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Panic on the Left

David Letterman is a liberal kind of guy, and like many on the left, old Dave is kind of frustrated these days. A new Gallup poll has President Obama's job approval rating at just 41 percent, with 53 percent disapproving. Those are the lowest numbers Gallup has posted since Obama was inaugurated more than a year and a half ago.

So Dave is seeking answers to the president's diminishing popularity, and that kind of conversation usually involves the Fox News Channel, which is considered by the left to be all anti-Obama, all the time. Since I work at FNC, I dispute that perception. But there is no doubt that Fox News is the most skeptical TV news organization when it comes to analyzing the president.

Consider this: If Obama was being worked over the way President Bush was by the establishment media, his job approval rating would probably be in the 20 percent range. Remember the brutal media beating Bush took? Today, the mainstream press is largely neutral or positive on Obama, even as many Americans are having doubts about him.

But let's get back to Letterman. Speaking with far-left MSNBC News commentator Rachel Maddow on his program, Dave listened as she put forth the preposterous theory that Fox News wants to frighten white Americans by reporting negatively about black Americans. "Scaring white people is good politics on the conservative side of the spectrum, and it always has been. The idea is that you sort of rile up the white base to be afraid of an other, to be afraid of scary immigrants or scary black people..."

In the past, paranoid, dishonest rants like that would have been dismissed as fringe speak.

But not anymore. Without a shred of evidence, a guest on Letterman's "Late Show" (which by the way gets trounced in the ratings by FNC every night) defines an entire news organization as a racist enterprise. And Letterman goes along with the program, adding: "These people are continuing to fan this flame and ... that is cancer."

Please.

The only people Fox News is scaring are far-left loons who see their shining city on the hill on fire. For 18 months, the United States has been governed from the left, and things are not going well. I'm sorry if this analysis frightens some folks, but when you spend a half-trillion dollars trying to stimulate the economy and you create just 600,000 jobs, well, people are going to notice.

When the war in Afghanistan turns chaotic, Americans are not going to be pleased. When the nation's debt is increased by more than a trillion dollars a year because of record spending, folks are going to get a bit nervous. So, in order to counter those realities, the far left must divert attention from them. Thus, the scary black people deal.

In reply, here's a Top 1 list for Letterman and his uber-liberal guest: The American people don't need to be "riled" up by phony race baiting. They are already riled up by reality. And the polls prove it.

Veteran TV news anchor Bill O'Reilly is host of the Fox News show "The O'Reilly Factor" and author of the book "Who's Looking Out For You?" To find out more about Bill O'Reilly, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com. This column originates on the Web site www.billoreilly.com.

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Bill,
While I certainly admire your showmanship I have to say that neither you or Rachel Maddow are the far anything. In the overall political spectrum you are both pretty much right of center.
As for Obama being an uber liberal give me a break. Many of his policies are no different than Bush. Gitmo is still open with no signs of closure, military spending (defense industry and high tech welfare) continue to rise, the abuse, torture, and indefinite detainment of prisoners continues, the collusion between government and private enterprise to spy on the public continues, speculation about taking away social security is gaining ground. And the supposed 'liberal health care plan" is just a give away to insurance companies... after all, it was written by a former VP of the largest heath insurance company in the country (Liz Fowler from Wellpoint).
In consideration of all that it becomes pretty obvious that nothing has really changed with the Obama administration. The same special interests and same corporate players that have been guiding our policy since Reagan are still pulling the strings. The sad thing is that you and Rachel both know this and yet you spend you time and energy directing public attention to the villainous Repubs or Dems rather than going after the corruption that both parties suffer from.
Instead of cheerleading for your team (which has the same corporate sponsors as the other team) why don't you all cheer for the American public who you're supposedly so fond of?

Comment: #1
Posted by: JCnDenver
Tue Aug 10, 2010 5:17 PM