Clinton supporter: FOX has done the fairest job, and remained the most objective of all the cable

[Mass]

Rendell, on Fox News yesterday:

...
I think during this entire primary coverage, starting in Iowa and up to the present -- FOX has done the fairest job, and remained the most objective of all the cable networks.
..

Who knew? :nuke: :nuke:

(sure, pushing racist and sexist memes is doing the fairest job. Congratulation. Gov, Rendell. I assume this is what you can call desperate)
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/03/gov_ed_rendell_dpa_fox_news_is.php video at link)

EDIT: changed surrogate to supporter, so that the stupidity of the claim does not get lost in trivial hair splitting.

[C_U_L8R]

1. no one likes a suck-up

ed

[samdogmom]

2. How far can you sink Hillary?

She's needs to get in a limbo contest...asap!

[melody]

3. The 24 Hour Pastor Wright channel?

Yeah, that would be their version of fair.

[kirby]

4. Because FOX WANTS Hillary to be the nominee...

You should have heard Brit Hume and Bill Kristol this weekend complaining how unfair Hillary was being treated and how MI and FL should have their votes counted and how Hillary should fight all the way through the convention.

[TwilightGardener]

13. Tammy Bruce was on Ingraham's show this AM saying Hillary should

be our nominee, because Obama "hates America" and Hillary doesn't.

[Mags]

20. I kinda agree with Tammy Bruce, although I think it is more his supporters then Him

[anonymous171]

46. gb2FR

[ekwhite]

75. What is this crap you are slinging this time?

If you don't vote for Hillary, you HATE AMERICA? That kind of horseshit went out with Joe McCarthy. I love my country and I have done my civic duty and voted in every major election since 1972. Shame on you, Mags.

[40ozDonkey]

26. Did you just pull a, "If they vote Obama they hate America?"

Wow! Kudos.

[bellasgrams]

40. That 's the absolute truth. Why do you people want a guy that

was raised as an anti-American atheist, then joined an anti-American church as our Pres. It makes no sense at all. Wake up before it's to late for all of us. That plus his lies are directly tearing the country apart, regarding his racism remarks. If he didn't agree with Wright after hearing him speak of hate all those years why didn't he go to a church that doesn't just attract one race. If he wants to be pres. he should be smart enough to do that. Since it didn't occur to him he really just isn't smart enough for the job. The church I attend has all colors and nationalities. We're a university parish. We never hear anyone's race or ethnicity besmirched Everyone shakes hands and greets each other warmly.

[Beacool]

62. Simple..........

When Obama moved to Chicago he had to establish his roots within the black community if he wanted to run for office. When he met Wright he brought him to his church. The church suited him just fine and gave him bona fide credentials within the black community. He could not afford to disown his church and lose support from his most faithful constituency.

I do find it interesting that just last week he said that he would have left the church if Wright hadn't resigned. Ahhhhh, political expediency at its best. Only do the right thing when you're caught in a tight spot. All politicians do it, why I find it so amusing in Obama's case is that he has sold himself to his faithful as an agent of "change" who would transform the old DC way of doing politics.

Well, the truth is that he's just another politician......only better packaged.

[noel711]

68. YOu gotta get out more...

Don't you do more than accept all the pap that comes down
from the media? YOu see one sound byte, and know the 'facts'?

Think for yourself... do some research,
find the whole damn sermon Wright preached,
listen to it, then make an informed opinion.

Trinity UCC is multiracial,
and they do not preach hate.

If you attend a university parish, I"m sure
your pastor wants you to think before you judge.

Before you make a decision about Obama's church,
I suggest you worship in an African American parish.

[ekwhite]

77. So you are using McCarthyist tactics now?

Obama hates America so much he is running for President. Shame on you.

[gateley]

14. That's VERY disturbing when

FOX rides to the rescue of a Dem candidate. What's going on???

[DJ13]

22. What's going on???

Fox isnt really a GOP channel, they are really a cheerleader for corporate influence in our government.

