Fox News - "Left Furious Over Obama Camp's 'Firebagger Liberal Blogosphere' E-mail" - Progressive?

[TomCADem]

Another article by Fox News giving voice to progressives! What is this world coming, too? Has Fox News seen the error of its ways by giving voice to progressives and liberals?

http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2011/08/17/left-furious-over-obama-camps-firebagger-liberal-blogosphere-e-mail

The story exploding on the left right now is that the Obama campaign’s state director in New Mexico sent out an email containing a blog post mocking Paul Krugman and the “firebagger liberal blogosphere”for criticizing the debt ceiling deal negotiated by the White House. Liberal bloggers are asking whether this is the latest sign that the Obama team sees percentage in dumping on the left — or “hippie punching,” as the blogospheric parlance has it.

The Obama official, Ray Sandoval, circulated the email just after the debt ceiling deal passed Congress, hammering lefty critics for deriding the deal as a surrender. Sandoval’s email included a blog post that derided Krugman as a “political rookie” and decried critics for “pure, fanatic, indomitable hysteria.”

The term “firebagger” appears to be a reference to Firedoglake, whose bloggers frequently hammer the White House for giving too much ground to Republicans.

[RandySF]

1. No

It's an opportunity for Fox to take down Obama.

[provis99]

9. delete.

[spanone]

2. faux=insignificant

[ixion]

3. It breaks down like this:

The Democratic Leadership browbeats it's base.

The base is alienated.

Fox exploits the alienation.

That's what they do.

[KittyWampus]

11. The Reactionary Screamers referred to aren't "the base". This has been explained over and over again

[ixion]

12. lol... by 'reactionary' I guess you mean

those who actually expected Obama to keep his campaign promises and change, right? :eyes:

[Bluebear]

4. Now you say fox is the voice of progressives? you really suck

[AlabamaLibrul]

5. What did you smoke that suddenly has you on this ridiculous tear? (nt)

[Bluebear]

6. DLC SPAM

[Marr]

7. Wait a minute-- someone working for Obama's campaign insults liberals, and you use the

understandably indignant response as the basis for ANOTHER attack on liberals?

This is sad.

[Bluebear]

8. This is the MO though

[provis99]

10. this is the Washington Post, not Fox News.