Fox News Now Saying McCain Will HAve Statemetnton 2001 "Redistribution of Wealth" interview

[WeDidIt]

:eyes:

I knew Fox would feed off Drudge.

[ErinBerin84]

1. whatever.

Sean Hannity and Drudge are obviously running the McCain campaign, which has not been getting any more traction from their useless smears. Laammme.

[Seen the light]

2. Why can't we at DU muster up enough strength to ignore this crap?

It's not going to make a bit of difference, so why even bother with it? It's the most obvious attempt at an "October surprise" that I've ever seen, but also the weakest and also the saddest.

[WeDidIt]

3. Because it can have an effect on the election

IT can make a difference.

[high density]

4. They're preaching to the choir

This is nothing new for Fox News. They've already been pimping hardcore for McCain.

[Seen the light]

5. You really think so?

You really think this video has a chance of influencing the election? I don't, it's a replay of the same socialist meme they've been pushing for the past month that has only sank them deeper.

[WeDidIt]

8. Half the electorate barely started paying attention

so yes, it does have a chance to change things.

The one thing going for us is early voting. Last minute crap always has a chance to change things. Kerry had started an upswing in 2004 until the bin Laden tape was released the Friday before the election.

[shaniqua6392]

7. You are absolutely right on that one!!

It does make a difference to an ignorant electorate. They are showing his little media event on every cable news outlet right now. The next eight days are vital because they are going to try anything to sway voters to the McCain/Palin ticket. The media is going to help them out too.

[AlCzervik]

16. no problem, i refuse to spend any more energy on yet another bullshit story from drudge

see John Kerry's non affair, see Ashley Todd's non mugging.

[maui9002]

18. I hear you but

unlike 2000 and 2004, when I mostly kept my anger to myself about the attacks on Al Gore and particularly John Kerry, I've become much more vocal (both in person and online) when others attack Barack Obama. Regardless who was selected as the Democratic nominee, he or she would have faced an unrelenting series of smears, because that's how the current version of the Republican party campaigns. That being said, in my own sphere, I will try to respond to every attack I hear--either by pointing out that the claim isn't true, or by explaining that the conclusion being reached is incorrect. I'm not sure I've changed too many minds, but I can tell you I've received a substantial number of positive replies from people on large mailing lists who received a smear email and my response.

[GoesTo11]

6. They've been teeing up for this

The ads kept asking "Who is Barack Obama" ...

Now they answer. Their closing argument, as it were.

Obama may need a major speech about how wealth has been distributed upward.

Sitting here having watched my retirement wealth just evaporate by almost 50%, what the fuck do I care about a little redistribution anyway?

[BumRushDaShow]

9. ??? Obama bought 30 minutes of primetime on most of the networks for Wednesday.

Plenty of time for him to make his major push for the agenda.

[Brotherjohn]

12. Thing is: A) It won't work this time b/c of the environment, and B) It's too late anyway.

B) Why it's too late: Obama is up 375-157 in the latst Electoral-vote.com projection. This day in 2004? Kerry was behind 257-274 in the same projection. It's WAY to late to sway enough voters to make a difference.

A) People have woken up and seen the light (as evidenced by the polls, reflected in the above electoral vote projection). They no longer automatically see Repubs as better able to protect us, and more to the point, they no longer automatically see the Dems as "tax-and-spend liberals" wanting to take all your money. McCain's last-ditch strategy is to grab onto the tried and true themes of every election. They ask "Who is Barack Obama" and answer "a tax-and-spend liberal/socialist who is going to raise your taxes and has questionable connections and opens you up to terrorist threats... blah blah blah".

Problem is, they wrote the answer to "Who is Barack Obama" before he was even the nominee! They were going to use it against whoever the nominee was: Biden, Clinton, Edwards... whoever.

But people see that now. Especially after Bush said all the exact same things against any and all opponents in 2000 and 2004, and then goverened the way he did. They now see it doesn't wash.

[timber84]

10. Don't forget Obama's 30 minute program this

week. It's going to be a long week, but he is in the driver's seat. We are going to win this thing.

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. They did push it all morning then were surprised and disappointed he didn't say

anything about it. Really weak

[Kaylee]

14. There really is nothing to say....

who doesn't agree that more money and services should be given to disenfranchised communities. I don't get the "bombshell" this is supposed to be.

[WeDidIt]

15. Drudge is desperately trying to be relevant this year

now Faux has egg on its face for the second time in a week pushing a Drudge infected story.

McCain must have found out the "tape" was a remix of the original interview.

[Ichingcarpenter]

17. That's what I'm thinking too .. Megan the newsbomb was

disappointed. She was also pushing the Biden interview all morning and even had
THOM HARTMAN on with a right wing radio show host on to discuss it.
Thom was great and explain how a real news reporter would phase a question
and not but his or her own biases interjected in to it. He even gave examples.

[Medusa]

13. No shock there.

The dangerous thing is that their ratings are phenomenal and people tend to believe what they see on tv, no matter what. This is why Fox is dangerous. We can dismiss them out of hand b/c we know the facts. But that vast group of "low-information" people? They honestly do not know any better. Let's hope the other two networks don't fall for this shit but we also know it's monkey see, monkey do in the news biz.