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E.D. Hill paired Michael J. Fox's stem cell ad, RNC ad called "overtly racist" by Republican William Cohen as "negative ads ... one from each side"; let Card claim only "Democrats have a message of negativity"
On the October 26 edition of Fox News Live, host E.D. Hill compared two "negative ads ... one from each side" -- one by Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill in which actor Michael J. Fox, who has Parkinson's disease, endorsed McCaskill due to her support for supporting embryonic stem cell research, the other an ad funded by the Republican National Committee (RNC) that attacks Tennessee Democratic Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. by depicting a scantily clad white woman who "met" Ford "at the Playboy party." As Media Matters for America noted, former Republican senator and Secretary of Defense William Cohen has called the ad attacking Ford "overtly racist." As the two ads aired on-screen, Hill interviewed former Bush White House chief of staff Andrew Card, leaving unchallenged Card's claim that "Democrats have a message of negativity" after earlier stating: "Republicans have a message that has some specifics to it about the future."
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Posted by spintronic
Damn, It's pretty sad
When an ad that shows the effects of a disease that could be helped by further research into stem cells is considered "negative". I guess I don't know right from wrong...
As for the Harold Ford Jr. ad - well..... Welcome to the remixed "southern strategy".....
Lying bastards and hypocrites! Your freeking party makes me sick!
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 2:20:23 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by spintronic
I mean
The ad attacking Harold Ford Jr., pardon me if I didn't make that clear..
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 2:21:37 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by nerzog
Up is down...
Black is White, Ignorance is strength, We've always been at war with Eurasia.
Jesus H. Christ, these people are SHAMELESS. Just when I think they can't be any more dishonest, they actually top themselves.
The stakes are incredibly high in the next election. If we don't get at least one house of Congress, these cretins will goosestep their way toward one-party rule. Their hubris is amazing...they tell easily refuted lies without qualm, and without consequence.
In some ways, it is morbidly fascinating, like watching yourself being pecked to death by ducks.
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 2:34:49 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by Casac
ED Hill
Is she white trash or what?
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 2:39:13 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by joanl in reply to Casac
White Trash
I dont like the word White Trash.
I will say that ED Hill is in my opinion not a journalist, she should be hosting Access Hollywood or some other tabloid TV Show.
Ailes tells her what to say and she says it, she is like a wind up doll.
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 3:22:31 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by Sueelld in reply to joanl
White Trash
The only white trash is you and your trolling.
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 7:54:45 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by Scott Johnson in reply to Sueelld
Assumptions
I she white? I dunno. Trash? Who's to say? Trolling. Not even close.
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 8:12:50 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by solon in reply to Sueelld
Since troll work is all you ever do
You have a lot of nerve calling someone else on trolling. There is a very wet place under a bridge with your name on it.
Posted Friday October 27, 2006 5:30:10 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by mescal in reply to Casac
E.D. Hill...
should be renamed I.Q. Low.
Posted Friday October 27, 2006 3:00:25 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by mercado
White Trash
CASAC,It's hard enough being White Trash,without being compared to that skankmaster! Lu Lu
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 2:47:04 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by dave_chicago
RNC: living in the past.
Card: "the most important thing is that the Republicans have a message that has some specifics to it about the future. "
As I recall, the very latest RNC ad is nothing but PAST video clips of various al Qaeda leaders threatening Americans.
Ever since Sept. 12th, 2001, the Republican party has been dredging up, exploiting and mining the PAST for all it's worth. The RNC's message: Be verrry afraid. Their objective: not to give us hope, but to scare Americans about their future.
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 2:50:15 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by worrierking
Card is Correct
He stated; "Republicans have a message that has some specifics to it about the future.".
Nothing could be more true. The Republicans have been defining the future for several years now. That Future is FEAR!
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 2:56:33 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by olivelawyers
If you think
the Playboy white girlfriend inuendo is bad, go to Corker's endorsed radio ad at [link to www.talkingpointsmemo.com] where you will hear the theme music for Corker being string music and the theme sound for Ford being jungle drums - I kid you not, kettle drums that sound as if they are right out of a Tarzan sound track.
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 3:15:51 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by ar
i don't get it
how can anybody listen to this, and not think of any fallacies made here? It continues to surprise me every time, the fact that people listen to this without even blinking an eye, without one critical thought. How can people possibly surrender their own logical faculties like that, to be able to swallow stuff like this?
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 4:21:38 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by marco21
I agree with E.D. Hill
Having Parkinsons is a big ole "negative" for those who suffer from the disease. Oh, wait. I misunderstood Fox vacant talking head #567. She meant an ad for Arlen Specter - oops that was 2 years ago - McCaskill is negative because both would like to research a cure for various diseases.
How negative of them.
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 4:21:49 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by peet
The message
Let's all blow sunshine up each other's butts while the world burns and these criminals keep stealing our money. Hmmm. Say! That IS positive.
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 4:27:45 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by jscott
and so, republicans...
are very good at organizing. (Andy Card). Excuse me? You mean like during Katrina? Or the post-invasion plan for Iraq? george bush (lowercase intentional) can't even organize a simple sentence, and when he tries to, he doesn't have an exit strategy. All they are good at is fear and smear, and the "folks" aint buyin' it anymore. It's time for some real leadership in this country. Buck Fush!
Posted Thursday October 26, 2006 6:21:46 PM EDT / Flag this comment