The Rude Pundit: Elizabeth Warren Tells Fox "News" to Go Fuck Itself with Roger Ailes's Femur

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The Rude Pundit
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5/14/2019
Elizabeth Warren Tells Fox "News" to Go Fuck Itself with Roger Ailes's Femur


Fuck yeah, Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is running for president, just went to war with Fox "news." In a series of tweets, Warren told Fox to get the fuck away from her with this town hall bullshit. Apparently, Fox invited her to appear on their network of the damned and Sean Hannity, and she declined, explaining, "Fox News is a hate-for-profit racket that gives a megaphone to racists and conspiracists—it’s designed to turn us against each other, risking life and death consequences, to provide cover for the corruption that’s rotting our government and hollowing out our middle class."

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It's about goddamn time one of the Democratic candidates stopped with this whole bullshit idea that they have to "reach" Fox "news" viewers. It turns Fox into the de facto spokesdicks for the mythical "White Working Class," a group that is so much more than Fox-infected assholes (and is also far, far bigger once you remove "white" from the name). And Warren's rejection of Fox turns a spotlight on the "news" network's efforts at stupiding their viewers with a nonstop fecal flow of fear and fuckery. Maybe Kirsten Gillibrand and Pete Buttigieg will back out of their scheduled appearances.

Essentially, Warren just declared war on Fox "news." She went far, far further than just declining the town hall. She went for the throat, naming evil where she sees evil. Warren dug up the rotted whale carcass of Roger Ailes, ripped out his femur, and started fucking Tucker Carlson's ass with it.

Look for Fox to react furiously, as Fox will do, likely calling her everything from "Pocahontas" to "Emma Goldman" (actually, Emma Goldman doesn't have a Disney cartoon, so Fox viewers wouldn't understand it). They'll make her seem like Stalin has been reincarnated and that Warren and AOC are gonna be forcing you to eat organic dirt to stay alive while Rashida Tlaib ululates in your ears.

But Warren wouldn't have started this if she didn't know what she was getting into. She could have politely declined and moved on. This is a war she wants. This shows she knows that you have to kill the troll if you want everyone to be able to cross the bridge.

[blm]

1. I'm with Warren.

[katmondoo]

2. Me too

[iscooterliberally]

3. Me too also. n/t

[CatMor]

4. I'm so glad she turned them down ...

why give Fox legitimacy to their claim of being fair and balanced. That is the furthest thing from what they are. Fox viewers wouldn't change from being trumpsters anyway.

[Irishxs]

5. I disagree. A pres must govern all the people. I want compromise and sense.

[crazytown]

11. A President does not have to govern for a TV channel.

Citizens are free to choose what they watch. A president does not have to underwrite those choices. Some not doubt get their news from RT. A President does not have to legitimise that choice..

On the other hand, a candidate or elected official will make up their own minds. Senator Warren has expressed herself magnificently. Mayor Pete will put his case quite forcefully as well. The lost sheep, or something like that I guess.

[Politicub]

29. This.

Warren doesn’t need to represent all media.

If the only news source that some have is Fox, that’s their problem, not a candidate’s.

[LanternWaste]

13. Don't pretend that appearing on a network is equitable to governance. It ain't.

Sense, indeed,

[lunatica]

18. LOL!

Go preach it to the Trump party!

Thanks for the laugh!

[infinite_wisdom]

21. Not sure if you are serious

..but I think most of us would prefer some level of compromise and sense.

But that's kind of the point. Fox News does not advocate for compromise and sense. They advocate for the exact opposite - hyper partisan conservative politics. The more hyper partisan the better.

In fact, you could probably draw a direct correlation from the beginning of Fox News (when such things such as compromise actually existed) to today's current dysfunctional state in which compromise is seemingly impossible. Donald Trump is President. Mitch McConnell leads the Senate. There will be no coming together on any issue with this current alignment.

Fox News and other RW media are greatly responsible for what we are now seeing. Why feed that beast? They can't be reasoned with at this point.

[John Fante]

27. Should she do a town hall with infowars then?

Alex's listeners are Americans too.

[BeyondGeography]

32. She has spent more time in deep red areas than any other candidate

She has no issue with reaching out to Fox’s audience. She just doesn’t want to do it via Fox. Excellent take on that here from Charles Pierce:

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a27470455/elizabeth-warren-fox-news-town-hall-hate-for-profit/

[stevesinpa]

45. compromise and sense?

have you not paid attention to the republican party and fox news for the last 25 years? there is no compromise with these people. how the hell can you expect to compromise with them? pull your head out of your butt,

[CentralMass]

6. Good for Senator Warren for shunning Fox..

[Scurrilous]

7. K&R

[SidDithers]

8. I'm so impressed with Warren's stand against Fox "News"...

She's absolutely right to shun them.

Wish others had the same backbone.

