Fox News, the only “fair and balanced” news service, the one that “gives you the facts, then lets you decide,” has once again misidentified an erring Republican pol as a Democrat by placing a “(D)” after South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s name under his image as he addressed a Columbia, SC, press conference on June 24. In 2006 Fox made the same “error” under the name of FL Rep. Mark Foley (What is it about GOPersons named “Mark”?) when he appeared on the tube to address charges that he was doing a Michael Jackson on Congressional page boys.
Fair being fair, we urge other network news programs to balance the fairness by putting an “(R)” after the name of Democrat malefactors. Some examples:
Gov. Eliot Spitzer (R, NY) eating humble pie with wife Silda serving
President Bill Clinton (R) claiming he did not have sex with that woman
Gov. Rod Blagojevich (R, IL) denying he offered to sell a US Senate appointment
OJ Simpson (R) vowing to track down his wife’s murderer (Some say Mr. Simpson is already a Republican.)
“Drink Apple Juice. OJ will kill you.”
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Fox just wishes these guys were all Dems because it’s making their station look bad. Fair and balanced my ass.
How about calling all of them (I) for Idiots!
I believe a foreskin inspection is in order so that might determine Sanford’s political allegiance. If it’s calloused, then check his palms to see which one is more calloused: right, a Republican; left, a Democrat; smooth, an anarchist. This differentiation was determined by a Quinnipiac University poll.