Friday, March 09, 2007
Edwards Running Scared?
Edwards bailed on the Democrat presidential candidates debate. Why? Because it was hosted by Fox News...supposedly. What's the real reason? Two scenarios are apparent: Edwards may be pandering to the moveon.org crowd's pressure to boycott sponsor Fox News because it isn't liberal enough with its coverage, and Edwards may simply be running scared. Based on Edwards Christian-bashing blog team debaucle suggesting his circle of friends is less than mainstream, and the fact that he wasn't the worst debater in the last election, it would seem likely that his reason for bailing on the debate is heavily influenced by the Moveon bunch.
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I can play that game too...
Actual Quote:
"There is no military solution to a problem like that in Iraq,' the general told reporters in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone. 'Military action is necessary to help improve security . . . but it is not sufficient."
MSM headline: "Troops can't win the war"
If FOX news has a bias, it does not exceed that of its competitors. Edwards is straight pandering to Moveon.org here. The proposed solution is to have someone from "Air America" ask questions as well.
"Air America?" Honestly. Edwards is a joke. I would rather see Hilary than Edwards, because Hilary at least has taken a couragous stance at least once in her life. Edwards, not so much. . .
Richardson also dropped out of the rightwing freak show. I guess he was also "too scared"...
FOX News has become the Black Knight from 'Monty Python & the Holy Grail' screaming "Come back here you yellow bastards!"
Why show it on FOX when you can put it on CNN and have it seen by dozens of people.
I guess the Democratic party is still going down the road of Hysteria and Hystronics. Congratulations, I guess.
Maybe he dropped out because Fox News is to television journalism what Mad Magazine is to print journalism.
The only difference is that when Mad Mag makes someone laugh, it's intentional.
This is hilarious. Who hosts the show is not why people watch it, but who participates and responds to questions. Whether Fox News, who reports the news, or the New York Times who fabricates it, who cares? Their job here is not to report, but to host. Any candidate who claims it creates a problem is merely using that as a front for their politicizing the issue, like Edwards and Moveon simply trying to make a statement instead of bucking up and giving voters something to base their votes on.
We can argue all day about who is biased and who isn't, but the real issue is why won't Edwards debate his fellow candidates. The answer appears to be he is less concerned about the debate and more concerned about making a statement. It's not like he didn't know that Fox News was hosting the event when he agreed to participate.
Skewed commentary is pretty much a given after every public debate. If Edwards is concerned about that, he should get out of public office because that will occur no matter who hosts the debate.
And c'mon, it was the NY Times, not Fox, that was caught making up stories, sources, etc. And it wasn't meant to be a partisan statement, just a point that who the host is is immaterial.
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