Fox smear 101: a montage of Obama love

I posted this some time ago, but it's worth posting again for a number of reasons:

1. Fox, specifically people like Sean Insanity, will do just about anything to try and make Barack Obama look bad. Wait, excuse me, it's Barack HUSSEIN Obama. Can these people possibly be any more childish? This is behavior fit for a playground.

2. This video is a reminder of what political activism can do. I'm not saying that Fox Attacks or any other one organization or event single-handedly caused the Democrats to pull out of the Nevada Democratic Primary Debate that was scheduled for this August, but Democrats signing petitions, sending e-mails, and voicing their extreme displeasure at the whole idea in the first place most certainly played a major role in the party's decision to cancel the event. The only question I have now is, what were the Democrats thinking in the first place?

In recent days, I've heard some argue that cancelling the even on Fox News deprives the Democratic candidates of a chance to reach out to a new audience of voters. There is some validity to that, I suppose, but I feel the overriding concern here is the network's continuing, systematic effort to paint Democrats in an overwhelmingly negative light. And I you think I'm serving up steaming b.s., watch the video clip above, again.

3. Since the bogus "Madrassa" story about Obama, the presidential candidate has shunned Fox News, and that's led some conservatives to decry the "censorship." That's pure, unadulterated bullshit.

Does anyone remember Dick Cheney kicking the New York Times off of his plane for a time when he didn't like the coverage he was getting? Most who criticize Obama's decision conveniently forget Cheney's activities.

Another example - anyone remember Cheney and President Bush caught on camera calling a reporter from the New York Times "a major league asshole"? I do.

Way back in 2000, during a September campaign appearance in Chicago (from Salon.com):

Then Bush spotted New York Times reporter Adam Clymer, who has been with the paper since 1977, serving as national political correspondent during the 1980 presidential race, as polling editor from 1983 to 1990 and as political editor during the successful presidential campaign of Bush's father in 1988.

"There's Adam Clymer -- major league asshole -- from the New York Times," Bush said.

"Yeah, big time," returned Cheney.

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Yea, Democrats are the only ones who take steps against media coverage they don't like.

Right!