I am backing this deal 1. 100. percent and I can think of one, simple action that a certain great party leader did before, that we can all do.

It is very, very simple.

Cancel your cable. Just drop the cable service, and enjoy the extra sixty bucks a month. Since when does cable trump anything we can find out here or at that dreadful orange kos or even instapundit (strange bedfellow.).

So simple, since when does activism - save you money? Actually make you money?

I am not asking for your money. I am asking you to keep your money. Take that money and put it into a company that makes a white light LED, it will double. Or just go out and have fun.

If you can, the next best thing is to specifically request the cable company provider drop the news media entertainment channel that you don't want. After all, do you subscribe to pornography? No. Why pay for it?

I know some of us out there have cable so we can have triple play. I have actually thought of getting cable so I can get 10 Mb internet service and see how it is. I beta-tested 760k service back in 1998 for charter. It was fun, but the cable modem was slightly unreliable. I hear they are better these days..

I'm also thinking that the state party should have held out for Court TV or Bravo or another cable station more respected than Fox News.  I mean Bravo is responsible for bringing us Top Chef and Project Runway.  Imagine what they could do with a presidential debate.  Time to start the politicking.

I know nothing about the internal politics of the Nevada Democratic Party.

But, given Reid's position (four term senator, Maj Leader, etc, etc), I find it inconceivable that he was not involved in the Fox deal from the start.

And that, if, at any stage, he'd got cold feet, the plug would have been pulled.

Essentially, it must have been Reid's decision, not just as the ratification of a fait accompli, but as a full participant every step of the way. (The fact he wasn't in the room with Fox guys makes no difference to that.)

And the Fox deal must also have been OK'd by the campaigns of the main candidates who would be taking part.

On the other side, we have - the netroots. Or some of them.

Is there opposition from any other element in the party?

If not, with that lineup, I can't see Fox being dumped, somehow.

Comedy Central has more integrity than Faux...let the Daily Show host it.

Yesterday a Reid staffer said that Sen. Reid was not "personally" involved in the negotiations to effect this deal with FoxNoise.  The use of the word "personally" tells us several things.

1.  Reid was indeed involved in the negotiations but he did so at one step removed.  He must have either signaled approval or even encouraged the deal.  If he was not at all involved, the statement would have said he was not involved, instead of qualifiying the nature of his non-involvement.

2.  Reid is feeling the heat.  By trying to give the appearance of being not involved, and using a weasal word to cover his actual involvement, he is telling us that he knows he is in some hot water for his actions.

3.  Pressure works.  A little pressure yesterday got him to try to minimize his role.  Imagine what a lot of pressure would do.

I think we should start putting pressure on the candidates to announce they will boycott any debate hosted by Fox.

Maybe it's Reid's way of telling Rupert that there is a way to legislate him into the land of REAL FAIRNESS.

As for the Clinton and Bush Families....20 WAS PLENTY!

FOX never did air the fact that there are roaches feasting on something at Walter Reed Memorial Hospital.

What draws roaches?

The roaches have been there for 3 years.

Wasn't Tom DeLay Majority leader?

Wasn't Tom DeLay an exterminator???

Isn't Reid's son now with HRC's campaign.  Anyone know what he says about all this?  In what other capacity will he advising HRC?

"...The Hillary campaign also announced this morning that it had signed up Dem Senate leader Harry Reid's son, Rory Reid, as the chair of her Nevada operation. Reid, a former chair of the Nevada state Democratic Party, will also advise the Hillary campaign on western issues such as public lands and conservation issues..."http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/ electioncentral/2007/feb/18/hllary_reels _in_more_kerry_fundraisers_hires_reids_s on_as_nevada_chair

I'm scoring one here for the netroots, and we don't even have to close Daou's Triangle on this or anything. I don't know who started pushing this first, but major kudos are in order.

If the Fox gig gets canceled, we score a major victory.

If we don't get the gig canceled, I think we win even more. Every day that nothing happens is an oppurtunity to talk about Fox being a false news outlet. An oppurtunity to talk about Hume's biased behavior at the last debate (and in general). A chance to point out the ridiculous spin they put on the whole thing (and in general).

It may even finally push the issues surrounding the "Democrat Party" bullcrap into the MSM, which has been a hard argument to make without looking like you're a whining 13 year-old who didn't get invited to a party.

Little by little, this story is seeping into the MSM. CNN, who has recently started to show signs of fighting Fox with facts (e.g. the Obama Madrassa incident), has every reason to run with this story and hit Fox over the head with it.

This is the kind of things the Repugs have been so good at over the years-- create situations where they win no matter the outcome.

We've got to keep hammering this thing, but remember-- win or lose, this is a great story for us.

Who is this guy?

The liberal-leaning outlet.. sure like CNN... that puts that odious Glenn Beck on primetime... but it's ok.. they balance him out with.. umm... uh..  well... OK, no one.. but they are still the communist news network, right???

Thanks,

Mike

OMIGOD!  ROTFLOL.  There is actually a lemming out there copying O'Reilly's SP meme.