Carson City Dems Say No to Fox

[stephanie]

Ran across this scanning Du...Don't know who this blogger is, but it was on her site..:cuckoo: :cow:

'd never been to Carson City, Nevada until I covered the AFSCME presidential forum. But I just fell in love with the town. The following was emailed to me late last night. Now I love Carson City even more.


Carson City Democratic Central Committee
RESOLUTION OPPOSING FOX PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
March 7, 2007

WHEREAS, Fox News is not a neutral source of news – it’s a right-wing mouthpiece like Rush Limbaugh that smears Democrats and spreads blatantly false information; and

WHEREAS, Democrats granting Fox News the illusion of credibility would allow Fox to more easily “swiftboat” our 2008 candidates by pushing false Republican attacks into the mainstream media; and

WHEREAS, everyone supports reaching out to new people, but 1 day of Fox coverage is not worth legitimizing Fox’s misinformation the other 364 days a year; and

WHEREAS, plenty of better alternatives exist to Fox News – in Nevada, MSNBC plus its NBC affiliates, for example, get approximately double the viewers of Fox cable plus its local affiliates; and:laugh2: :poke:

WHEREAS, we believe that Democrats need to fight back against Fox News and the right-wing smear machine in the 2008 election cycle—not enable it.

BE IT RESOLVED, the Carson City Democratic Central Committee opposes the proposal to let Fox News host a Democratic presidential debate and strongly urges the Nevada Democratic Party to drop that proposal.



Call Harry Reid and tell him that Fox "News" is a no go: 202-224-3542. If you happen to live in Nevada: 1-866-736-7343. Spread the word.
http://www.taylormarsh.com/archives_view.php?id=25250

[manu1959]

my dad knew harry reid when my dad was in politics in nevada.....harry once asked my dad why everyone was always talking behind his back.....my dad told him that if he would stop sleeping with every show girl they would....

carson city is a very pretty town ..... my dad's mums parent setteled in franktown ... had a stone cabin on a creek with a water wheel .....

[stephanie]

my dad knew harry Reid when my dad was in politics in Nevada.....harry once asked my dad why everyone was always talking behind his back.....my dad told him that if he would stop sleeping with every show girl they would....

Carson city is a very pretty town ..... my dad's mums parent settled in franktown ... had a stone cabin on a creek with a water wheel .....

Does anyone think Reid is connected with the mafia??

[manu1959]

Does anyone think Reid is connected with the mafia??

i am sure people think that....doubtful ..... i could alwasy ask my godfather http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Fahrenkopf,_Jr. he is the american gaming commissioner

[stephanie]

Found this editorial out of a Vegas newspaper..Boy, they didn't like this over at Du....:laugh2:

Mar. 10, 2007
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal

EDITORIAL: Meltdown over Fox

Network co-sponsors state Democratic debate -- oh my!


Hard-core liberals can't stand the Fox News Channel. Passing a television that's tuned to the conservative favorite forces many of them to close their eyes, cover their ears and scream, "La la la la la la la la la!" Then they dash to their computers and fire off 2,500 e-mails condemning the outlet, none of which are ever read.

But liberals' aversion to Fox News has finally gone over the top. The Nevada Democratic Party had agreed to let the right-tilting network co-sponsor, of all things, an August debate in Reno between Democratic presidential candidates. Party officials were serious about drawing national attention to the state's January presidential caucus, the country's second in the 2008 nominating process. What better way for the party to reach conservative and "values" voters who might consider changing allegiances?

But the socialist, Web-addicted wing of the Democratic Party was apoplectic. The prospect of having to watch Fox News to see their own candidates would have been torture in itself. So they set the blogosphere aflame with efforts to kill the broadcast arrangement, or at least have all the candidates pull out of the event. Before Friday, the opportunistic John Edwards was the only candidate to jump on that bandwagon.

You'd think the deal called for having Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter mock the candidates between comments. No, even unfiltered, unedited, live debate between loyal Democrats couldn't be entrusted to Fox News.

The approach of outfits such as MoveOn.org is so juvenile it's laughable. Imagine if every political organization created litmus tests for news organizations before agreeing to appear on their programming. Republicans would have boycotted PBS, CBS, NBC, ABC, National Public Radio and The Associated Press decades ago.

This hyperventilation results from the fact that far-left Democrats have no comparable media outlet, nor any widespread national appeal, for their radical views in favor of heavy-handed regulation, wealth redistribution, diplomatic capitulation and economic protectionism. So they attack their rivals' messenger with a reckless barrage of rhetoric that cuts down their own allies with friendly fire.

By Friday, the Nevada Democratic Party caved in to the lunatic fringe and beganseeking a more "appropriate" television partner.

Comedy Central, perhaps?
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2007/Mar-10-Sat-2007/opinion/13078877.html

[avatar4321]

I think there is an important question that needs to be asked here.

If the liberal candidates are too afraid to go on Fox news because they might be challeged with tougher questions, how are they supposed to convince us that they can take on terrorists or dictators?

With all the challenges that a President has to face, critical and even hostile media seem to pale in comparison. So why exactly should we give them bigger challenges if they can't handle the little ones?