Only on FAUX: Are Congressional Dems killing bipartisanship?

[edbermac]

On the January 3 edition of Fox News Live, during a segment that featured Newsweek contributing editor Eleanor Clift and former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY) discussing the Democrats' "100 Hours" plan, the onscreen text read: "Are Congressional Democrats killing spirit of bipartisanship?" -- referring to the Democrats' reported intention of placing, as The New York Times reported, "limits on the ability of Republicans to offer alternatives" to their "100 Hours" legislative agenda.

Host Jane Skinner offered little to indicate that there currently exists a "spirit of bipartisanship" for the Democrats to "kill," aside from President Bush's January 3 Wall Street Journal op-ed calling for Democrats and Republicans to "come together to find ways to help make America a more secure, prosperous and hopeful society." In fact, as Media Matters for America has noted, although several media outlets have described Bush and congressional Republicans as adopting a "conciliatory" tone toward the new Democratic majority, the president and outgoing GOP Congress have engaged in what Democrats have characterized as partisan maneuvering in the aftermath of the elections. For example, Bush renominated several federal judicial candidates whom Senate Democrats have opposed, and congressional GOP leaders did not address several government spending bills in the last weeks of the 109th Congress, instead punting them to the new Democratic-led Congress.



http://mediamatters.org/items/200701030016

FAUX News - funnier than Comedy Central :rofl:

[Little Wing]

1. GAWD I don't miss talking heads for a second

[malaise]

2. Fugg Faux

They sure have some nerve.

[Rosemary2205]

3. BWWWAHAHAHAHA

This is right up there with the Republicans reviving Pelosi's old legislation about protecting the minority party.

Too funny! :)

[Parche]

4. bipolarship?

What is bipartsanship?? never heard of it until now!!! hahaha

[MrCoffee]

5. god i hope so

screw 'em.

[marmar]

6. And I'm sure they reported on all the Republicans refusals to hold Dem-requested hearings...

and the strong-arm 11th hour votes and forcing Conyers and other Dems to hold hearings in the basement closet, right?

Fox is to journalism what Olive Garden is to Italian food.

[madmax]

7. It's been DOA since selection 2000. n/t

[lapfog_1]

9. Actually, I date it back to the Newt "revolution" of 1994.

There wasn't a lot of bipartisanship in the Clinton years either. I think one of the reasons they hated Bill soooo much is that he would co-opt one of their issues (welfare reform) and make it his own. They couldn't vote against it, but they sure wanted to. Clinton was evil because he just center enough to make them look bad to be against whatever he was for. And he was smart and charming as well. Republicans are rarely either, and almost never both.

[louis-t]

13. The cry from the poor, abused right was...

"He's stealing our THUNDER!!!":cry:

[marmar]

8. And they're recycling trash like Alfonse D'Amato?

It must be markdown week in the right-wing commentator world.

[katsy]

10. Yes we're killing bipartisanship.

bang bang

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

happy now you idiots?

[gollygee]

11. LOL funny how bipartisanship is in fashion again!

:D They are so transparent.

[StClone]

12. The Dems are just using SAC

SAC (Surge and Accelerate) against known enemies -- GOP, Rush, FOX and assorted truth assassins and terrorists upon Democracy. The less bipartisanship the better viewing what the GOP did while in power.

[Deja Q]

14. I want FOX to spell out, in every detail, how this means the end of prosperity and hope for the US.

Otherwise it's tabloid feces that makes the Enquieror look pristine by comparison.