Comments on: Surrender: Axelrod interviewed for 11 minutes by noted “not news” network

By: Fox-bashing Obama MAO aide Anita Dunn to step down | DC SMELL REPORT

Fox-bashing Obama MAO aide Anita Dunn to step down | DC SMELL REPORT — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:41:59 +0000

[...] networks combined for Election Night coverage. David Axelrod made an 11-minute appearance on Fox last week, and the white flag from the White House was not exactly [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Fox-bashing Obama aide to step down

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Fox-bashing Obama aide to step down — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:15:00 +0000

[...] networks combined for Election Night coverage. David Axelrod made an 11-minute appearance on Fox last week, and the white flag from the White House was not exactly [...]

By: Yephora

Yephora — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:06:49 +0000

Fox compromised into tossing Axelgrease puffballs means the WH won this war.
Who needs to watch Fox for that?

Better Obamao’s mouthpiece refuses to appear on Fox and Fox retain their credibility. The WH wants Fox’s viewers more than Fox needs the WH.

By: dthorny

dthorny — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:52:31 +0000

If Axholerod goes on CNN or MSLSD which nobody watches, is it really a news interview?

Another Chicago turd in the DC punchbowl.

By: kens

kens — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:49:50 +0000

Rove would have tap danced the same line too. Axelrod and company are on the ropes at the moment and probably hope the Old Media simply move on (“nothing to see here, folks”). One day this Chicagoland thug will recall the good old days with Andrea Mitchell that ‘at least we’ll always have NY-23.” Right. For about 1 year.

By: davod

davod — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:43:55 +0000

I hope the tone of the interview does not mean that Fox is now toeing the line.

By: MirCat

MirCat — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:03:17 +0000

Or maybe Garrett, as a hard news reporter, is embarrassed by all the petty squabbling and didn’t want to waste precious face time on questions about the White House’s media paranoia?

Or he knows that jumping on it gives the other side ammo.

Being hard core news and not getting in a cat fight simply makes the White House look like girly men.

- The Cat

By: percysunshine

percysunshine — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:35:37 +0000

A-rod is like ‘Mymood is Imadinnerjacket’, calling a truce so he can keep building his healthcare and cap and trade nukes.

By: CNN finishes in last place on election night « Diary of a Mad Conservative

CNN finishes in last place on election night « Diary of a Mad Conservative — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:51:57 +0000

[...] what appears to be a retreat and regroup by the WH, Axelrod gave Major over 10 minutes of face time on Fox. I guess the WH got the message that this feud was only hurting [...]

By: WarEagle01

WarEagle01 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:55:37 +0000

But they already told us that none..NONE..of these races were important. Sorry Davy. You, Barry, Plugs, and the ballerina got pwnd badly last night.

By: White House thinks Fox News is news again? | 73 Wire

White House thinks Fox News is news again? | 73 Wire — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:21:14 +0000

[...] Appears to be the case… Eric Odom Eric Odom is founder and project manager for 73wire.com. [...]

By: csdeven

csdeven — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:17:30 +0000

This is typical of the democrats. They are so intellectually dishonest they will not admit they were soundly defeated in two major races.

This is a perfect example as to why we conservatives must not weaken one iota on Obama care. These guys want it so bad they will embarrass themselves shamelessly to keep up appearances for those who are supporting their unconstitutional power grab. I’ll tell you when we can relax….NEVER as long as the Marxists run the democrat party!

By: Chris_Balsz

Chris_Balsz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:07:04 +0000

I guess that “truce” was for real: Not only did he give Major Garrett a full 11 minutes but he did it the day after they got stomped in Virginia and New Jersey.

Or, maybe they realize the best way to destroy Fox is to let it be a channel that has Democrat yak for a solid 11 minutes…

By: uber

uber — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:48:09 +0000

Why didn’t the President think everything else this
through this thoroughly

By: kelley in virginia

kelley in virginia — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:39:06 +0000

anecdotal yes. but not many young people voted for McD on my precinct yesterday. granted, we are not a young, hip place, but we didn’t have many young voters at all: Repub or Dem.

By: kelley in virginia

kelley in virginia — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:37:35 +0000

the positive for all of us (other than the obvious is NJ & VA) is that having Bambi campaign for you is a bummer while Biden stumping for you (Owens in NY23) is the BOMB!

damn, it makes me want to run for something.

By: ya2daup

ya2daup — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:22:43 +0000

CWforFreedom on November 4, 2009 at 7:09 PM

Classic! Ridicule is deadly! See Alinsky, R4R, Rule #5

By: Sharke

Sharke — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:19:26 +0000

How about this guy ?

Barnestormer on November 4, 2009 at 7:13 PM

LOL! Defola!

By: onlineanalyst

onlineanalyst — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:14:47 +0000

I think that Axelrod looked and acted chastened in that interview. He tried to slip in his progressive spin, but the election results in VA and NJ and even in NY-23 were actually a wake-up call that the taxpaying voters are not happy with “hope and change” slogans that bleed their wallets.

The malarkey that Joe Biden’s visit to NY-23 had an impact on the district’s election is a stretch of vast proportions. I actually think that the Dems would have been happy to have a Scozzafava win because her votes on behalf of the Obamao agenda would have been more predictable, AND like Specter and Jeffords, she was likely to change her party affiliation.

Several points that Axelrod made seemed peculiar: He did not mention the Taliban as a source of terrorism in Afghanistan. I know that “the Taliban is our friend” is the current spin of the WH, but the delusion should never be accepted as wisdom during an interview.

Axelrod claims that there is more international cooperation in re Iran under Obamao’s “smart power,” but exactly how has Russia “stood with us” vis a vis Russia, as Axelrod claims.

Axelrod attributes the losses in VA and NJ to the young not voting in this election. If the Republicans were smart in reaching out to young people, they would creating effective ads that show how little these future employees will be netting in their paychecks once all of the taxes for health care and energy are in place.

Surely someone can create an ad that shows how personally paying for catastrophic insurance or leaner coverage lets an employee have more money to spend or invest on what he chooses.

By: ya2daup

ya2daup — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:05:30 +0000

Why is one representative out of 435 more important than 2 governors out of 50?
katiejane on November 4, 2009 at 6:49 PM

Is this a “word” problem from the Math section of the SAT? ;-)

By: ya2daup

ya2daup — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:01:19 +0000

I think Team Obama is probably just tired of talking only to the news readers at CNN and MSNBC.
ddrintn on November 4, 2009 at 7:04 PM

Nah… they were getting slobbered on so much they are developing rashes

By: marybel

marybel — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:57:24 +0000

no questions about the recent hostilities…

Huh????????

Allrighty then. In that case, at the risk of being a royal pain the backside, I think FOX caved.

By: jpmn

jpmn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:52:28 +0000

Rush described the Ballot in NY 23 as having Owens name under the Democratic AND the Working Families Party.
Scozzafava had the Republican AND Independence Party.
Hoffman had just the Conservative Party.

Can anyone verify this?

By: Sapwolf

Sapwolf — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:51:55 +0000

I can not wait until 2010…

d1carter on November 4, 2009 at 7:51 PM

The case FOR aging…..aging fast!

By: Sapwolf

Sapwolf — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:51:13 +0000

Wait a minute?

Does this mean Beck gets rid of the red phone?

That would suck. I like that phone. I like waiting for it to ring during his show (about as likely as Glenn interviewing the ‘Great Pumpkin’).

I’d miss it.