Among the very few Huffington Post bloggers willing to break the predictable liberal mold is John Ridley (pictured) who has frequently appeared as a guest panelist on Joe Scarborough's Morning Joe show on MSNBC. Although many of Ridley's previous opinions might have made the Huffington Post readers somewhat uncomfortable, I doubt that any of his other postings sparked the firestorm of outrage of his July 31 blog, The Left Fringe Needs to Quit Being Scared of the Fox. The only problem I have with that title is that it isn't just the "Left Fringe" that is afraid of appearing on Fox. It is also the mainstream Democrats, including such pandering presidential candidates as John Edwards and Barack Obama. After initially establishing his liberal credentials with an obligatory attack on Fox News, Ridley goes on to chide the left for refusing to appear on that network:
Obviously, Fox News makes its bank in extreme opinion. I've already registered my disgust with John Gibson who is NOT a racist. He's just an old white guy who thinks white people oughta maintain their white dominance by having lots of white babies. But does Fox opine any less than Keith Olbermann or Chris Matthews over at MSNBC (another disclosure, I co host Morning Joe on the network, though I hope by now that's not actually a disclosure for anyone anymore)?
The far left fringe feasting on their own is, of course, hardly a new phenomenon. There are nearly half a dozen pejoratives reserved for any liberal who would dare to be a guest of "the enemy." Quite ironic when you consider that House Speaker Nancy had no fear of slapping on a do-rag and having a siddown with actual "enemy" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (as have Republicans), and in light of the current Obama/Clinton dust up over Obama's remarks that he would go "toe to toe with the leaders of rogue nations."
...For the Dems to participate in the circus-like YouTube debate, only to run from the Fox News/Congressional Black Caucus debate is seriously weak. More so when you consider the exodus was largely driven by far left leaning websites.
Unfortunately for Ridley, it looks like the Democrats won't be taking his advice anytime soon. They will continue self-defeating themselves by shunning Fox News and its large viewership. You can get an idea as to what any Democrat will face if they try to defy the Fox hating nutroots by taking a look at the many heated comments left on Ridley's blog:
Fox News has demonstrated its willingness to lie and distort in its editing. It is a propaganda organization and should not be treated with the respect due to a news operation.
It is when Democrats go on Fox, can't keep up, get the poo beat out of themselves and make all Democrats look bad that we object to. In the end they are just drown out by republicans who have practice sessions in speed talking and never running out of a talking point. And finally they end up either seeming to be crowed or agreeing with the motor mouth nutcase.
It's a far stretch to compare Fox to Olberman, who, while selective and opinionated, isn't unfair. Just say no.
In the Holocaust days of WW 2, would it be advisable for oppressed Jews to meet with fascist propagandists when to do so would give them legitimacy?
A larger compendium of deranged Huffington Post comments in response to John Ridley on the subject of Fox News can be seen at the DUmmie FUnnies.
—P.J. Gladnick is a freelance writer and creator of the DUmmie FUnnies blog.
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August 1, 2007 - 21:33 ET by pbthinkerI would love to think this will all catch up to the Democrats but none of the media outlets will call them on their stupidity. It's a long time, until the election, and they still may see the light. Let's face it, a debate on Fox News isn't going to be YouTube on CNN.
Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
No snowman??!!?? Darn!
August 1, 2007 - 22:43 ET by drillanwrNo snowman??!!?? Darn!
I believe (and hope) that
August 1, 2007 - 22:43 ET by Gat New YorkI believe (and hope) that come the general election, whomever is the candidate for the GOP, will constantly remind the public about how Dems chickened out of the FoxNews debate and how can you trust that they have the fortitude to stand up to real challenges in the world?
Well, if we're to believe
August 2, 2007 - 00:03 ET by drillanwrWell, if we're to believe Obama, he'll just invade FNC ...
You mean liberate FNC.
