The incredible and admirable Karoli wrote a piece about my first official appearance as a Fox News contributor yesterday for the homepage of the blog Crooks & Liars. Here’s an excerpt:
I want to note that I found it interesting that Fox News has brought on someone who isn’t a liberal in name only as a contributor. Kohn’s background is not the usual Fox News centrist Conservadem fare: she’s got ties to the OWS movement, she has strong organizing credentials, and she’s decidedly liberal. Does this mean Fox News is responding to their tanking ratings, or trying to bring someone on they think the conservatives can score points on? If the latter, they may be surprised. Kohn definitely held her own in the segment and gently, but firmly, made her points.
She continues:
It was refreshing to have someone representing the liberal side of things who was well-spoken, assertive, and made her points clearly. I’ll be interested to see if Fox News brings her on more often for some extra fairness and balance. Go Sally, go!
Karoli also offers some color commentary on this clip from yesterday, when my contributor-ship was announced:
You can read the full piece here.
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LOVE it Sally!!! I will now watch FOX when you’re on—Congratulations, you are a brave woman & I admire your guts…and your intelligence.
Go get ‘em!
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The Job Fairy !!! Loved it. The teabag’s voice was grating on me. And the way he constantly interrupted after 9 seconds of each of your responses …….. well ….. Sally…You’re a pro !
Why must you consistently use the term tea bagger, it is a derogative sexual slur that most conservatives had not even heard of before folks like you coined it. I would never use some of the more common terms used to describe a person’s sexuality,because it is unnecessary and invalidates any point I am trying to make. The return courtesy would be appreciated. Argue on the merits of the debate, don’t resort to grade school name calling
Wow! OK, here’s an idea. Let’s allow the the Idiocrats like Sally and our so called Commander in Chief do everything they wish. This experiment will allow US to take a quick and collective national shot to the head. We can then get this whole “recession” over with by allowing our country to collapse quickly. Only at this point, perhaps, we will realize what it will take to make us great again. We will be better off in the long run to let our government destroy this country (note the dichotomy) quickly rather than to drag out the suffering indefinitely. So, I commend people like Sally, Harry, and Hussein because their policies will result in a much more rapid destruction of this nation which is the only measure likely to wake us up. So keep up the awesome work Sally and spread your idiotology as rapidly as you can. You and your ilk may very well be the solution to our nations problems after all. Unfortunately, the poor and those who have become reliant on their pitiful elected government will most certainly suffer at it’s hands the worst.
Sally,
While I am not necessarily a fan of most of your positions, I do enjoy hearing from others so as to get a balanced view of today’s topics. I cannot however understand that while you listen to the other panel members you shake your head no, smirk and generally show a great disrespect to their viewpoints. It is not only you, and others on the panels at times will do the same, just not usually as animated as you though. It may be only me (although I do not believe that I am alone), but these actions distract the viewers from your points. My. Family watches these programs together and we have all said the same…the head shaking smirk thing has got to go if you want us to take you seriously. Anyway, good luck with the shows, we look forward to your valid discussions. (Just a smile though…it really is a great one!)
Thank you Joel, I have been consistenly asking Sally to stop the smirking, face making and laughing while the other guests are speaking.Her antics do not back up her view or invalidate the opposing one. I think that liberals have a patent on the superior head bob, smirk, make face, smirk. Plus it is so rude that it distracts from any point that is trying to be made. You are right, Sally has a great smile, except when she is using it to ridicule what others are saying. Though like you I disagree with most of what she says, I applaud Fox for allowing her a voice. I would just like to remind her how Hannibel Lector felt about the rude.
Cat,
Thanks for the reply…and to further the point…I just saw the Saturday AM interview. WOW!!!!! What great job Sally!!!!! I still don’t agree with some of your thoughts, BUT the message came in loud and clear. Your beautiful smile was on display and the respect shown to the other guest (who forgot your name…grrrr…get a pen and write it on your hand if you have too Angela) made for a great interview. Keep up the good work!
PS. We’ll get you on our side eventually and will welcome you with open arms when you do, we need smart thinkers like you to lead the way.
I CANNOT believe David said $83 meant nothing to Americans! What a douche!
I seem to remember in early 2009 Obama saying to the Republicans on national television when they tried to oppose a bill, “We won, you lost, get over it…”, and in 2010 just before losing the House, “If the Republicans want to get in the back seat and come along for the ride they’re welcome to, but we’re driving now”. You want to tell me the poor Democrats are trying to compromise but the Republicans won’t let them after the Dems had a blank check for 2 years and rammed legislation down our throats with closed door meetings and midnight sessions, and telling us we had to pass a bill so we could know what was in it? Give me a break.