[Buckeye McFrog]

I smell a rat....if the Dems can create the impression out there that Ailes is a political player, then the Obamites can pretend to feel justified in freezing out Fox as a partisan opponent.

[NordP]

Ewwwww.... you ARE smart - gooood thinking. I'm SURE you are right. It's all part of the "FOX is bad" theme. Brilliant - you win today's private eye award! Glenn Beck would be proud ;-)

[9YearLurker]

I’d about guarantee you’re right.

The trouble is, those like Luntz who depend on Fox for work aren’t going to risk shooting it down, so the Dems and the media may succeed in giving this legs.

[netmilsmom]

>>I smell a rat....if the Dems can create the impression out there that Ailes is a political player, then the Obamites can pretend to feel justified in freezing out Fox as a partisan opponent.<<

That bears repeating.

[avacado]

You make a good point! They need a person to go after and not an institution like Fox News.

Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals

RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)

[redhead]

"I smell a rat....if the Dems can create the impression out there that Ailes is a political player, then the Obamites can pretend to feel justified in freezing out Fox as a partisan opponent."

Bingo!

[paulycy]

I smell a rat....

BUMP

[penelopesire]

Bingo BUMP!

[lonevoice]

Nail. Head. Bang.