Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Only on Fox: Onscreen graphic suggests "a Lamont win" would be "bad news for democracy in Mideast," ......

.....would show Democrats have "forgotten the lessons of 9/11"

During August 8 coverage of the Connecticut Democratic Senate primary election, Fox News host Gregg Jarrett offered a stream of Republican talking points, suggesting that a win by Ned Lamont would be a sign of Democrats "becom[ing] the sort-of modern-day George McGovern, who got really creamed politically for his anti-war stance." Jarrett's rhetoric was accompanied by a series of onscreen graphics that suggested a Lamont victory would be "bad news for democracy in [the] Mideast," and would show that the Democratic Party has "forgotten the lessons of 9/11" and is "soft on terror." Read more

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