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Alan Colmes has inhabited the Fox
sewer for so long he can no longer smell the stench. He really
seems to believe that the Fox News network, and the show he sub-hosts
with the main host, Sean Hannity, are "fair and
balanced." He cheerfully lends his presence to a fraudulent enterprise.
And it's even worse.
Alan Colmes has a full-blown case of political talk show Stockholm Syndrome. Nothing makes him happier than criticizing his
"fellow Democrats" or liberals for what Colmes eagerly agrees
with his right-wing guests are "inappropriate" words used by
Democrats or liberals to denounce the latest right-wing outrage.
Nothing personal against
Colmes. He seems like a real nice guy. And that is a large
part of the problem. [More to come on the areas of personality,
ideology, debate tactics, program guests, and program topics...]
Debate Tactics: Colmes
seems to think he's in a high school debate competition, and afterwards
the faculty advisor will take everyone out to the local diner for
milkshakes and pie [More to come...]
Endnote: I'm sure the criticism will
be made that my real gripe is that Alan Colmes is not as progressive (or
"far left" if you will) as I obviously am, as anyone can see
by going to my main site, The Rational
Radical. But such a
criticism is invalid. Even if I were a mainstream liberal
Democrat, I would still believe Colmes has to go. It's not because
he doesn't effectively present my views, but because he doesn't
effectively present even mainstream liberal views.
Such has long
been the conclusion of mainstream liberals, as evidenced by this Tom Tomorrow
cartoon
from a few years ago. A New York Times article
about Fox News stated that the program consists of ""a pair of
hosts ostensibly representing right and left, but which is dominated by
the conservative Sean Hannity." Even the official Amazon.com site review
of Colmes' new book feels compelled to point out that Hannity
"dominates" Colmes on their show.
I haven't read Colmes'
book, but however effective it is or isn't, the fact will remain that on
Hannity & Colmes, Alan Colmes still functions as the object upon
which Hannity and the legions of right-wing guests wipe their feet.
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