Letters to the Editor
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good article, good points
I appreciate this piece a lot. I've been of two minds over the whole "Fox Democrats" phenomenon -- OF COURSE Democrats should reach out to everyone, even people they don't agree with, in an effort to woo the electorate. At the same time, Fox doesn't play fair, so OF COURSE we shouldn't hand them opportunities to belittle us and misrepresent our views on a silver platter.
I think what it boils down to is that, as Koppelman notes, Democrats need to "know what they're getting into" with a Fox News appearance. It would be nice if the Dems showed a little leadership and offered some kind of coordinated effort to turn this to our advantage, but it seems highly unlikely. The Republicans are good at this sort of thing, being jackboot, cyborg Kool-Aid drinkers who easily fall into line behind a strong personality like Karl Rove. Democrats are a little less homogenous, a little more free-thinking, so this might be harder to pull off.
In which case, maybe we should just chuck the whole Faux News phenom and tell them to take a hike. Apparently the bulk of their "elderly" audience is going to be dead in 10 years anyway.