Megyn Kelly Plays The Fear Of Gays Card

[ccharles000]

http://www.newshounds.us/2008/11/12/megyn_kelly_plays_the_fear_of_gays_card.php

Used to be that fear of “Islamofascists” was all the rage in Foxworld. Fear of illegal aliens (actually fear of Hispanics) was also a popular item in the Fox tool box of verbal hammers with which to bash those not meeting rightwing world’s approval. The most recent Fox Fear Factor was fear of Obama – which incorporated other popular fear cards such as fear of blacks, Marxist/Socialists (yeah, they pose an ever present threat) and academia (rational thought processes not a “family value.”) But this morning, on Fox’s morning show, with Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly’s long legs, the fear of gays card was pulled from the deck of Fox jokers.

Kelly began the segment by describing the upcoming video, of a Palm Springs anti-Proposition 8 rally as “unbelievable.” The chyron read “grandmother pushed around by Proposition 8 protestors at California rally.” Kelly described the video as showing a demonstration getting “very ugly” with protestors “ganging up” on a grandmother. The video showed a group of protestors pulling counter demonstrating granny’s Styrofoam cross down and stomping on it. But Kelly had a propaganda point to be made and in order to do so she asked her guest what should be done and “who is at fault.” (Comment: I think I know what the answer will be!)

Now, if you were expecting a fair and balanced discussion with two attorneys (frequent Kelly format), you would be disappointed; as the person chosen, to reinforce the meme, was none other than Maggie Gallagher. In case you forgot, Maggie was in the spotlight some years back when she defended, on TV appearances and columns, President Bush’s $300 million “marriage initiative.” And to encourage her to do so, she was awarded $41,500 of your tax dollars – money which she didn’t initially disclose because it “didn’t occur to” her. Maggie is now head of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, a group which feels that gay marriage weakens marriage as a social institution. (Comment: Wake up Maggie, marriage has already been weakened by heterosexuals who tend to leave it in droves – and that includes Republicans like John McCain!)

Not surprisingly Gallagher recounted how this incident was “not isolated” and that her group was getting “hundreds of reports” of protestors “screaming and spitting on children.” She alleged that it was “very serious” and “was not being covered.” When asked by Kelly if these “brutes” were “only a few bad apples,” Gallagher responded that it was “up and down” California and it was accompanied by vandalism. She said that “the brunt was being borne by the LDS Church.” (Comment: the Mormons spent beaucoup bucks promoting Proposition 8) She claimed that there was racial harassment and that the California Governor is asking the court to overthrow the measure. She alleged that the pro gay marriage forces were “treating us like we were terrorists.”

[David__77]

1. Oh, those poor, poor fundamentalists!

Whatever. They are rabid and foaming at the mouth, and they get whatever they deserve in my opinion.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. This the video?

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

[winston61]

3. It will not be just gay folks that Focks news will demonize-

Let me preface. I willingly put myself of the mailing list of the Heritage Foundation. I thought this way I will know what is coming up on Hannity and Limbaugh. Day before yesterday here came my regular monthly donation plea from Heritage. The new boogy man is now the promotion of English as official language in the U.S. So now be afraid of not only gay people, but brown people speaking Spanish. I used to fill out the absurd loaded question surveys, but now I don't bother. I do return the enclosed envelope empty so they have to pay postage on it. I even wrote 'fuck the heritage foundation' on one of the surveys and I still get the mail from them.

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Megyn Kelly is more dangerous propagandist than Hannity or O'Really

I started watching her at the end of the election cycle to see what Faux was doing. She is the alfa female for all of Fox.
She oozes sensuality and has a unique way of parsing stories with calculated pauses
and enunciation while she smiles and twists verbal knifes conveniently into the backs of her victims.

She has twice the education of either Hannity or Bill'o, so she is no dummy, and has a law degree/law review recipent and was a successful litigator. She walks all over the faux and friends hosts when she talks with them
, they sit in awe of her, plus her own co-host Bill Hemmer is really just second fiddle to her.

I've watched do all the slam stories on Ayers, Acorn, Obama and any democratic viewpoint.

I keep an eye on this one.