That means they CAN support a Democrat if they dont trust the Republican, as long as that Democrat supports the increased corporate influence of our goverment, and Murdock thinks they would govern that way after being elected.

Up until Hillary they havent had a Democrat they thought met that qualification.

[bellasgrams]

41. BO has as many Corporate contacts as any other Congress

person. Give us a break. That just doesn't fly.

[ekwhite]

78. Obviously not as many as Clinton

Or she would not be getting the endorsement from Faux News. Ed Rendell sucking up to the voice of the Bush Administration is pretty disgusting, in my opinion. I would say that if it was Ted Kennedy doing it.

[sendero]

45. Besides that..

... the GOP does and long has wanted to run against HRC this fall.

Ailes and FOX are just doing the repuke job for them as usual.

Not that it's going to make any difference.

[EFerrari]

27. We all KNOW what it is.

Nothing could pull the nutwing base together as quickly as Hillary Clinton.

They hate women.

They hate the Clintons.

They hate us.

They're SALIVATING for her to be our nominee. That's not her fault and does no justice to whatever her qualities may be. But, it's just true.

[JI7]

50. Lou Dobbs also

talking about how everyone is being unfair to Hillary.

[apocalypsehow]

5. Hell, that's nothing. The Clinton's and their supporters are turning into the biggest Rush Limbaugh

fans you've ever seen. "Democratic dittoheads" - who'd a thunk it?

[juajen]

39. I have heard no Hillary supporter say anything nice about Limpballs!

Perhaps you could link the thread where that happened?

[bellasgrams]

42. All my friends are Hill supporters, don't know any that can

stand Rush. Must just be BO supporters, they sound just like Repbsl.

[LakeSamish706]

6. So now one has to try and decide who is a Democrat and who is a Republican...

with those remarks, and the simple fact that they would even appear on Fox... yuck...

[anamandujano]

7. Maybe you should nominate MSNGE for the prize.

[stop the bleeding]

8. WOW just wow

:argh: fucking dipshits

[Fenris]

9. FOX...objective...

/aneurysm

[Ian David]

10. Seriously? Fox? Who does he think he's kidding? n/t

[TwilightGardener]

11. Unbelievable. Having Hillary (and her surrogates, like Fast Eddie) still in

the race is like having to run against a Republican--BEFORE we have to run against the real Republican.

[dempartisan23]

12. hillary is a mccain clone

[jgraz]

15. Pennsylvanians really need to get rid of that toad.

Unbelievable.

[Greyskye]

16. Up is Down, Black is White, Faux is Fair

[CJCRANE]

17. F*** F**

[marmar]

18. Now that's just sad.....The Clinton campaign has degenerated to this level?

I understand she wants to win, but it's not worth selling your soul. Or maybe she's just an opportunist and never really had a soul.

[MonkeyFunk]

19. a supporter is not a surrogate

[TwilightGardener]

21. Fast Eddie is not a mere "supporter". He's an omnipresent shill.

[MonkeyFunk]

24. It doesn't make him a surrogate

people misuse the word here all the time.

[noel711]

66. Fast Eddy REndelll..???

NOT a surrogate?

More like a prostitute...

He shoots from the hip,
but now its time for a hip replacement Eddy...

Your political career is over....

[papau]

72. Schultz and KO are Obama shills 24/7 - making Fox look relatively objective

[ekwhite]

80. Amazing, simply amazing

Yes, Olbermann has been calling Senator Clinton out a lot lately, but it has been because her behavior has been pretty egregious. You know, no one criticized Olbermann when he was putting out nearly weekly special comments about President Bush, but one special comment about Hillary Clinton's virtual endorsement of John McCain, and he is now worse than Fox News? Give me a break!

[EFerrari]

30. Supporters are surrogates in the media, whether the campaign likes it or not.

That's why campaigns work so hard to try to herd their supporters.

[Yael]

33. Correct

But what does that have to do with this thread and Fast Eddie the Hill Shill?

