Like many to the left of the political spectrum, I have a lot of problems with Fox News, but I'll confess I watch it on a fairly regular basis. My Grandfather used to read the right wing papers, because as he said, you should "Know your enemy".
As many of you know by now, the latest conservative attack on Barack Obama is a rather subtle one alluding to his smoking habit, which has been well known for some time now, but will probably resurface again and again, just like the youthful experimentation with cocaine. I'm sure Obama and his team are calculating that it is far better this stuff emerges early and can be dealt with.
But what struck me more than anything else in this interview was the little throwaway line that John Gibson added during the interview about Obama's supposed liberalism.
Gibson states "Obama's formula for success. He has a moderate image, but he has one of the, if not the, most liberal voting record in the Senate. Malia, is that part of the secret of his success, is actually obscuring his liberal voting record?"
Really? According to the National Journal, who measured the entire senate's voting record in 2005, Obama ranks 16th most liberal, which puts him neatly within the middle third of the Demotratic Party. It's amazing how that "the most liberal" title varies at Fox according to the proximity of the individual to power.
Thursday, February 1, 2007
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