Horse's Mouth: Fox News' Neil Cavuto: Please Come Back, Dems! Please! We Need You!

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Fox News' Neil Cavuto: Please Come Back, Dems! Please! We Need You!

August 9, 2007 -- 11:58 AM EST // //

This video, in which Fox News' Neil Cavuto practically pleads with top Democrats to stop shunning the network, tells you all you need to know about why the Dems' boycott of the network is paying off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjau4sICsJ0


Best Cavuto quote: "Our offer still stands for any of them to come on this show at any time." This is very good -- a simple and elegant way for Dems to keep grinding the network's nearly nonexistent credibility deeper and deeper into the dirt. Just keep saying, "Nope, sorry, not coming on. You're a propaganda organ. End of story." Is there any doubt from Cavuto's plea that Fox realizes just how damaging this Dem boycott could prove in the long term?


Also priceless: The only Dem Fox could get to come on was...Gary Hart.


That the leading Dem candidates declined Fox's invite gives me an excuse to make one of my pet points yet again: It really is remarkable how it's now de rigeur for the Dem candidates to push back very aggressively against right-wing and even mainstream media figures, on behalf of themselves and others, in order to appeal to the Netroots and Dem primary voters in general.


From Elizabeth Edwards' attacks on Ann Coulter to Chris Dodd flaying Bill O'Reilly in his own studio, this sort of pushback has now become an indispensable tool in the political arsenal of Democratic Presidential candidates. In essence, certain aspects of the media critique pushed for so many years in the lib blogosphere have very clearly now gone mainstream in Democratic politics. Without getting too Pollyannaish, this is a very good development -- it amplifies the critique considerably, conceivably helping to force the mainstream dudes to tune into it a bit more.


Best of all, it's making the Neil Cavutos of the world whimper and grovel. Let's hope Dems don't let up any time soon.



-- Greg Sargent

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/horsesmouth/2007/08/fox_news_neil_c.php

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[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

1. Did Someone Say Something....

NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH!!!!!

I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!!

[rateyes]

2. Kayed and Arred.

:kick:

[flyarm]

3. if the civilian dems would shut them off and keep them off it would do major damage as well..but it

doesn't seem enough of us are willing put our money where our remote is!!

i have had all fox networks on child block for 6 years now..no fox is allowed in my home..and you could do it too!!

fly

[Harry Monroe]

4. Anyone catch the "Daily Show" tonight (8/9/07)??

There was a segment on there about Cavuto's interview with Bush. He was practically on his knees giving Bush a BJ!! The segment and Jon Stewart's comments were priceless. You'll probably see it on YouTube real soon. Catch it!!