

I think it was John Edwards who first fronted the DNC campaign to boycott Fox News, the news channel watched by more democrats than any other - what a genius strategy - duh.

Obama and Hillary both just capitulated and the DNC lost that little power struggle. Another Howard Dean "success" no doubt.

[TexasJack]

Hillary is behind and must take chances, it's simple as that. She has alienated the far left, but it a gamble, IMO, she had to take.

[Cicero]

Hillary is behind and must take chances, it's simple as that. She has alienated the far left, but it a gamble, IMO, she had to take.

Gamble? Obama had already appeared with Chris Wallace and Hillary's appearance on O'Reilly garnered 3.3 million viewers. This election, as in all other past Presidential elections, are never decided by the far left participation. The fact that minions from both Dem camps appear regularly on FOX, the blogosphere's demand from the Dem candidates to boycott FOX was, and still is, inane.

[TexasJack]

Gamble? Obama had already appeared with Chris Wallace and Hillary's appearance on O'Reilly garnered 3.3 million viewers. This election, as in all other past Presidential elections, are never decided by the far left participation. The fact that minions from both Dem camps appear regularly on FOX, the blogosphere's demand from the Dem candidates to boycott FOX was, and still is, inane.

An interview with Wallace is nothing compared to an interview with O'Reilly, and IMO, was a gamble by Hillary.

[corplinx]

Tonight on The Factor, part 1 of my two part interview with Hillary Clinton, followed by the chick that tells me what people are thinking because of their body movements. Stay Tuned!

[Cicero]

Tonight on The Factor, part 1 of my two part interview with Hillary Clinton, followed by the chick that tells me what people are thinking because of their body movements. Stay Tuned!

And that "chick" is always flattering to those she observes. Do you think she is going to tell O'Reilly that Hillary is a phony only doing what is politically expedient? She is going to be complimentary to both Hillary and O'Reilly, if she is ever asked to read either of their body language.

That interview did a lot of good for both Hillary and O'Reilly. Imagine if Hillary uses segments of it in her own political ads.