Fox & Friends questions whether Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) are defecting to the Republican party. They are retiring, Plain and simple. Only Rep. Parker Griffith (AL) has announced that he is switching parties.

This is another example of Fox News taking an obvious falsehood and putting a question mark after it to give it an air of plausibility, which is then believed to be the “truth” by their flock viewers. This is similar to the question, “Did Glenn Beck rape and murder a girl in 1990?“

It may also be important to note that in the House, 14 GOP incumbents have decided not to seek re-election, while 10 Democratic incumbents have made the same announcement. And, in the Senate, six Republican incumbents have decided not to seek re-election, while two Democratic incumbents have made the same announcement.

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In response to the offer made by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce to Glenn Beck to be a keynote speaker, the Michigan State University College Democrats are planning a protest during tomorrow’s event.

Glenn Beck is receiving $25,000 to speak at the Kellogg Center, located on the MSU campus. The MSU College Democrats urge you to support their efforts. If you’re able to attend, RSVP here. Beck will be greeted outside of the Kellogg Center with a protest for his actions, including calling President Obama a “racist.”

Please bring signs to the event, and your friends! If you have any questions, please contact Mitchell Rivard, President of the MSU College Democrats, at (989) 450-2534 or president@msudems.org – Click here to RSVP

Contact MI Chamber of Commerce:

Michigan Chamber of Commerce
600 S. Walnut Street
Lansing, Michigan 48933
(517) 371-2100 or toll free at (800) 748-0266
http://www.michamber.com/mx/contactus

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For those who think that the speculation about Glenn Beck allegedly raping and murdering a girl in 1990 is irrelevant, I give you the following video showing Glenn Beck doing the same thing to Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim member of the House of Representatives. Beck asserts, “Prove to me that you are not working with our enemies…” then states that while he doesn’t think he is, that is his fear.

On July 24, 2007 Democrats.com prompted a boycott of Fox News, calling it “the propaganda arm of the Republican party, willing to twist facts and even lie to promote the Republican agenda.” Their boycott page has been updated to include background information such as Glenn Beck agreeing with guest that wants the U.S. attacked by terrorists again,  Glenn Beck calling President Obama a racist and, most recently, Glenn Beck joking about poisoning Nancy Pelosi.

As of August 9, 2009, Democrats.com now includes the following statement:

We join with FoxNewsBoycott and other groups in this boycott. Read the latest update from wikoogle, which includes advertiser phone numbers if you’d like to call: 8/9/09

Thank you for the support! If you would like to sign their petition, click here.

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From the individual choice to stop watching a channel to the organized effort to affect a company’s revenue stream, boycotts come in many shapes and sizes, including the following suggestion from DailyKos.com and NewsCorpse.com. Please contact Democrats and progressive pundits and urge them to not go on the Fox News Channel. Not only is it a wasted effort to discuss issues on Fox News, it can extremely counterproductive.

Guests on Fox News are seemingly chosen for their right leaning political views, or their ability to be dominated. The viewers want to see the debates in which their side always wins. They want their ideals to be reinforced and to have that feeling of power that Fox News provides when they whip a liberal into submission. Don’t give them that pleasure. Don’t give Fox News the ratings they like to taunt like a school-yard bully.

In all likelyhood, Fox News personalities will call them cowards for not wanting to sit down, face to face, with the likes of Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, or Glenn Beck. The point is, who cares? Show Fox News that they simply don’t matter anymore. They should be irrelevant.

So, every time you see a Democrat or progressive guest on Fox News, contact them and tell them they are obligated to help ensure responsible journalism by avoiding the hate and bile that is Fox News. By appearing on Fox News, they are doing further harm to the efforts to repair the damage inflicted by the Bill O’Reillys, Sean Hannities and Glenn Becks of the world.