August 2, 2007 - 06:51 ET by Gat New YorkYou mean liberate FNC. He'll then take The People's Army and liberate the oppressed people of Pakistan and deliver them into the benevolent hands of al Qaeda. Barak will then finally declare his devotion to Allah and declare himself the first Ayatollah of the United States.
10 bucks says there's a
August 1, 2007 - 22:23 ET by kubob2110 bucks says there's a news story that somehow blames Bush for the Minneapolis bridge collapse tragedy out on some MSM news outlet before noon tomorrow.
Obviously some
August 1, 2007 - 22:41 ET by Gat New YorkObviously some conspiratorial nut will blame it on climate change and the Bush policies.
A local (Minneapolis) TV
August 2, 2007 - 07:33 ET by FishFace222A local (Minneapolis) TV personality already has blamed it on Gov Tim Pawlenty (R). He brought up a $.10 increase/gallon of gas that was to go to road construction projects. In a state that has a budget surplus, it didn't go over very well. I'm guessing that collecting that money would not have made a difference in this case anyway.
bridge
August 2, 2007 - 09:07 ET by CurtOnly as a secondary cause. The primary cause is ACC.
Curt
}}}----> Gravel panicked
August 1, 2007 - 22:47 ET by Cool ArrowLooked to me Gravel was trying to change lanes to avoid B. Hussein Obama, who was trying to hail his cab.
Gravel's Lane Change
August 1, 2007 - 22:57 ET by P.J. GladnickApparently Gravel's cab swerved so much that the reply above ended up in the wrong thread.
It was a hard left.
August 1, 2007 - 23:39 ET by ahusserIt was a hard left.
}}}----> This isn't New York?
August 1, 2007 - 23:43 ET by Cool ArrowGuess I was Driving While Democrat.
Maybe he IS calling the
August 1, 2007 - 23:11 ET by sarcasmoMaybe he IS calling the candidates the fringe? And I'm glad to learn that Olberloon is "fair." :)
JMR
when you consider that
August 1, 2007 - 23:25 ET by dahliatraverswhen you consider that House Speaker Nancy had no fear of slapping on a do-rag and having a siddown with actual "enemy" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Love it.
}}}----> Oh Bashar
August 2, 2007 - 02:02 ET by Cool ArrowSo this is a hookah? How lovely!!
"would it be advisable for
August 2, 2007 - 01:14 ET by rob6677"would it be advisable for oppressed Jews to meet with fascist propagandists"
Ok, I get the Bush is Hitler bit. (yawn) Now FOX is Hitler etc. What I don't get is trying to equate oppressed jews to the lib/dem party. I'm not even jewish and find that offensive (i smell hate crime, where's Nifong?). The only gas chamber they have come close to, is when two or more libs are in a small area with poor ventilation (talking out of your ass can kill).
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana!" Groucho
}}}----> yes, rob, it would
August 2, 2007 - 02:15 ET by Cool ArrowJews should meet with fascist propagandists in, I suggest Gaza and Golon as well as the Palestinian observatory camps, and kick them until they shut the heck up about this "Ishmael is the rightful heir" nonsense.
And speaking of shunned debates
August 2, 2007 - 05:18 ET by sarcasmoAnd speaking of shunned debates, CNN just called a certain bluff...
JMR
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}}}----> Ru Paul misdirect again
August 2, 2007 - 05:41 ET by Cool ArrowAgain I'm directed to a Ru Paul site. You got me. These practical jokes are kinda funny, even though not serious.
Dude, we're both doing the
August 2, 2007 - 05:47 ET by sarcasmoDude, we're both doing the journalism (for the media) and the activism (for the party) so quit complaining! If you don't like it, just never click on any link I post, ever again, but enough with the content-free whining & kvetching!! If we were somehow "not serious" we could not be kicking all the ass we're kicking on google & alexa, Ok?? This is another one of those "deal with it" moments, please use it thoughtfully, and just be thankful Dr. Paul's a much nicer guy than some of his fans...Since we're entirely-serious about making him our candidate.
