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I must say I've admired Obama's principled stand against FOX and have criticized Hillary for playing into right-wing audiences. She has gotten major benefits, in my opinion:
1. She makes them (this is my parents we're talking about) realize "she's not as bad as we thought." Now, I'm not saying this has made these particular hard-righters vote for her, but it might have "allowed" them to vote for her in the form of Operation Chaos. Her appearances took away the psychological obstacle of quite literally not being able to pull a lever for her (so to speak).
2. When she, like any candidate, brings up negatives about her opponent, FOX runs with it in a way that other networks do not. Because they are so clearly biased against Obama, the front runner, they latch on to what she says and pursue irresponsibly. There seems to be no check--it's just Obama's opponent and the network who hates him agreeing like crazy. Knowing (at the time) that Obama was not a potential guest, they practiced something under the level of responsibility that they normally do (a feat hard to accomplish)
3. Reagan Democrats--Hillary's supposed demographic who are most certainly part of the audience of FOX--may even have been swayed to vote for her legitimately.
All these things lead to an uncomfortable conclusion (next post)
