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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 11:57 AM
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Hosts Mangle Angle's 'FOX & Friends' Debut
Harry Reid may not need to spend millions of dollars to marginalize his opponent in the U.S. Senate race.

He can just let “FOX & Friends” handle it.

Republican nominee Sharron Angle appeared on the cable news program Monday morning in an interview rife with inaccuracies, softball questions and poor research on the part of the producers and hosts.

Let’s get one thing straight, Brian Kilmeade: it’s not pronounced “Nev-ah-da.”

You’d think that’s something he would have picked up, being the host of a national news show. Brian, here’s a link to a Facebook group that can help you overcome your speech impediment.

Kilmeade’s error won’t hurt Angle, but the rest of the interview might. It must have stung when Gretchen Carlson opened by asking the four-term assemblywoman and former minority whip about the “whirlwind experience” she’s having as “someone who really has not been in politics before.”

What the what?

Fortunately, Angle quickly corrected her. However, instead of apologizing, Carlson laughed just as Angle was asking supporters to donate money to her campaign.

If Angle was upset, she didn’t show it. But no doubt her campaign team was furious that their candidate was being treated like some political novice who accidentally won the nomination, like the high school senior who runs for mayor and wins.

Carlson’s co-host Steve Doocy also left some audience members scratching their heads when he said Angle has been endorsed by Sarah Palin. She hasn’t.

Reid’s team will feast on the interview, especially Doocy’s final question, one of the few that asked Angle about her platform.

“Perhaps it’s a misinformation or mischaracterization, but some have said you are out to get rid of Social Security. That’s not true, right?” he said.

Angle called it “nonsense” and said she wants to “personalize” Social Security, so the government cannot “raid” it. Her website advocates free market alternatives and transitioning out Social Security.

She also challenged Reid to a debate on the show, which is about as likely as the Senate Majority Leader getting an endorsement from the trio of hosts.

http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/23892728/detail.html#

Note: KVVU (Fox 5) is independently owned, so the tone of their news coverage isn't dictated by Fox HQ.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-10 12:38 PM
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1. The "personalize" SS is just a treat.
Just a fucking treat....
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