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    • Rove McAuliffe Face-Off

      This Sunday we had a "fair and balanced" debate about the White Housestrategy to attack FOX News. The debate got heated between Terry McAuliffe, former Chair of the Democratic Party, and Karl Rove, former Senior Adviser to President George W. Bush. Butas Chris always advises guests before they go on-air, they were able to "break clean on the clenches." Rove argued the White Housestrategy is unnecessary and demeaning to the President. "I think this White House is dominated by Chicago- style politics, so if you don't like the questions that are being asked by Major Garrett or Wendell Goler or Chris Wallace, then you try and demonize Fox News," Rove said. "Anita Dunn is making these charges because she's leaving at the end of the year. This gives them a chance to send somebody out there to throw the grenades, turn on the flame thrower and then be gone at the end of the year,"he claimed. McAuliffe stronglydefended President Obama and the White House, butleft hope the President would again sit down with FOX News Sunday. "Fox was the only broadcast station that did not broadcast his speech in front of the United States Congress. You had some crazy show on about how to learn to dance. I think that was very problematic," McAuliffe said. "President Obama's going to talk to all the networks. He's going to go out there. He loves competition. He loves being engaged in the battle. But he's got to deal first with those folks who are going to give him a fair hearing on health care," he added. Roveexplained there are lots of objectionable things said on other news channels for every president. But that should not be the standard by which a White House determines whether or not it's going to "demonize" a news channel. "They called it an enemy, a White House enemy. That is over- the-top language. We heard that before from Richard Nixon," Rove reasoned. McAuliffe hit back hard. "What is offensive is one of your top folks on Fox calling the president of the United States a racist on a news show." "You have Glenn Beck, who is one of your big opinion leaders on Fox -- went on the morning show, a news show, and actually called President Obama a racist. There is no place for that," McAuliffe countered.

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