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Evil Fox News

Posted by Aaron on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 1:08:23 PM


In the recent debate for the CT Democratic Senate primary Ned Lamont told Joe Liebermann that they weren't on Fox News when Liebermann was trying to point out a falsehood in one of Lamont's comments.  In one of today Daily Kos blogs entitled "CT-Sen: Someone Gets it", Kos blames Liebermann's political troubles on being "too busy spending time at the Fox News studios to head home."  This characterization of Fox News being a tool of the right that lacks credibility is hardly a rare acquisition.  However, I have a gut feeling that many that criticize Fox News, never watch it.  Though, I'm not a huge fan of Fox News, as a conservative I agree that Fox News leans slightly to the right if that.  Also, as a conservative I actually expose myself to multiple news sources, and as far as cable news is concerned I would opine that Fox News seems to be the most credible.  Maybe individuals of the far left feel as though Fox News is extremely bias because they don't constantly assault the Bush administration.


Also, I find it funny that the premise of the Kos article is that left-wing bloggers have little to do with Liebermann political situation, but rather because Liebermann is out of touch with CT's voters.  Ironically, however, they both seem to be on the exact same talking points.  First, the Fox News talking point, like Liebermann is the only Democratic Senator to appear on Fox News.  Secondly, the blog (like Lamont) points out how Liebermann is out of touch with with his party on social security reform.  Humorously, Liebermann did not support Bush's plan for the partial privatization of social security.  Also, both Lamont of this blog criticize Liebermann stance on free trade.  Living in the reality of the current geo-economic environment could only be criticized by members of the far left.      
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God Bless the DailyKos

Posted by Aaron on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:54:02 PM
Though politically the DailyKos (www.dailykos.com), and other far left blogsites, are politically immature and intellectually dishonest, conservatives should thank the growing influence that the blog site has on the political left.  This site consists of members of the left that are much more extreme than the majority of those that support the Democratic Party.  However, because of their influence, particularly through their ability to raise money, elected representatives and potential candidates will in turn be forced to take more extreme stances on issues.  These positions will ultimately be different than those possessed by the mainstream of their base, and weaken their ability to either hold or gain national seats.  The influences of these far left blog sites can be seen when Michael Moore gets an honorary seat next to Jimmy Carter at the DNC, and also when a long standing Democratic Senator Joe Liebermann has to fight for his political life, against his own party, even though he votes with them 90 percent of the time. 

It is also important to note how right winged blog sites, in contrast, seem to represent more mainstream views, and are usually better informed.
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conservative vs. liberal

Posted by Aaron on Saturday, July 08, 2006 1:49:25 PM

The past year in American politics make the differences clear between conservatives and liberals in regard to national security.  During this time frame, through unforgiving media leaks, we have learned how our government has been protecting us: by tracking overseas phone calls of potential terrorists, tough interrogations in undisclosed locations for high level terrorist operates, and by tracking financial transactions around the globe.   When conservatives learned about these tactics, the first question we asked was what do these disclosures mean to our national security?  This is especially true in the case of the SWIFT program.  Since this program is, admittedly even by the New York Times, a completely legal program, one might expect supporters of the current administration to brag about this proven successful program.  Instead, the administration and conservatives alike were more concerned about the ramifications the disclosure had on our national security. 


On the other side, liberals seem to be disappointed, and cry foul, every time news of these programs that protect us surface.  They get angry at the existence of these programs, but at the same time approve of the act of leaking these classified programs.  Conservatives are happy that these programs exist, but at the same time disapprove of leaking harmful information.  These differences couldn't be more clear.
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