Let’s face it: if Geraldo Rivera can drive you off the battlefield with his rhetoric, you’re probably not carrying all that much firepower. She makes a lot of noise; and in doing so, she drowns out much more reasoned/persuasive/intellectually credible argument from conservatives and convinces people that she represents the conservative/Republican ‘brand’ (which is not the case).

Ultimately, this seems to be damaging Republicans much more than Democrats, if the recent report in the WSJ is correct.

Malkin’s an easy target, and fun to write or read about, but if I and other people from the so-called left stopped paying attention to her, her relevance would evaporate in very short order. Her ideas haven’t stood up to scrutiny and experience has tended to show that they’re not the right ones. Most [non-blogging] Americans are pragmatic people; if a particular view doesn’t lead to an outcome they like, they won’t stick to it. Certain media organizations and politicians may find in the next few years that they’ve ‘misunderestimated’ American common sense at their peril. I can’t see Malkin featuring much in the public debate if the current trend continues, though perhaps she’ll retain her very special niche.

Both of them amuse the hell out of me. Poor Malkin hasn’t been right about very much…and, sadly, even when she IS or MIGHT be right, she isn’t in the business of persuading but of demonizing the opposition. Which is why she’s so entertaining: she so TRANSPARENTLY crafts her views to be appealing to those who already agree with her. She’s the OPPOSITE of dangerous, I think. The dangerous people (and I quite like them even though I don’t agree with their politics) are Buckley, Hitchens, P.J. O’Rourke, Sullivan, and others who are in the business of changing people’s minds.

And Laura Ingram is still there. She may have been out for a bit… but she was back recently.

The funny part is, they did just what Michelle in this letter said they were doing. “…I’ve been fired, concocting imaginary scenarios of tearful resignations, tinfoil-rattling in hopes that there’s some other conspiratorial reason behind my decision, falsely asserting that it was somehow related to my coverage of the S-CHIP debate, etc., etc., etc.”

There are a whole bunch of comments that relate to all of that… and then a bunch talking about how bad FNC is… how O’Reilly should be fired too… etc. I sometimes wonder if those blogs, with they’re very loyal followers, just put up posts for their people to use… kinda like a Mad Libs of anti-FOX things to post… “FOX News (negative verb), and Bill O’Reilly should be (negative action).”

Anyway, they gave me a laugh.

http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/10/14/malkin-quits-the-factor/#comment-55302

*COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH*

Sorry my juice went down the wrong pipe reading that…

Rachel Marsden was hurting Fox with all the horrible press she was getting. She made false claims against one of her college professors. She stalked an individual. She was a nutcase. Even her father had issues. He is a college professor and he was doing one of his students.

Rachel was clueless on “Red Eye”. The show has gotten much better since FNC security escorted RM out of the building.

Malkin is a shrew. She has no credibility. She can dish out all kinds of attacks but she can’t take any heat on herself. Coulter just laughs off attacks. Malkin has a hissy fit and takes her glove and ball and runs away when it gets tough.

Rudi- FNC tried her out doing several different jobs. She didn’t do well at any of them and they let her go when her contract was up. I haven’t seen any other newschannel pick her up. And since when was Rudi an expert on politics?

Laura–she’s on FNC all the time. When have they “lost” her?

Perhaps Malkin was planning to move to NYC and is now afraid to because of Rivera’s phlegm-based deterrent.

In reading about this flap on the Internet, I’ve seen the phrase “no one plays the victim better” applied a few times to Malkin. I don’t think she’s really that skillful at it, but she is very energetic.

just askin

No one plays a victim better than Malagang…no one…

Malkin made a principled decision and she should be commended for that….although taking her ball and going home seems a bit immature to me, especially when it comes to dealing with a hack like Geraldo Rivera.
As far as her blog goes…if she is the accomplished writer that she says she is, then wild comments on “far-left” websites should be brushed off. In my opinion, she should try to avoid playing victim to the “left-o-sphere.”