What a Liberal Mole Inside Fox News Discovered About Romney
Lefty news and gossip blog Gawker today introduced their newest hire: a current Fox News Channel employee who promises to dish the dirt about the goings-on within the Fox News empire. The Fox Mole's inaugural post at Gawker includes a video, which the Fox Mole estimates to be pretty darn embarrassing and which he proceeds to mock, of Mitt Romney and Sean Hannity chatting casually before the taping of an interview at the Hannity Vegas Forum in February.
The thing is, the supposedly embarrassing video is really not that embarrassing—to either Romney or Hannity, that is.
We learn that Romney and his wife Ann enjoy riding horses, and expensive horses at that, which the Fox Mole goes on to deride as an activity that only the most elite of the elitists partake in. And who know? Perhaps the discovery that the Romneys ride horses would be a turnoff to those who are still unfamiliar with the family's great wealth.
Next, we learn that Team Romney stays in mid-priced accommodations when they're on the road, rather than in luxury hotels. Sean Hannity asks whether this is on account of the intense media scrutiny that the candidate's expenses undergo. Romney responds, "It's not the scrutiny. It's...you know, you can spend your money on ads or you can spend it on hotel rooms. I'd rather spend it on ads." Oh, but how embarrassing it is to have a fiscally prudent candidate when we all know that real leaders are spendthrifts.
Finally, the Fox Mole discovers that Sean Hannity changes his tie midway through a two part interview in order to give the appearance that the two segments of the same interview were taped on different days. The horror. (By the way –and I may get a stern talking-to from Peter Robinson for revealing this top secret information– on days when Peter records two Uncommon Knowledge interviews back to back, he changes his tie in between the tapings so that people don't fall under the false impression that he only owns one tie. I know, totally scandalous, right?)
Maybe I'm overlooking something very important in this video, but at the end of the candid two minute clip, I found myself liking Romney just a little bit better.
- Comment (48)
- · Quote
- · UnfollowFollow (11)
Comments:
Oct '10
Re: What a Liberal Mole Inside Fox News Discovered About Romney
Ethan Safron
That was from the original article.
We're more than 15 trillion dollars in debt and thisis what liberals are talking about? And to be honest, I wish that President Obama would golf all day, every day.
Yup, this is what we have to look forward to until November: increasingly desperate attempts to change the subject from The One’s actual record, his list of broken promises and negative accomplishments, and pathetically unconvincing attempts to make golf the pastime of the 99%.
Sep '11
Re: What a Liberal Mole Inside Fox News Discovered About Romney
You're lumping every form of horsemanship into a single category--which is not terribly accurate. Some horse sports are particularly dangerous--(steeplechase, flat racing, the cross-country phase of three-day eventing), but dressage is probably safer than crossing the street in New York City.
I've been a safety official for many years for the U.S. (Three-Day) Eventing Association--dressage is one of the phases of the Three-Day; cross-country jumping (high speeds; large, fixed obstacles) is another; stadium jumping (where Christopher Reeve fell and broke his neck) is the third.
Any time you get on a horse there's some measure of risk. So what? People thrive on risk--and for someone with a disability, or a debilitating disease, that chance to sit on a horse with the reins in your hands is one time in a week where you have the reins. You're not cocooned by well-meaning attendants out to protect you from the world.
Good for Ann.
Aug '10
Re: What a Liberal Mole Inside Fox News Discovered About Romney
Pat Sajak
How about me? I tape six shows in one day. This Ricochet multiple tie scandal is mushrooming! · 15 hours ago
Seriously?!? I thought it was live!
Oh the humanity!
Re: What a Liberal Mole Inside Fox News Discovered About Romney
Seriously, this mole must be working for Romney. That's the most likable I've ever seen him. Promote the strategist who dreamt this up immediately.
Jun '10
Re: What a Liberal Mole Inside Fox News Discovered About Romney
This just in: "Mole discloses that Hannity is a conservative who holds liberals in disdain."
Mar '11
Re: What a Liberal Mole Inside Fox News Discovered About Romney
So, the consensus on this thread is that Mitt Romney is much more likeable when he's not standing in front of a microphone than when he is.
Which reflects very positively on him as a person, does not bode as well for him as a candidate...
Nov '10
Re: What a Liberal Mole Inside Fox News Discovered About Romney
Pat Sajak
How about me? I tape six shows in one day. This Ricochet multiple tie scandal is mushrooming!
Are these your own ties, or studio ties? This makes all the difference.
Aug '10
Re: What a Liberal Mole Inside Fox News Discovered About Romney
So, you're the ... muh-ooooole ...