Posted on 10/31/2004 1:26:24 AM PDT by Cableguy
DES MOINES -- John Sasso, a senior adviser to John F. Kerry's presidential campaign, threatened to ban Fox News staff from the candidate's plane Friday night when Fox initially refused to apologize for a talk show host's comment that a new videotape showed Osama bin Laden with a Kerry button.
ADVERTISEMENT Kerry advisers quickly backtracked, however, concluding that an escalating conflict with a major cable channel just days before the election would do nothing to help the Democratic nominee. Kerry senior adviser Mike McCurry spoke to Fox executives Friday and yesterday and was told that the Fox News host, Neil Cavuto, may address the remark on Monday's show, officials from Fox and the Kerry campaign said.
The furor was a rare moment of visible frustration inside the Kerry camp: Kicking a major cable outlet off of the candidate's plane would almost certainly spark a run of negative stories in the media about Kerry lieutenants lashing out and their preelection confidence vanishing.
After the videotape of bin Laden was widely broadcast Friday afternoon, a Republican guest on Cavuto's show said the Al Qaeda leader's criticisms of President Bush amounted to ''an endorsement" of Kerry. A second guest objected, saying, ''I don't think he's going to have a Kerry-Edwards sticker in the cave."
Chimed in Cavuto: ''He's all but doing that. I thought I saw a button."
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Kerry is such a puss and a fraud.
Hope they aren't making him apologize for his remarks--he's the only honest person in that time slot!
Wasn't it reported last week that CNN is not allowed on the Vice President's plane?
Bush should retaliate by banning CBS/NBC/ABC/PBS/NYTimes/WashPost.... from Air Force One.
Then it really would be a landslide....
Liberals and the Kerry Campaign "Achtung! Schnell! Get into zee boxcar!"
My, how the truth stings....
My suggestion for Cavuto: Bugger off.
Go Neil Go !!!
The Dims will be returning the plane to "Wrent a Wreck" on Wednesday, so what's the difference?
Go Neil Go !!!
Brit Hume showed the clip at the end of the show and it had one of the SNL cast members dressed up like OBL and talking about getting a call from a Kerry campaign worker and he is now registered to vote in Cincinnati. It was pretty funny, but if they are offended by an off-hand comment by Cavuto, I wonder how they reacted to that.
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