"You Tube" Proves Alan Colmes is a Punk and why we NEED Fairness Doctrine Reinstated.

[KoKo]

Be sure to watch the Video from "YT" and read Taylor Marsh's commentary.

up.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkhrdpuwyQw



Ensconsed in his safe Fox "News" channel seat, snugly tucked in as Hannity's hag, Alan Colmes has spoken. The Fairness Doctrine is just not something we Democrats should support. Must be nice to have all of your bills paid by TV and radio shows all supported by Fox "News." I smell a rat.

So, with the latest "Hannity & Colmes" in the can, the most recent member to the Lieberman wing of political no man's land can return home to know that his mortgage is paid, his heat and electricity secured, while dealing a blow against the competitors, which amount to all those progressives battling for equal time in a world run by conservative corporate conglomerates supporting only the mouth pieces that tow the big money line.

No rebels allowed.

Alan's found his home.

But with corporate security comes the reality that you have to pay The Man his due. Tag teaming with Hannity while pontificating on the silliness of fairness is simply all in a day's work for Mr. Colmes. With a conservative Democrat from Tennessee as guest, not even a gun toting southern Democrat will pass, or get a word in edge-wise. Lord knows the rest of us progressives don't have a chance.

The only type of Democrat appreciated on Fox "News" TV or radio shows are good little progressives that don't talk back too much. Rowdy Rep. Rangel goes on regularly, but he's then mocked and vilified once his back is turned. If you're a Democratic blonde who can suck up to Rush all the better.

But with his motto secured to the inside of his backside, Colmes's knows better than to rock the boat. Everything he owns depends on it. Oh, except his political soul, which he sold a long time ago.

Colmes has been on the job for years. Sitting next to Hannity barely offering a breath of criticism, Mr. Colmes always makes certain to support the star. In case you didn't know, it's an old rule in Hollywood. If you're the sidekick, you better support the man or woman who's responsible for the ratings or you'll be the next one to go. No upstaging or bucking allowed. But Hannity's Colmes didn't get where he is by being uppity. Kissing up is what he does best and since the Fairness Doctrine is the latest wingnut cause, Mr. Colmes is ready for his close.

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[Pharaoh]

1. Why would he need the fairness doctrine?

After all his (democratic) views are already getting equal air time :puke:

Are there any sane people left in this world? :hide:

[billbuckhead]

2. Someone should shave Colmes head

colmes is just as an intrinsic part of Faux's evil as hannitty, o'really or even judith regan.

[Pharaoh]

3. When you watch that video

Hannity proves beyond a shadow of doubt "why" we need the fairness doctrine!

[KoKo]

4. Colmes didn't do to bad at it either. It was a "Tag Team."

Shocking to me...because I've never watched Fox and glad that I didn't. Life is hard enough with just the other MSM..watching that stuff is enough to put one on MEDS...Heavy Ones. How do people stand to watch that? But they do...all the RW'ers who send me nasty pass along e-mails.

[KoKo]

14. kick........

[Pharaoh]

5. K&R

this needs discussion..........

[LostInAnomie]

6. Would the Fairness Doctrine effect Faux Snooze?

I thought it only made effected networks that used the airwaves, not cable. I could be wrong though.

[KoKo]

7. You don't need cable to get Faux...it's a network. And according

to NY Dem Maurice Hinchley who is going to re-introduce the Fairness Doctrine...the bill is also going to cover the cable "news."

:shrug:

[KharmaTrain]

11. The Lawyers Will Love It

So describe to me what constitutes "fair"...or who determines it. Ask a Faux Noise zombie and they'll screetch how this is their fairness or their perception of it. Not to add the matters of a little thing called "freedom of speech". Any attempts to regulate content will launch years of legal battles that I assure will not accomplish what you dream of.

Faux Noise is cable only. While its parent company own the Faux Television network, the only show I know the two jointly show is the Chris Wallce Sunday show...and many Faux stations list that as their news "requirement".

Once again, the Fairness Doctrine addressed access, not content. Want some serious change? Call for the long overdue review of Telcom '96 that allowed the large corporates to monopolize the airwaves and cable.

[SanCristobal]

8. Do any of you even watch Hannity & Colmes?

Colmes regularly makes Hannity and their guests look like fools when they try to spout cookie cutter conservative talking points. He is very good at what he does, I'd say he is easily a better talking head then Hannity. Just because he works for Fox News doesn't make him some sort of Vichy collaborator. Accept the fact that people have their own opinions, and not every liberal agrees with having the government decide what is "fair" for the media to broadcast.

[KoKo]

9. If you can...watch that YouTube video. Both Hannity and Colmes

were viciously tag teaming the Dem Congressman. They wouldn't let him get a word in. They were making the case for why we need the Fairness Doctrine reinstated by their own behavior.

I don't watch Fox...and this snip of their interview tells me I'm glad I've never watched them. That Colmes guy is as bad as the Repug.

[SanCristobal]

10. I did watch the YouTube video.

Colmes doesn't agree with the Fairness Doctrine, and he argued appropriately for his position. He wasn't rude to the guest (Hannity was, but that's his gimmick). Vicious is hardly the word I would use to describe the debate. Colmes made a good case against the Fairness Doctrine, while the Congressman wasn't able to back his position up with any good points. Even Hannity made him look bad, and Sean Hannity has to be the most easily refuted conservative talking head out there.

[KoKo]

12. And, did the Dem get a chance to get his point in? Was the

Dem Congressman supposed to shout the two of them down in that Tag Team Fest?

It seemed to me to be a good case for why we need the Fairness Doctrine if both Hannity and Colmes are against it and they only have one guest on to explain why it's needed. The behavior of those two hacks to a US Congressman also showed a lack of respect for an elected official by two paid for shill/entertainers.

[SanCristobal]

13. Yes. Unfortuanately he didn't have a point to make.

He made one sad reference to Nazi Germany and then failed to explain the basic issue I have with Fairness Doctrine; how will the state determines what is fair? He also failed to address the first amendment issues involved, but to be fair (get it, hahaha) Hannity was shouting him down at the time.

Don't try to act like respect is a big issue. Can you seriously tell me if you had the chance to argue angrily with Bush you would hold back out of respect for his office?