JMR
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}}}----> OK
August 2, 2007 - 05:52 ET by Cool ArrowSince you have obviously gotten up on the RIGHT side of the bed today, I offer this Laurel and Harty handshake.
I'm shakin' back!
August 2, 2007 - 05:58 ET by sarcasmoLet's consider this place the political equivalent of the Klingon Bar in Star Trek. I encourage fans of Thompsons (both candidates, but the one who's "out" seems stronger here than the one who's "in"!) for example, to vote in more online polls! I like both! And if you really care about a candidate on the Republican side, now's the time to give him some money. Unless it's McCain -- he's hopeless, due to too much spending! And around here, there was that $20 sexual incident, which I've called "the McCain campaign's only fiscally-conservative act." :)
JMR
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}}}----> It wasn't McCain
August 2, 2007 - 06:05 ET by Cool ArrowI think it was one of his staff who blew it, wasn't it? Could go down as a major blunder.
You should have heard all
August 2, 2007 - 06:43 ET by sarcasmoYou should have heard all the off-color jokes that week at poker about this local bigwig. In addition to being co-chair of McCain's "legislative leadership team in Florida." he is a Florida State Representative. He says he didn't do it, to be fair. I said considering how McCain was throwing around money I can't believe he's really that-cheap, and as with Michael Vick I only pray for one thing in this case: candid camera.
And yes, for the record, folks around here are already calling him "BJ Bob" -- only they don't tend to abbreviate. :)
JMR
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Idiots on the Left
August 2, 2007 - 07:34 ET by Sergeant ROCKWhen you look at the comments from these morons about FNC, can there be any doubt that they have truly gone off the deep end? How can you reason with people like this about anything? Oddly enough, there are some people in the GOP that still insist that we make the attempt. You cannot reason with the unreasonable. No more so than you can reason with somebody that finds decapitation a perfectly legitimate method of political speech.
Honesty?
August 2, 2007 - 10:50 ET by BeowulfIt is when Democrats go on Fox, can't keep up, get the poo beat out of themselves and make all Democrats look bad that we object to. - At least one statement was honest, whether intentional or not. THIS is the sole reason the Dems don't want to debate on FOX. They know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they'd get slammed. They would be asked hardball questions, pertinent to current events and their political philosophies, that would bring out exactly where they stand on the issues. This would virtually eliminate any opportunity for flip-flops. Also, they'd most probably get ripped by their opponents, which would definitely "make them look bad".
The Closed Mind Erects Strong Barriers
How Diverse of you
August 2, 2007 - 07:52 ET by Cool ArrowJohn Gibson is "just an old white guy who thinks white people oughta maintain their white dominance by having lots of white babies"
Oh, I forgot it's OK for this Spenser for hire knockoff to be a hate filled angry Black man. After all, he's making sure the abortion percentage is higher among Blacks than any other ethnic group. His Democrat party is making sure genocide is slow and hardly noticeable.
Joe Ridley got trotted out to say a few things as an angry Black man, not a particularly self respecting one, though.
I distinctly recall what I
August 2, 2007 - 08:03 ET by sarcasmoI distinctly recall what I think was a Gibson "My Word" editorial about how many black babies abortion tends to eliminate, so this is especially weird coming from this guy. I know it was on Fox, and I'm almost certain it was Gibson, too (could have been O'Reilly, I guess, but my memory of Gibson's moderately clear...). Does anyone else recall this?
JMR
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}}}----> Not sure sarc
August 2, 2007 - 08:09 ET by Cool ArrowBut the stat is easy to cop on the net.
I'm thinking this guy is just fine with the Black baby murder rate being so high. If all the ladies know how to get rid of the "little problems" it's open season on them.
He must be very proud.
Yeah, I guess we're both
August 2, 2007 - 08:24 ET by sarcasmoYeah, I guess we're both saying the odd thing about this is that the other side, fer heavensakes, brought up race in the debate despite the stats. Kinda like pools & guns yesterday, I guess.
