Obama spokesman: Fox 'a mix of an infomercial for McCain and the X-Files'

[meegbear]

John McCain's $300 billion mortgage buy-up plan came under intense criticism from economists and experts Thursday because of the burden it would place on taxpayers. On the same day, McCain released a video press release attacking his Democratic opponent for previously associating with a former '60s radical.

Quick, guess what the hosts of Fox & Friends wanted to talk about! Why, Barack Obama and Bill Ayers, of course. A spokesman for the Democratic candidate was determined not to let the morning co-hosts sit comfortably in their positions as unofficial McCain mud-slingers.

Following the lead of Obama strategist Robert Gibbs, who tore into Sean Hannity earlier this week, Obama Press Secretary Bill Burton accused Steve Doocey and Gretchen Wilson of wallowing in the mud of distraction rather than discussing issues voters care about.

"I'm guessing you guys don't want to talk about the economy, huh?" Burton said to kick off the interview.

He was right.

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Doocey jumped in, doing his damnedest to steer the conversation back to Ayers, making the completely unfounded accusation that Obama is lying about meeting Ayers in the mid-90s, because their wives happened to work at the same huge law firm 10 years earlier.

"Watching TV this morning, it's like a mix between an infomercial for the McCain campaign and an episode of the X-Files, with all the conspiracies and criss-crossing suggestions of associations and secret meetings and things like that," Burton said. "No, we've said before that Sen. Obama didn't know him until 1995."

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http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_camp_Fox_cross_between_infomercial_1009.html

[melody]

1. And even that is charitable n/t

[burythehatchet]

2. When a Faux Nooz hyena gets its' nuts handed to him, an angel gets his wings.

[Supersedeas]

3. And yet look how similar the daytime alternative to FOX seem to be

[firedupdem]

4. I wouldn't grace those fuckers with my presence. People who

watch them 24/7 are not going to change their minds. They are beyond reach. Let them talk to themselves all day.