Rachel Maddow: "Fox News EXISTS to destroy the Democratic Party"

[featherman]

As quoted on Olbermann tonight. But Wolfson, Clinton, McAullife, Rendell all praise Fox. Hmmm.... strange confluence

[anonymous171]

1. The Clintons want control of the dem party. They're trying to tear it down from the outside.

[sandnsea]

4. The Clintons have control of the Dem Party

They're fighting tooth and nail to keep from losing it.

[Capn Sunshine]

2. A defininite "no duh" moment

Glad to hear a MSM show state what we all have known since day one.

[featherman]

3. Glad to hear it said out loud on TV for once

[newmajority]

5. The DLC also exists to destroy the Democratic party

That's why Wolfson, Clinton, McAullife, Rendell and other DLC'ers all praise FAUX.

[Barack_America]

13. They're united in their obsession with the mostly racist...

blue collar white males, aka the "Reagan Democrats"

Fox News exists because of them, and the DLC was formed to woo them back.

I, quite frankly, agree with the Hillary of old on this and think, "screw 'em".

The fight over these jackasses is driving the partisan warfare that is tearing this country apart.

[Jawja]

19. There is no such thing as a

"Reagan Democrat." That is a MYTH. They are Republicans.

[BzaDem]

27. Do you like losing election after election?

Just curious. It seems most people here would much rather lose as long as Clinton isn't the nominee.

[JAbuchan08]

36. I forgot all those elections we won over the last eight years

by using me-tooism to appeal to centrists, alienate liberals and making voting an exercise in voting for what we think others will accept rather than what we really want.

[SoxFan]

29. Actually, that's not the case at all

The DLC has spent far more time and effort pointing out the need to appeal to younger, "wired" workers. They recognize that the industrial age coalitions aren't viable in this day and age, so we need to figure out a way to draw in voters who are younger, more educated, more suburban.

Janet Napolitano, Kathleen Sebelius, and Bill Richardson are all closely tied to the DLC and all are outspoken Obama supporters. The argument that the DLC is the motivating force in Hillary's camp is simply inaccurate. Her most influential insiders-Maggie Williams, James Carville, Paul Begala, Howard Wolfson, Harold Ickes-are actually from the old-line, "establishment" crowd, and really don't like the DLC policy wonks.

[ScarletSniper]

18. The DLC is republican lite...they need to be defeated

[Pisces]

6. Curious that McCaulife praises them, and surrogates say they are fair and balanced. Hmmm

[Faygo Kid]

7. Do you feel the love for Hillary from Fox, Scaife, Rush, Coulter?

Wonder why that is? Might it have something to do with not wanting to face Barack?

Nah, they just all respect the hell out of her. And she and her supporters are more than happy to make a deal with the devil if that's what it takes.

Seems to me she already has.

[mcctatas]

8. I caught those two asshats at 3:00 practically drooling over

"exclusive clips of new rev.wright interview". I don't even get that worked up about....well anything after 14 years of marriage!

[yellerpup]

9. Kick for that quote!

Rachael Maddow is fresh air. :kick:

[LTR]

10. The real reason FAUX News exists...

...conservoporn for angry rednecks.

[girl gone mad]

11. She was fantastic, as usual.

[Raine]

12. Rachel was completely on point so

I can't see why the hell all those "Democrats" would be so chummy with Faux, very creepy. x(

[Medusa]

14. Rupert Murdoch is Hilary's new best friend

Well, next to Sciafe that is.

[knixphan]

15. kick for 'damn right!'

[cui bono]

16. She was spot on on that David Gregory show from what I heard on the internet stream

Buchanan and Scarborough were spewing the talking point that PA was a huge loss for Obama and he's losing with all sorts of demographic groups. She set them straight and explained that he closed the gap in PA, and his numbers have risen in all the demographic groups they mentioned. Of course ol' Joe doesn't like to be corrected by her. :)

[ladjf]

17. America may be too dumb to think it's way out of Republican

domination.

[UALRBSofL]

20. Hey, if Obama can't handle the heat

It's called reaching across the isle and creating a bipartisan congress. That's what it's about but your damned, either your with us or against us. That's what Obama is about.

[Blue_Roses]

31. lol...it just amazes me how if this was Obama

and his campaign cozying up to a repub propaganda machine like FOX news, Clinton supporters would be all over it.
It's do as I say, not as I do with them.:eyes: No wonder so many people are becoming more turned off by them.

[ellacott]

21. It's understandable to try and reach a wider electorate

But to think that Fox will remain fair and balanced towards them is naive. If Hillary were to get the nomination Fox will turn and be just as viscious to her as they have been with Obama.

[Medusa]

22. Love Rachel but I disagree on this one.

Fox News exists to make Rupert Murdoch even richer. And that's cool with Hillary, she and Rup are apparently best friends, he's right up there with her good friend Sciafe.

[Straight Shooter]

30. I'll add to that.

Fox News also exists so Murdoch can influence the way people think and he thereby influences the direction this country takes, thus influencing world events.

The ultimate reason for craving money is the acquisition of power.

[JAbuchan08]

34. and he wants people to think pro-hillary

why do you think that is?

[Straight Shooter]

40. Why don't you wait until Obama's appearance on Sunday before pronouncing your edict. n/t

[DemVet]

23. Obama is going on Fox and I praise him for it.

There is probably no better way to reach moderates, Independents, and Repubs willing to "cross over to the other side" than Fox.

I think it's a wise move on his part.

[scheming daemons]

35. Agreed... and of the Fox idiots he could have talked to, Chris Wallace is the most bearable

Though it would be funny as hell to see him take down a Hannity or O'Reilly.

[flpoljunkie]

24. Why doesn't MSNBC hire Rachel Maddow in the 7PM time slot--rather than repeating Tweety? Altho,

I do so enjoy seeing her stand up to Joe "bully boy" Scarborough. Rachel doesn't take any sh*t from him--unlike Mika, who seems to get more spineless every day.

[UALRBSofL]

25. Now this is something an Obama Supporter and a Hillary Supporter can agree on

We have common ground here. I have been emailing and called and left those messages that you leave on AAR and on Dr. Maddow's personal phone for her radio show asking her to take over that slot.

[Vinca]

26. Actually, there's a second and more important reason Fox News,

Limbaugh, Coulter, Malkin, ad nauseum exist. MONEY! They make truckloads of cash off of "hate the Democrats." It's an industry all by itself. That's why the great divide between parties will never heal. It's too lucrative. The hatemongers will keep it stirred up as long as there is a buck to be made.

[Cosmocat]

28. Absolutely ...

that is why, in addition to the names you noted, there are 100s of other half witted morons who manage to snake their way into the media ... It is a freakin cottage industry ...

Someone above had the line "conservporn" and that is about it ... Write some form of a book about "the 100 most DANGEROUS" Americans in some way, you have a built in audience that just needs this propoganda to live ...

[PatGund]

38. Not just that...

It's why they get upset whenever the idea of "fairness" is brought back. They know that Progressive Radio beats them in a market most of the time, so they want to keep their hold on 90% of the market.

[TragedyandHope]

32. Go Rachel!

[Orsino]

33. She's wrong. Fox News is there to push America to the right, period.

They'll undercut, malign and jeer the Dems, sure, but they're as happy to absorb us as they are to neutralize us. Why should they care much about eliminating Democrats, when Democrats have all but fallen into line?

[BklynChick]

37. thank the goddess for her. she's been on fire lately

[SeaLyons]

39. Like she and Olbermann

exist to detroy Hillary. :puke: