Fox plays its version of "hardball" with Bush/Cheney

[BurtWorm]

Actual questions Fox "journalists" asked Bush/Cheney, collected by salon.com's Eric Boehlert:

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html


*"I've got 15 questions for you. If they're dumb, tell me they're dumb."

*"Do you think that when he says these things, John Kerry, your opponent, you were in these three debates with him, do you think he knows he's not telling the truth?"

*"In light of the CBS document fiasco, do you think you get a fair shake from the network news and the elite media like "The New York Times"?"

*"A guy over at "Newsweek" said 80 percent in the elite media favors Kerry. That doesn't surprise you, does it?"

*"And you're healthy?"

*"What's Chirac's problem? He hasn't been a great ally to the U.S. since 9/11. He doesn't want NATO forces to protect elections in Afghanistan. Come on."

*"Do you have any theory on why college professors, pinhead press people why they go into the liberal realm?"

*"Has the press given a pass?"

*"Is it a reality that we could turn on our television sets one day -- Fox News Channel I hope -- and find out that a nuclear weapon has gone off here?"

*"You've said one of the things you were most unhappy about is this issue of the tone in Washington. Let me just run down a list of prominent Democrats for a second here, because I can't remember a time in my life where it's been this bad."

*"You're the president of the United States. You're also leading troops in harm's way. This is the leader of the opposition party Does that bother you?"

*"John Kerry has flipped-flopped his way into a dangerous position So my question is, If John Kerry were president would he make this country more vulnerable and more susceptible to terror attacks?"

*"Now, all this was propaganda. All of this that you didn't... They say you didn't register in Massachusetts . Is that bogus?"

[Inland]

1. Yep. That's Fox all over.