I’ve been a faithful viewer of Fox News Channel since 1996, when it first hit the airwaves. Over the years I’ve watched the major events unfold in a fair and balanced way. Lately the left has taken to denigrating Fox News and its viewers with a viciousness and snottiness that is, quite frankly, beyond offensive. Generally speaking, we conservatives have taken a “grin and bear it” approach to this kind of vilification. NO MORE!

I’ve had enough. I’ve had it up to my eyeballs with the arrogance of Chris Matthews, Keith Olberman, Rachel Maddow, Charlie Gibson, and others who think they are better, smarter, and somehow more entitled to express their views than I am to express mine. I’m tired of David Letterman’s and Bill Maher’s vulgar, race-baiting, ranting and immature attempts at satire that have attacked the most inappropriate targets. They aren’t funny, and they aren’t worth my time. I watched our President Wednesday night pander to the liberal spectrum by serving up a platter of disingenuous half-truths and out-and-out lies, spiced by ad hominem attacks on conservatives generally and specifically, seniors, and ordinary Americans who dare to question his policies and proposals. I’m over these obnoxious jerks. And apparently I am not alone.

From Drudge Report – ratings for September 10:

FOXNEWS O’REILLY 3,609,000
FOXNEWS BECK 3,340,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,986,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,522,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,362,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,040,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,573,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,164,000
CNN KING 965,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 882,000
MSNBC SCHULTZ 734,000
CNN COOPER 691,000

So let’s see – in total, Fox had almost 17 million viewers compared to just over 4 million watching MSNBC and 1.7 million tuning into CNN. In other words Fox viewers outnumber the liberals about 3 to 1. When people have the freedom to choose their source for news programming, they tend to gravitate to the programs that they find they can trust.

That should be sending a message to the White House that preaching to the choir isn’t going to convert the heathens. But it doesn’t seem like Obama understands that pi**ing off a huge voting block can have negative impacts on his long-term leadership potential. He may be able to “Rahm” his healthcare plan through Congress, but it will come with a big price tag that will be paid in the 2010 elections. Because of Fox, the Silent Majority KNOWS what is in the bills in Congress. We know about and understand the out-of-control spending that has occurred since January 21, we comprehend the cap and trade legislation and what it will do to our personal finances as well as the country’s energy and economic future; we knew about Van Jones, and we’re watching the other 30+ czars that populate the Administration; we don’t trust ACORN, the SEIU, Nancy Pelosi, or Harry Reid because Fox News has presented both sides of the story and we have found the liberal message sorely lacking in credibility. We have made up our own minds. No matter how the liberal media spins it, Fox viewers are not the mindless lemmings they accuse us of being. We are knowledgeable, discerning, independent, and patriotic. We agree with and support our leaders when they are right and we call them to task when they are wrong.

We are FOX HOUNDS.

The American Foxhound is sweet, kind, loyal, and a very loving, intelligent creature. While on the hunt the foxhound is a warrior. Foxhounds are not nuisance barkers but they do have loud, deep voices that carry a great distance. They are independent by nature and will not follow commands unless it suits them. Training a foxhound can be a trying experience, they can be stubborn and don’t respond to negative reinforcement well.

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