Sid

[TxVietVet]

20. I'm with Warren and WAR against FOX-not-the-need

It’s the propaganda outlet for the conservanazis. Always has been. Always will.

tRump

[CanonRay]

9. Liz tellin' it like it is!

[appal_jack]

10. This is exactly the 1-2 punch I hope for throughout the Primary campaign.

I'm pulling for Warren for this and many other reasons, but am also thrilled that Bernie is out there doing his thing. The two of them approached their respective Fox News Town Hall opportunities differently, but I think that they both made wise choices.

Bernie handled himself on Fox admirably, and made notable inroads to Fox News viewers. That may become some important leverage if he endorses another Democratic candidate (I doubt Bernie will clinch the nomination) or perhaps as he campaigns in the General Election if he happens to be the nominee. But Warren did her own thing, and she is not the least bit wrong in her choice. Fox has corroded our Republic for decades, and Elizabeth Warren is the perfect candidate to tell them what for...

I hope that they both keep up their good fights.

k&r,

-app

[EarnestPutz]

14. Exactly right. Both candidates went with their strength and did well.

[wolfie001]

12. I really respect this woman!!!

She ain't scared of nothin'!!!

[Butterflylady]

22. I agree

I could tell from the first time I saw her that she is a fighter with no holding back. My dream team is Biden/ Warren. But will definitely go with whoever is chosen.

[Javaman]

15. Saw a pict with Warren and Harris. That's a ticket I can support

I matters not who is the president, I think they are both amazing.

[lambchopp59]

16. All the dem candidates need to tell Fux to fock off

Especially in light of WH efforts now to make them official state media.
Sean Hannity and co. can just drown in the vortex of hate and greed they're spinning, they're losing their audience to the nursing homes by the droves, I'd rejoice at the day their worst fraudsters join Alex Jones as loser bets for advertisers and end up hawking "bone broth" to keep up their drivel.

[not fooled]

33. Yes, especially since

fux will label ANY Dem candidate a "socialist" and try to further confuse their addled rube watchers by conflating "shared taxation and spending on the public good"-type governance with "owning the means of production."

[Boomer]

17. Warren 2020

She's had my vote locked up for YEARS. I've just been waiting for her to run.

[MineralMan]

19. Actually, she said it much more eloquently than did The Rude Pundit.

And without the crudeness. I prefer Warren's version, frankly.

[Fritz Walter]

28. Agreed. I take strong exception to comparing Ailes to a whale

Cetaceans are intelligent and noble creatures, traits that are sadly lacking with the codger.

deranged donnie and bill barf are being depicted as Jabba the Hut by cartoonists, and Ailes matched that physique as well.

[orangecrush]

42. as rude

as Barr was to Nancy?


Good.

Time to go bare knuckles with these swine.

(with votes.)

[sop]

23. Kirsten Gillibrand should hold FOX News to the same standards

as she did Al Franken. She must have forgotten all the sexual harassment at FOX.

[Pepsidog]

26. Good point

[kacekwl]

24. I'm inclined to vote for her

just for this.

[Farmer-Rick]

31. Me too

[Pepsidog]

25. Taking down Fox and Murdoch should be a primary goal of all Democrats. Seems like Warren is the

point of the spear in this battle. Give them hell Warren!!

[SunSeeker]

30. The Dem candidates who appeared on Fox did not get a boost in their poll numbers.

Eric Swalwell regularly appears on Fox, and he's still polling at 0%.

As usual, Elizabeth did the smart thing and the principled thing.

[RVN VET71]

35. I like Swalwell

He's not yet presidential material and will make a much stronger mark in the House -- and maybe, the Senate, after Kamala goes to Washington as Joe's VP -- and should cool his heels for a while.

But Rude hit it out of the park in closing about Elizabeth's war on Fox with words that should be heeded by every Der candidate:

She could have politely declined and moved on. This is a war she wants. This shows she knows that you have to kill the troll if you want everyone to be able to cross the bridge.

[SunSeeker]

36. I agree. nt

[not fooled]

34. The thing about her fearlessness

is that it's exactly what we need to counteract decades of pukes "working the refs", alternately whining about and bullying their opposition.

[corbettkroehler]

37. Mental Picture Of The Week!

That byline reads like genius! I will savor it for days!

Senator Warren staked her position beautifully, too.

Thanks for sharing!

[Blue_Tires]

38. YES!

Been saying this since day one

[Hassler]

39. She has offered a good balance of policy, principle and spirit.

[Gore1FL]

40. I like that there are candidates taking both approaches.

I like to see the fight taken to Fox. I also rather enjoy Fox being called out.

A nice mix is good.

[orangecrush]

41. He really IS rude...

I am delighted.

It's time to stop playing paddycake with these fuckers.

[pangaia]

43. "network of the damned'

OH OH OH
Can I borrow that?

YESIREE

[47of74]

44. I would have been a lot more graphic in my refusal

And flat out told them to go fuck themselves. They’re going to attack anyways so I figure give them a real reason to despise us.