BTW, on a totally different topic but Blonde gets the newsletter too, the University of Florida is excavating a VERY weird slave plantation in the Jacksonville area, where the owner was married to a slave, thought his slaves were "morally superior people," allowed them to have guns(!) and locks on their doors, and eventually he moved off to Haiti where slavery was illegal. The plantation had many aspects of an African village, and the existence of the owner's writings displaying his moral qualms about the institution of slavery makes the story especially strange and touching, humanizing both sides so to speak. This link, if you page down a couple of times, has part of the story.
JMR
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}}}----> I'm still ticked off
August 2, 2007 - 08:31 ET by Cool ArrowThis Ridley Yahoo got exactly what he wanted. Readers.
He even got his "street cred" ticket punched early by bragging his race kills more babies than the White race. Now how did we get to the point where men brag about doing the responsible thing by killing their progeny.
Well, Ridley, believe it or not, I'm sorry your momma raised you to condone genocide of your race. She must be the one who's proud.
Oh, Keith baby is "fair."
August 2, 2007 - 11:19 ET by gopsteveOh, Keith baby is "fair." He must be referring to the slew of guests he has that actually disagree with him.
Admitingly, I never really watch KO except when I surf by and see who the guest is. Maybe he actually does have guests on that disagree.
But then again, the disagreement woul be over something like Bush is either more like Hitler or Pol Pot.
Murdoch has just put on the gloves
August 2, 2007 - 11:59 ET by JDWand stepped into the ring with Pinch. Murdoch's a business person, Pinch has watched profits drop and drop and drop... Murdoch will move quickly and efficiently in short time drowning Pinch and his news media pals in the past.
Where would Schumer spend his time without a news media?
Which minute Kossack site will dems flock off in to evade FOX?
Things are happening.
JDW
News media: Scoreboard for terrorists
Ridley the part missed
August 2, 2007 - 14:25 ET by Lame CherryThe missing part in this Ridley blog is this blog makes him sound "normal". His entire blog is based in skin color and rambles on about nothing.
Before listing all Huffington bloggers though as goofy, here am I one of the growing number of Conservative bloggers on their taking the fight to the den of traitors. We get called "trolls" which is a distinct honor and we hammer the ranters daily in exposing things like they do not watch Charlie Rose or know a thing about Minnesota bridge inspection but are still screaming in hatred like Ridley about things they do not know based in bias.
Granted my blogs do not get posted on the anal closed blogs allot as for some reason Ridley, Lee Woodruff, Micheal Moore and Ariana just do not like it when they get exposed as fools with actual facts. The trolls though do make it through often enough to cause foul mouthed firestorms there greater than what Ridley could ever prattle on about in his idiot way.
Ridley needs to be exposed as a token black racist who is only allowed on Huffington or television to create ratings in stirring the pot for money. Ridley likes to strut around in his blogs like he is "independent", but he is the most owned person in the liberal media taking on the same role slaves did for plantation owners up the big house.
The day the blogs start exposing that Obama was created, Ridley was created by powerful white cartel owners to use in gaining black sympathy, so all the other blacks think they have a chance at working at the Democratic big house too if they just continue in welfare slavery in selling their votes just like the plantation system.......is the day the Truth starts coming out.
Compare Ridely to Michele Malkin who is a self driven and self ownership of all her assets to Walt Williams the noted professor who fills in on Rush Limbaugh. Ridley does nothing but spread the propaganda like owned Bill Maher pretending he is a "libertarian"...and yet all they do is associate with liberals.
Ridley is nothing to be looked up as he is a fake with psychopathies based in race just like Bill Maher has psychopathies based in sex.
They are both paid for the product to make it appear "dissenting voices" are in the DNC when all they are is whips in the hands of the DNC to try and make Edwards, Obama and Clinton have some backbone.
God bless
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