Fox News Attacks ‘Lesbian Air America Host’ (Brent Budowsky)

[democracy1st]

Even by the low standards of the Republican News Network, this morning's attack on Rachel Maddow, on the Fox News network, as a "lesbian Air America host" was a despicable new low. Those words, an open appeal to bigotry and hate, said by an alleged media analyst named Tim Graham, were met with laughter and chortles by the Fox News team on air. This is sick and despicable stuff, even for Fox News.

Here is a message to Barack Obama: You need to spend more time fighting back against the lies and smears of a Swift Boat campaign more ugly than the campaign against John Kerry, and less time having sweet-talk meetings with Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes followed by professorial discourse with Bill O'Reilly. This is war, Barack, and you had better fight back.

The sickness and dementia of a purported news network airing with smug laughs and happy chortles a naked appeal to hatred and bigotry in this attack on "a lesbian Air America host" is a low that even a Republican cable organization like Fox should never stoop to.

Let’s see if the "Fox Democrats," such as Lanny Davis, Howard Wolfson and Susan Estrich, have the strength of principle to stand against this. One of them recently wrote of how proud he was that both parties nominated four great candidates. Is this Fox Democrat proud they nominated Sarah Palin? Is this a Democrat, a real Democrat? A Democrat proud that Republicans nominated Sarah Palin? Huh?

Let’s see if Democrats can summon the steel and will and fight to answer this campaign of personal destruction and let’s see if Barack Obama can toughen up his game, and play NFL Super Bowl football.

In the meantime, Fox News should be ashamed and embarrassed that they allow their shows to be used to attack "a lesbian Air America host.”

Sick is sick. Despicable is despicable. And this is sick and despicable. And each and every Republican and Fox News Democrat should say it.

http://pundits.thehill.com/2008/09/09/fox-news-attacks-%E2%80%98lesbian-air-america-host%E2%80%99/

[C_U_L8R]

1. This from the home of masterbatarians like Sean Hannity and BillO?

what a bunch of jerk-offs... literally

[ben_meyers]

12. But they went ballistic a few years ago when

Kerry said, "If you were to talk to Dick Cheney's daughter, who is a lesbian, she would tell you that she's being who she was, she's being who she was born as."

Were is the outrage now? Double standard at Faux, you don't believe me.

[MissMarple]

2. I wonder who they mean?

:eyes: How sadly predictable.

[marmar]

3. It's like watching an on-air Klan or AFA meeting.....Faux is lower than the lowest amoeba.

Sorry about that - amoebas are important to the circle of life.

[Sebastian Doyle]

4. Wonder what Shepard Smith thinks about all this?

Or does he still work for those assholes? (I haven't watched their damned network since the 2004 stolen election, so I really wouldn't know who is still there.)

[snappyturtle]

5. It's not sexual orientation Faux News is afraid of....it's a brain capable

of reasoning. I know nothing of Rachel Maddow's (I'm assuming this is the person Faux is referring to) sex life and I doubt Faux News does either....what difference does it make anyway?

[democracy1st]

6. you should get to know her she's great and yes very intelligent

[snappyturtle]

15. Oh I've listened to Rachel Maddow for a long time! I know nothing

of her sexual leanings....that's all that I was saying. No question about her I.Q. I thought she did especially well covering the repub convention.

[Betsy Ross]

14. Read her Wikipedia page

She is one brillant woman.

[snappyturtle]

16. Thank you...I have. I am not questioning her brilliance or anything for that matter! n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

7. FOX believes that TV has certain places for lesbians, ghettos if you will. n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

8. I wish all the democrats and liberals of America ..

would start treating FOX like they deserve to be treated. They are nothing other than a propaganda ministry for the GOP. They control in tone and substance all that goes out. To keep going on FOX only legitimizes them. One individual may go on and hold their own but it only contributes to their long term survival as a right wing lie factory. Leave them alone and treat them like Ann Coulter. They are despicable scum.

[democracy1st]

13. agree

[treestar]

9. Well then they have no objection if we refer to Rush Lamebaugh

as a junkie pedophile radio host.

:rofl:

[Sebastian Doyle]

10. Mush doesn't work for Faux

Actually, O'Loofa would probably encourage you to spread the story. I think he's Limpballs' direct competition on the radio.

[FLAprogressive]

11. I wonder what Shepard Smith would have to say about this....

....seeing as he's been rumored to hang out at gay piano bars in NYC. Charlie Crist and him just come out of the Log Cabin if you ask me.