Cavuto Asks NY-23 Conservative: Is It Better To Elect The Democrat?

[Mustang424]

ah man this is wonderful the Republicans/Libertarians are going to cannibalize each other out of a conservative district that has never been held by the modern democratic party.

[tsocanuck]

wow cavauto question ... does fox news have an agenda? i wonder

[Jermbot15]

It's an interesting tactical question. Is it better to elect a congressional back benching republican who is progressive and won't have the seniority to do anything more impressive than caucus with the GOP. Or is it better to elect a congressional back benching democrat who's conservative and won't have the seniority to do anything more impressive than caucus with the DNC.

[Francebrasil]

Unfair and unbalanced network..

[437thx1138]

That's a cynical self serving POS. End justifies the means ?

[BubblewrapNinja13]

It's fun to live in Alaska and think "Wow. They thought they could elect her....lol.."

[RodgersRevolution]

What??

[terrence0258]

Of course its better to elect the Democrat because the Democrat is more conservative in that race, and as we all know, at Fox News all of the on-air talent are not only conservatives, the channel also promotes the ideology so the conservative should win. Just one more clip to add to the list of how "fair and balanced" Fox News is.

[kirkenbunken]

Has anyone ever had a sunburn so bad that it itches like hell?

[RodgersRevolution]

Only after it cools off and the skin can be peeled. Which I personally like..

[oldtownkid]

Let's see, the (R) candidate is pretty much a social liberal/fiscal conservative, the social liberal part is very important to the GOP base. The lady is not just a moderate, she is a pro-choice, pro-same sex marriage GOPer. I like her !!!(that should be enough of a bad sign for conservatives). You can't blame them for not supporting her. Basically if she wins the liberal agenda scores points on social issues. This is different from calling Specter,Snowe and Collins RINOs, this makes sense.

[brabon1]

fine

and the base will continue to shrink

big tent my ass

[thetruthaboutstuff]

hold on so there is a (D) (R) (I) and now a (C) ... cool the split of the GOP has started.

[oldtownkid]

the (I) and the (C) are the same guy

[TrollBuster9090]

All they need is for Michael Moore to run another FICUS plant, and they'll have the complete set.

(And I'm pretty sure the damned Ficus plant would WIN again!)

[SubmarinerAndroid]

I'm not a conservative but if I were, I would be pissed that Fox appears to be supporting the "moderate Republican" and trying to marginalize the "true conservative." Perhaps Fox is less supportive of the ideology than they are of the (R)?

If so, maybe their are ways progressives can drive the wedge deeper into their coalition?

If--eventually, down the road--"conservatives" got fed up with Fox for being too Party-identified, that could be monumental.

[TrollBuster9090]

Yes, that's true.

1. Fox is run by Roger Ailes, a former Republican campaign manager.

2. In the 2008 GOP primaries they sided with Giulianni because they thought he had the best chance of winning, and sent Hannity out to introduce him at events.

3. Fox excluded Ron Paul from their televised debates because they thought he might win the nomination but not the election.

Witness Paul's followers chasing Hannity down the street like a cornered rat afterwards:

watch?v=KzVVxvBo6Ow

[SubmarinerAndroid]

I remember that, that was great.

Since you brought them up: do you see the Ron Paul / libertarian faction overlapping with the Palinite "conservatives" much?

I've always thought they were very different. Paulites are often quite knowledgeable and reasonable people compared to Palinites who appear to be bottom-of-the-barrel know-nothings, religious fanatics, and fascists.

If you Ron Paul fans want to take over the Repub Party then you are going to have to go through the Palintards somehow.

[TrollBuster9090]

No, you're right, they're very different. The only common interest is opposition to govt. regulation of commerce. But Paulian libertarians are social liberals, while Palin Populists want to make all sorts of laws about what you can and can't do in your personal life. Up until now the libertarians have been holding their noses because they (apparently) loved monetary liberty more than personal liberty. I don't know if that can continue while the religious populists are turning up the heat.

[Jermbot15]

"If you Ron Paul fans want to take over the Repub Party then you are going to have to go through the Palintards somehow. "

Good luck getting them to try. If they were interested in working through one of the big two parties to achieve their goals, they wouldn't be voting Libertarian.

[MooseOfReason]

TrollBuster, Here's the original video:

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[pewpewmigoo]

grumpy

old

people

[EmpathyWorks]

Wow the Republican party is about to implode in front of our faces over the course of the next year.

Mark my words.

[mrbhave]

G-uaranteed

O-bsolescence

P-lease

[dennist3hmenace]

And it will be replaced by something worse. Think Beck, Palin, Huckabee, Jindal...

You'll wish for the return of the merely incompetent GOP.

[hajqbvii]

This is like 'crocodiles eating their young'.

[Wintermute01001]

If this guy Naderizes this race in favor of the Democrat, then I'm happy.

[greyflcn]

So what do you call a left leaning republican?

Red Dog?

[TrollBuster9090]

Dead Duck.

[KataVideo]

faux is an arm of the repugnicant party, so faux will back the repugnicant candidate

[Melpheos1er]

this shows that the GOP is definitly in the Asylum