Chris Matthews is nuts. There really is not much more to say. He is lost in his own absurd fashion mania, blathering on about Hillary’s pearls and Obama’s wife. Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
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John Edwards and Barack Obama may win some support among the Democratic netroots for the decision to skip the Fox-sponsored TV debates, but they are doing a disservice to voters.
John Nichols, the peerless correspondent for The Nation, writes today on his blog that John Edwards — and by extension, other Democrats — should not have backed out because “Democrats need to get a whole lot better at dealing with conservative media” and because the “should, by their actions, confirm that they are better than Bush,” who rarely faces off against his critics.
Most broadcast and cable networks are unfriendly forums for progressive ideas. But they won’t get any friendlier if Democratic presidential candidates refuse to appear on them. And those candidates won’t get any more agile when it comes to parrying attacks – be they fair or unfair – if they avoid challenging venues.
Edwards should have accepted the invitation and then used the debate to talk about what’s wrong with American media. He could have started by discussing the flaws of Fox and then, if he wanted to do something useful, he could have pointed out that they are mirrored by other networks.
Instead, he has decided to avoid a potentially unfriendly forum. It’s a political misstep that this able contender ought to reconsider.
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