Comments on: Obama Reaches Out To Clinton Conservatives on Fox News Sunday http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3199 Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:01:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: The Loony Left - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3199&cpage=1#comment-189631 The Loony Left - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:33:51 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3199#comment-189631 [...] blogosphere just check Open Left here and here. Matt Stoller considers Obama’s appearance on Fox News Sunday to be a betrayal of the liberal blogosphere and a case of promoting right wing [...] [...] blogosphere just check Open Left here and here. Matt Stoller considers Obama’s appearance on Fox News Sunday to be a betrayal of the liberal blogosphere and a case of promoting right wing [...]

]]> By: The Wizard, fkap http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3199&cpage=1#comment-189531 The Wizard, fkap Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:05:34 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3199#comment-189531 I feel Barack Obama made an excellent decision to appear today on Fox News Sunday.  And while I agree with you that it might well be a good forum to reach out to Clinton conservatives, Fox is a forum that allows Obama to reach out to Republicans and all conservatives. John McCain has spent the week in a similar outreach effort by visiting areas normally avoided by Republicans.  While he may only gain a few converts by his visits to Selma and the 9th Ward, he is "reaching out" to the poor and to blacks.  McCain can only do that by visiting their neighborhoods.  He must be on their turf. By appearing on Fox News, Obama said is visiting conservatives on their turf and it speaks volumes.  In one short one hour program, Barack Obama communicates two really importing things to the Fox News viewers.  He says 1.) I respect you and your values, even when I disagree, and 2.) I want to enter into dialog with you.  There are areas where we can agree. The only way Obama could do this was to appear on FOX and behave EXACTLY as he behaved today. I feel Barack Obama made an excellent decision to appear today on Fox News Sunday.  And while I agree with you that it might well be a good forum to reach out to Clinton conservatives, Fox is a forum that allows Obama to reach out to Republicans and all conservatives.

John McCain has spent the week in a similar outreach effort by visiting areas normally avoided by Republicans.  While he may only gain a few converts by his visits to Selma and the 9th Ward, he is “reaching out” to the poor and to blacks.  McCain can only do that by visiting their neighborhoods.  He must be on their turf.

By appearing on Fox News, Obama said is visiting conservatives on their turf and it speaks volumes. 

In one short one hour program, Barack Obama communicates two really importing things to the Fox News viewers.  He says 1.) I respect you and your values, even when I disagree, and 2.) I want to enter into dialog with you.  There are areas where we can agree.

The only way Obama could do this was to appear on FOX and behave EXACTLY as he behaved today.

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