[Mass]

34. Still a pretty stupid thing to say.

[Shakespeare]

37. Rendell is a surrogate. n/t

[ekwhite]

79. I agree that a supporter is not a surrogate

But Ed Rendell is essentially a surrogate for the campaign, even if he is not getting paid by them. He is the main cheerleader for the Clinton campaign in Pennsylvania. Would you be saying this if Senator Casey had said the same thing about Fox News. Frankly, the Clinton campaign's attempts to cozy up with Richard Mellon Scaife and Richard Murdoch are disturbing to me.

[Lerkfish]

23. look, I don't prefer Hillary, but Rendell has always been an idiot

I'm just sayin.

[EFerrari]

25. Who could have ever imagined a Clinton surrogate would sink this low.

Me.

[DearAbby]

28. BINGO....Fux News....Who knew?.........n/t

[DerekJ]

29. ..

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Umbram]

31. Nothing will shock me anymore (nt)

[Hippo_Tron]

32. Fox should be treated as a propaganda network for the Republic Party

IMO Democrats should boycott them. I don't mean this should be the case for all right wing media. As much as I don't like the Weekly Standard and the National Review, they admit their bias and their agenda. Until Fox does the same I think we should be boycotting them.

[Tribetime]

35. barfity barf barf barf and barf

[TheDonkey]

36. Holy shit, Rendell has just jumped the shark

sick clown of a man. He knows he can get away with his flimsy slurs and tired attacks on Obama on FOX.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

38. Jumped it? They've brought it home & set it up in the guest room.

Room service? :donut:

[Bensthename]

43. The Reverend Wright Channel? They are part of operation chaos.

[tabasco]

44. Murdoch, Scaife, Fox News. Hill and Bill have gone to the dark side.

[Kber]

49. I think you forgot Rush

Didn't Bill Clinton do his show before Texas (on a day Rush's substitute was broadcasting, I think.)

[nsd]

47. Wow. They really are desperate. /nt

[samsingh]

48. fox assholes

[kevinmc]

51. "Hillary was under Sniper Fire and FOX NEWS is the Only News"

[DemVet]

52. I watch FOX.

I also watch MSNBC and CNN and Headline News. I love watching ESPN the most, though. :)

Sometimes I also go over to FreeRepublic and Townhall.com to see what THEIR headlines are.

I go to the Times of London website and also the Guardian and Telegraph and occasionally the BBC.

I think a person needs to go to a BROAD variety of sources to be informed.

That's just me, though. I don't believe sticking one's head in the sand.

[Thepricebreaker]

53. I watch all cable news shows.. I like to see what everyone is saying...

[DemVet]

55. Good for you...another one that DOESN'T have their head in the sand.

Watching them all is the best way. It's that simple. :)

[ekwhite]

82. I would say watching none of them is best

I prefer getting my news from the newspaper.

[DemVet]

85. Your local newspaper is owned by a large corporation.

Just like the networks.

Are you going to tell me they don't pick and choose what news and stories go into your paper?

If anything, you are more at risk to be influenced by the news one way or the other than one who gets his news from all sources.

[Mass]

57. I agree, but how can somebody call them the fairest cable news.

That was the point of the OP.

[Beacool]

64. Ditto for me, except for ESPN.

;-)

[crankychatter]

54. FOX *hearts* Hillary

makes me feel all warm n fuzzy

[madrchsod]

56. obama refuses to go on fox news

bill and hillary did

Fox News Sunday Starts "The Obama Watch" -

...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/16/fox-news-sunday-starts-t_n_91761.html

[Romulox]

58. MSNBC = Shamelessly pro-Obama. CNN = mildly pro-Clinton

Fox, I don't watch.

[mod mom]

59. What about Dan Abrams is is strongly pro Clinton? CNN is definitely pro Clinton

[Romulox]

61. I personally haven't seen his program, but he airs at 9 pm Eastern

9pm on a cable news network is like 4:30 am in regular TV hours.

At any rate, check out this clip where Abrams accuses his fellow MSNBC talking heads of promoting Obama.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gplEaDRKKaw

[papau]

73. 2/3 rds of his shows he gives the day to Obama - so you now you need a race card 90% to be "fair"?

