The numbers show Lieberman had a Fox habit

[kurth]

He really was a Fox News Democrat
The numbers show Lieberman had a Fox habit, and kicked it cold turkey when he faced a primary challenge from the left.
By Alex Koppelman

Aug. 04, 2006 | The bad news keeps coming for Joe Lieberman. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday showed that challenger Ned Lamont has widened his lead over the incumbent in the Connecticut Democratic Senate primary to 13 points. Lamont, until just months ago a little-known Greenwich businessman, had first surged into the lead in the previous poll, released July 20.

Lamont seems to have gained traction with voters after his performance in a July 6 debate with Lieberman. The political neophyte traded barbs with the three-term senator on live television and didn't embarrass himself. Lamont, in fact, got off the most memorable line of the debate, snapping at Lieberman, "This is not Fox News, sir."

With that applause-getting line, Lamont echoed the complaints of the liberal blogosphere and much of the Democratic base. They have long accused Lieberman of having undue affection for the Fox cable news network and its conservative talk show hosts. But does this grievance have any basis in reality?

The numbers indicate that it does -- and they also seem to indicate that someone in the Lieberman campaign, perhaps Lieberman himself, decided his Fox appearances were a political liability. A review of transcripts from the LexisNexis database shows that in the eight months since Nov. 30, 2005, when he appeared on "Hannity and Colmes," Lieberman has been absent from Fox News. By contrast, in the previous eight months, counting that Nov. 30, appearance, Lieberman was on Fox four times. And in his most recent primary, the 2004 race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Lieberman made 25 appearances during the 13 months he was officially running, from Jan. 13, 2003, to Feb. 3, 2004, for an average of roughly one appearance every two weeks...

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/04/foxnewsdem/print.html

[Atman]

1. No wonder he supports the war. He's as stupid as they are.

NEXT!

Joe, you're done. Face it. Your fifteen-minutes are long since over.

[babylonsister]

2. Fox habit? Oy vey.

:rofl: