In the unlikely event you haven’t seen this elsewhere, I wanted to highlight one of the more amusing Freudian slips in a long while, by way of our friends at the Fox News Channel.
Media Matters reported that Fox News anchor David Asman was interviewing Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) yesterday, inquiring as to why the Gang of 14’s compromise was necessary since Republicans had the votes to execute the nuclear option.
Except Asman initially included himself in the dynamic.
ASMAN: You’re the chairman of the rules committee. Did Senator Frist have the votes to end the filibuster?
LOTT: I believe that he did. It would have been very close. We would have probably gotten a 50-50 tie vote, with the vice president breaking the tie. Perhaps we’d have had 51 before it was over. …
ASMAN: So, Senator, if we should have done it and if we had the votes to do it in the Senate — if you guys in the Republican Party did — then why did you need a compromise?
LOTT: Well, you know, I would argue that we probably should have gone forward with the vote, all things considered.
We know Fox News personalities see themselves as being “teammates” of Republican officials, but it’s rare when they admit it on national television.
The “fair and balanced” network strikes again. They report, you concur.