Democrats run screaming from Fox like scared little girls

From the Associated Press...

Fox [News Channel] has tried twice, without success, to set up a debate with the major Democratic contenders. Both times they failed because of pressure applied by online liberal activists, who consider Fox biased toward Republicans and conservatives....

Candidates have fought over debate moderators, formats and even the size of podiums to stand behind. It's hard to recall a debate being rejected because the candidates don't like the network that would carry it.

The political calculation is simple. Democratic candidates are speaking chiefly now to potential primary voters, many with a long-festering resentment against Fox.

"When Edwards stood his ground against Fox, and now Obama and Clinton, it was an attempt for each of them to present themselves as slayers of the dragon, the deadly Fox dragon," said Stuart Rothenberg, editor of a nonpartisan political newsletter based in Washington....

The risk to this strategy is it could make the candidates look like, well, weenies.

"If you can't handle the people at Fox News Channel, it makes people wonder if you can handle the Iranians, the North Koreans, the Chinese, the Russians and maybe even the Canadians," said Ellis Henican, a Newsday columnist and Fox News contributor.

Republicans have had to face blatantly biased MSM for quite a long time. Fox isn't even biased against the DNC, instead simply reporting the real news and not giving Liberals and the DNC every edge possible as the other networks do.

Weenies indeed.

Posted by Danny Carlton at April 16, 2007 4:45 AM