John Edwards -- the kowtow continues
Paul Mirengoff
John Edwards continues his effort to carve out a niche as the Democratic contender who will kowtow most cravenly to leftist bloggers. First, he kept on two over-the-top leftist bloggers even after they had been revealed as anti-Catholic bigots. Now he's agreed under pressure to boycott a Fox News candidates' debate in Nevada.
As president, would Edwards take his cue for which media outlets to boycott from the Daily Kos and either inhabitants of the far left? Fortunately, I don't think we'll find out.
It will be interesting to see how Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama react. ...
Nutroots whining over Fox News’s
Democratic debate reaches fever pitch
Allahpundit
It’s come to this.
As you know, the Nevada State Democratic Party has agreed to host a debate with FOX News that has caused some concern among some of our activist allies. Because FOX has such an editorial bias against Democrats, some of our allies believe that we should have chosen another media partner. Senator Reid shares some of these concerns and has asked us to take another look at the parameters of this debate in order to ensure that all Democrats are comfortable as we move forward…
In answer to these concerns, we have secured an agreement to invite KJFK radio, the local Air America affiliate, to air the event live and C-Span will be able to carry the debate twice in its entirety after the conclusion of FOX’s broadcast. Additionally, the Nevada Democratic Party has an agreement to invite a local progressive voice onto the debate panel.
We will also offer PolitcsTV.com the ability to carry the live FOX News web cast feed on its site for one-time viewing. If PoliticsTV agrees, this will give national viewers who do not wish to watch FOX the ability to watch the debate live while bolstering a progressive leaning organization.
Signed: Tom Collins, chairman of the Nevada Democratic Party. They mau-maued Fox into sharing coverage of the debate with nutroots-approved media sources just so that they wouldn’t have to dirty their filthy little hands by patronizing FNC for 90 minutes — even though they’re happy to patronize the network to find material for egregious smear jobs.
And to its eternal shame, instead of walking, Fox went for it.
The punchline? It’s still not good enough: ...
