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August 30, 2004
RNC first-night coverage on FNC.
I clicked over to Fox News Channel to get their coverage of McCain's speech that opened the RNC tonight.
Brit Hume was talking to Ron Silver about his recent conversion to the conservative side. To paraphrase, Ron indicated that he was disappointed in the Democrat/Hollywood liberal view.
"They don't back unilateral, pre-emptive action," he said.
As they wrapped up the interview, Hume leans in and asks, "so, how long has it been since you last worked?"
Silver demurred for a moment and seemed a little thrown off balance. Hume asked again, and I got the sense that he meant to imply that Silver's conversion to the Blue state mentality had cost him gigs.
"Oh, I did a Law & Order about two weeks ago."
"And before that?"
"I guess about nine months, the usual gestation period."
Again, I'm paraphrasing, as I can't find any FNC transcript.
"OK, Ron. I hear what you're saying." And then Brit cut away to a commercial for I don't know, American flag contact lenses that show your patriotism. It could have been Ann Coulter for Depends, I wasn't paying close attention at that point.
I saw Outfoxed last night, so I'm a little on edge, I guess. But it seemed so lame, so obvious. Just by asking the question, Brit Hume suggests to the home audience that a conservative has as much chance of being successful in Hollywood as a gay man would in becoming governor of ... eh, I'm getting off track.
Even when Silver dispels Hume's suggestion, the anchor follows up with a conspiratorial aside that deflects the denial. "Ron, I understand you can't say more, as those liberal casting directors are conspiring in their West Hollywood star chamber to put you on the B-pile just for being here."
Okay, I stopped paraphrasing.
Posted by Your Protagonist at August 30, 2004 09:26 PM