[Beacool]

60. Actually.............Rendell is correct.

If you are a Hillary supporter like I am, then you have come to realize that only FOX, PBS and C-Span have given Hillary a fair shake. FOX doesn't like either candidate, so at least they bash both equally and have even defended her on occasion (particularly Bill O'Reilly).

FOX is a network I never used to watch, but I gravitated to them after the underhanded and disgusting way that MSNBC has treated Hillary for months. They couldn't have been more partial to Obama and more sexist if it had been written in their by-laws. The only program I can even tolerate to watch anymore is Dan Abram's.

As for CNN, they are not much better than MSNBC, but once in a while I see a glimmer of an attempt to report fairly on the candidates.

The reality is that the MSM is in the tank for Obama, has been so since IA and will remain so until they get him elected and then they will pile on him like they have done to every other president.

[Mass]

63. Nice to see that some Hillary supporters are fine with a channel promoting racism and sexism.

So great to see where their progressive values are! Because FOX is not fair. It is basically biased against both candidates. And if this is your notion of fair, you are just tools to the RW media.

[Beacool]

65. Promoting sexism? That would be MSNBC.

Should I list the names? At the top of the dung pile would be Tweety, king of the sexist jerks. Let's not also forget Joe, Tucker, Shuster, et al.

FOX may be shilling for the conservatives, but MSNBC is a total disgrace that doesn't even deserve to be called a news channel.

[Mass]

67. Fox does too, You are just happy they do racism as well so you are ready to forget it.

As for MSNBC, I simply do not watch (neither do I watch FOX. I simply do not watch cable). Except for Olberman, there is nothing worth seeing there anyway, but it does not make FOX a fair channel in honest people's minds.

[Beacool]

70. I only watch FOX occasionally, so I honestly haven't seen

the sexism that you mention but I wouldn't be surprised if it's there since it's been prevalent in most media this election season. I just think that MSNBC is the most blatant offender.

[truebrit71]

69. Olbermann lit this moron up last night in Worst Persons....Rendell has drunk deeply from the

...cup of Hillary Kool-aid...

He was on CBS this morning spouting similarly optimistic pro-Clinton horsehit....

The more this guy opens his mouth the more he proves himself a horses ass....

[Beacool]

71. And Olbermann has drunk deep from Obama's Kool-Aid.

KO lost me after the 10 minute diatribe against Hillary over Ferraro's unwise comments. Did KO deliver a similar long winded speech chastising Obama for what a supporter had said (as he did w/ Hillary) after the Wright controversy? Hell, no!!!

Therefore, KO is another one who I have added to the MSNBC dung pile headed by Tweety.

[truebrit71]

74. Typical Hillbot response...funny how you lot have discarded all of your old heroes..

..as they dare criticise your Queen...

I will not take the time to explain the difference between what Wright said and what Ferraro said because your avatar displays your aversion to truth...

I wish you well on your journeys...

[Beacool]

84. And your defense of Obama

displays your blind belief for a guy who does not deserve it.

[Jennicut]

76. Last time I checked Faux news out they were pushing the right wing agenda, how is that "fair"?

They run it in continuously-right wing=good, left wing=bad. Whatever "good" news coverage of Hillary that they provide is done simply to build up Hillary whom they originally wanted to face come Novemeber. None of it is done out of "fairness". As a Dem, I thought Rendell might realize this but he is so desperate for any good news for Hill that he will turn to Faux.

[Az_lefty]

81. Rendell along with the Clinton's should get the Hell out of the Dem party...

total shill's.

[knixphan]

83. The journey to the dark side is complete

[tigereye]

86. well, maybe Scaife being impressed by HIllary confused everyone!

:wow:


I have to say that the one time I watched Faux News on an election night just out of curiosity, they actually were more even-handed than I expected. I was kind of shocked. (of course that might have been since Bush was sadly winning)

[thewiseguy]

87. What an asshole...

[samsingh]

88. i'm still shocked any Democrat would every say this