The end of Calcified Cal\u2019s latest column is enough to make you think The Error of Limbaugh-Beck-Fox is coming to an end:<\/p>\n
Cal Thomas Official Web Site – The President and the Republicans<\/a> <\/p>\n Still, it is hard to disagree with what the president said<\/strong> in his opening remarks to the Republicans: \u201cI don\u2019t believe that the American people want us to focus on our job security. They want us to focus on their job security. I don\u2019t think they want more gridlock. I don\u2019t think they want more partisanship. I don\u2019t think they want more obstruction. They didn\u2019t send us to Washington to fight each other in some sort of political steel-cage match to see who comes out alive. \u2026 They sent us to Washington to work together, to get things done, and to solve the problems that they\u2019re grappling with every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n A real debate about who is best equipped to solve those problems (and what created them) is what the country needs. The public wants to hear competing ideas discussed in a civil, if spirited, way. We are fellow citizens, after all, not each other\u2019s enemies.<\/strong><\/em> There are forces that wish to destroy us. We shouldn\u2019t help them by destroying ourselves with partisan bickering that does not serve the interests of the country.<\/p>\n President Obama promised to continue the public dialogue. He should. It\u2019s good for him, for the Republicans and for the country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Cal Thomas Official Web Site – The President and the Republicans<\/a><\/p>\n Oh, but let\u2019s rewind to the beginning of that same kiss-and-make-up column:<\/p>\n Cal Thomas Official Web Site – The President and the Republicans<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cI am not an ideologue,\u201d the president claimed, but of course he is. Dictionary.com<\/a> defines \u201cideologue\u201d as \u201ca person who zealously advocates an ideology.\u201d President Obama is a self-described \u201cprogressive.\u201d A progressive is a throwback<\/em> to the early 20th century. Progressives believe in an intellectual hierarchy that gets to decide what is best for the \u201cuninformed\u201d masses. They use government to impose their worldview on others. Progressives generally seek ways around the Constitution and its philosophical foundation, the Declaration of Independence<\/strong><\/em>, because they see these documents as impediments to their objectives. Note Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s comment to the press about comprehensive health insurance reform: \u201cWe will go through the gate. If the gate is closed, we will go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we will pole vault in. If that doesn\u2019t work, we will parachute in.\u201d Damn the Constitution; damn the people. That\u2019s the attitude of progressives.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n Progressives use the tax code to enforce their utilitarian view of the world. They believe that if I make more money than others, I \u201cowe\u201d the others.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Cal Thomas Official Web Site – The President and the Republicans<\/a><\/p>\n So, we are \u201cfellow citizens, not enemies\u201d but Progressives (Liberal-Socialist-Communist-Fascists) damn the Constitution and the People. Thanks for that olive branch, Cal. Asshole.<\/p>\n – – – – –<\/p>\n Think Progress \u00bb ABC Panelists Criticize Ailes\u2019 Evasion Of Why Fox News Cut Away From Obama-House GOP Conversation<\/a> <\/p>\n As ThinkProgress reported last week, Fox News was the only major cable news network to not show the entirety of President Obama\u2019s conversation with House Republicans at their annual retreat. Fox cut away from the event 20 minutes early<\/a> and instead began attacking the President for \u201clecturing\u201d to the lawmakers. <\/p>\n Yesterday on ABC\u2019s This Week, Arianna Huffington challenged Fox News President Roger Ailes about this decision: <\/p>\n HUFFINGTON: Roger, you clearly are in ratings, but if you are in ratings, can you explain to me why FOX went away from the meeting the president was having in \u2014 why did you go away, 20 minutes before the end?<\/strong><\/p>\n AILES: Because we\u2019re the most trusted name in news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Guest host Barbara Walters cut off the conversation though, since the show was over. However, discussion on the topic then continued in the green room, even though Ailes wasn\u2019t present. Both Huffington and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman criticized the network for its hypocrisy: <\/p>\n HUFFINGTON: Their framing of the President is that he\u2019s radical, that he\u2019s taking us down a dark, fascist or Bolshevik future \u2014 depending on the day. And there he was, rational, charming, and in full command of his facts. So the narrative fell apart and so the cameras stopped showing what was happening.<\/strong><\/p>\n KRUGMAN: Yeah, I mean it\u2019s \u2014 I thought it was actually quite funny except it has real consequences. There you have Roger Ailes, with this powerful, popular news network, whining about how the media are unfair to Republicans. I mean, he is a powerful person in the media \u2014 and of course, you know, \u201cFair and Balanced\u201d is truly Orwellian and we know that.<\/strong> So it\u2019s clear that Fox \u2014 I felt like yelling to him, \u201cyou can\u2019t handle the truth,\u201d because that was what was actually happening on the Fox coverage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Think Progress \u00bb ABC Panelists Criticize Ailes\u2019 Evasion Of Why Fox News Cut Away From Obama-House GOP Conversation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The end of Calcified Cal\u2019s latest column is enough to make you think The Error of Limbaugh-Beck-Fox is coming to an end: Cal Thomas Official Web Site – The President and the Republicans Still, it is hard to disagree with what the president said in his opening remarks to the Republicans: \u201cI don\u2019t believe that … Continue reading ‘Progressives damn the Constitution and the People’ – a Conservative says so, so it must be true<\/span> \n
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