Barack Obama was the first to, quietly, refuse to deal with Fox News because of their bias and their racist, anti-Semitic and pro-terrorism stands. Rumors, unconfirmed as far as I am aware, circulated that he turned down all interview requests from Fox.

Then came the foolish idea by the Nevada Democrats to team up with right wing extremist Fox News and hold a forum with the Democratic Presidential candidates. Huge pressure came from the liberal blogsphere (with a few dissenting voices who don't seem to get that Fox News is no longer anything but extremist, pro-violence propoganda we should distance ourselves from) for Nevada Dems to drop the idea. Fox bloviated. John Edwards was the first to refuse to participate in the forum if Fox was involved and ultimately the Nevada Democratic Party saw the error of its ways and dropped Fox News like the vile, decayed corpse of journalism that it is. Personally I thanked the Nevada Dems with a donation and urge you to do the same.

Now, Fox hits another roadblock in its rather suspicious eagerness to hold a forum for the Democratic candidates. The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) decided to form an alliance with Fox News to hold a Presidential forum, making people wonder if they had slept through the Nevada brouhaha. Once again blogs came into play asking the CBC what they were doing given the racist attacks they have made in the past and their blatant lies about Barack Obama, a member of the CBC. But now the forum is moot. First John Edwards said he would refuse to have anything to do with the forum if Fox is in the deal. Then Barack Obama (again, a member of the CBC!) and, a little later, Hillary Clinton, both followed Edwards' lead. That would make any such forum kind of useless, if the three front runners refuse to attend.

It really makes you wonder: Why is Fox so darned eager to hold a forum for the Democratic primary? They blatantly right winged biased in everything they do. Yet they seem to be scrambling like crazy to host events for the Democratic candidates. This should make everyone VERY suspicious. I am glad that our candidates are doing the right thing! Bravo Edwards, Obama and Clinton!