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Roger Ailes Is The Real Head Of The GOP
Newsweek ^ | January 17th 2010 | Howard Fineman

Posted on 01/17/2010 9:18:59 AM PST by Steelfish

Roger Ailes Is The Real Head Of The GOP

Howard Fineman Newsweek Published Jan 15, 2010

I've been trying to answer this question: does the Republican Party have a "leader"? Surely it's not Michael Steele, the loose-lipped chairman of the RNC. Not Mitch McConnell, the funereal Kentuckian who heads the Senate's rejectionist GOP minority. Not Sen. John McCain; he's too busy watching his own right flank back home in Arizona. And certainly not the Bushes, elder and younger, hunkered down in Texas. As for the 2012 wannabes, none gets more than a fifth of the GOP vote in the early polls.

But I finally found my answer while I was watching Fox News Channel. Last Wednesday, the other news outlets were engaged in wall-to-wall, on-the-ground coverage of the horrific earthquake in Haiti. FNC, meanwhile, featured an hourlong Glenn Beck sit-down with Sarah Palin, Fox's newest "analyst," and wall-to-wall, on-the-ground coverage of the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts, where a Republican, Scott Brown, seemed to be closing in fast on what was once Ted Kennedy's seat. "All eyes are on the Senate race in Massachusetts!" said Sean Hannity, who did his best to make it seem as though he believed it.

Politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum—which is why God created Roger Ailes. The president of Fox News is, by default, the closest thing there is to a kingmaker in Anti-Obama America. And that, in turn, makes him the de facto leader of the GOP. In a relentless (and spectacularly successful) hunt for cable ratings, Ailes has given invaluable publicity to the tea partiers, furnished tryout platforms to GOP candidates, and trained a fire hose of populist anger at the president and his allies in Congress.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 01/17/2010 9:18:59 AM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Good grief. They’re working their way through the entire scapegoat list, aren’t they?


2 posted on 01/17/2010 9:20:33 AM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Steelfish

I’d rather be “leaderless” than “led” by the “leaders” of the Democraptic Party


3 posted on 01/17/2010 9:20:55 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Steelfish

Texas is not Maine. W’s in TX, but GHW’s in Kennebunkport.


4 posted on 01/17/2010 9:20:59 AM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: Steelfish

blah blah blah. Completely expected. WHose left to blame?


5 posted on 01/17/2010 9:21:44 AM PST by GoCards ("We eat therefore we hunt...")
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To: Steelfish

Newsweak has become the new Mad magazine.


6 posted on 01/17/2010 9:22:23 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Dude! Where's my Constitution?)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Fineman is an MSNBC hack. He works for newsweek who calls Obama “god”. His words are a waste of time to read.


7 posted on 01/17/2010 9:22:32 AM PST by Laverne
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To: Steelfish

Who was the head of the dem party in 2001? or 2002? or 2003? Who was the head of the dem party in 2005? Why are these morons so concerned about who is the head of the Republican Party right this minute?


8 posted on 01/17/2010 9:22:41 AM PST by hsalaw
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To: Steelfish
If true, Ailes had better be making room in the RINO big tent for Ms. Sarah Palin.


9 posted on 01/17/2010 9:23:01 AM PST by Candor7 ((The effective weapons Again st Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member RA))
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To: Steelfish

When liberals complain about their opponents having “no leader,” they’re really saying only this: they hope the leadership of We the People will not prevail.


10 posted on 01/17/2010 9:23:02 AM PST by reasonisfaith (Liberals are just creative enough to fall into their own intellectual trap.)
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To: Steelfish

Seriously, when was the last time you even say a copy of Newsweek?


11 posted on 01/17/2010 9:23:24 AM PST by FormerACLUmember (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
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To: Steelfish

As a loyal Rush listener, I feel anger :)


12 posted on 01/17/2010 9:24:33 AM PST by ABQHispConservative (A good Blue Dog is an unelected Blue Dog. Ditto Rino's!)
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To: Steelfish

And the real owner of Newsweek is the Democrat party and 0bama (I’m writing their articles now) is the editor- in- chief .


13 posted on 01/17/2010 9:25:47 AM PST by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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To: FormerACLUmember

News... what???

:)


14 posted on 01/17/2010 9:25:57 AM PST by Barney59 ("When a small man casts a big shadow, it means the sun is getting ready to set.")
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To: FormerACLUmember
Seriously, when was the last time you even saw a copy of Newsweek?

Which reminds me, I've got to make a dentist appointment.

15 posted on 01/17/2010 9:27:49 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Dude! Where's my Constitution?)
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To: Steelfish

Ailes is an intelligent talented guy. What a shame that he’s wasting that talent on mere Republicanism rather than on principled republicanism which could restore this nation.


16 posted on 01/17/2010 9:28:48 AM PST by EternalVigilance (GOP 2010 - Gain the world, lose your soul.)
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To: FormerACLUmember

Seriously, when was the last time you even say a copy of Newsweek?

My doctor has several old copies in his waiting room.

More seriously, I still read Time (a bad, 55 year old habit), but I'm usually 6 weeks behind, and to read people like Joe Klein 6 weeks after the fact is a hoot...he is so wrong, so much of the time, and the time span proves it. Makes you wonder if the editors ever read his stuff after the fact.

17 posted on 01/17/2010 9:29:25 AM PST by norge (The amiable dunce is back, wearing a skirt and high heels.)
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To: Steelfish
If only that was true....


18 posted on 01/17/2010 9:29:25 AM PST by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: Steelfish

The people are leading the Republican Party.


19 posted on 01/17/2010 9:29:32 AM PST by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: Steelfish

“In a relentless (and spectacularly successful) hunt for cable ratings, Ailes has given invaluable publicity to the tea partiers, furnished tryout platforms to GOP candidates, and trained a fire hose of populist anger at the president and his allies in Congress.”

Oh boo hoo hoo, MSNBC does the same thing in reverse, but its not working out so good for you is it Mr. Fineman. HA HA LOSER.


20 posted on 01/17/2010 9:29:42 AM PST by RatsDawg
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