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• frequently agree with their conservative and/or Republican opposite numbers on TV talk shows or in legislative bodies on various issues and positions;
• show no hesitation to distance themselves from and criticize their fellow liberals, especially to predominantly conservative audiences;
• present weak arguments in favor of liberal positions, and refuse to debate or easily succumb to conservative/Republican arguments;
• base their arguments on dubious claims made by conservatives and Republicans, thereby suggesting that those are valid liberal positions;

The term is similar to Democrat In Name Only (DINO), although this term assumes that the only true Democrat is a member of the liberal left, despite the obvious fact that virtually all Democratic presidents have been political moderates. Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States (the other being the Democratic Party). ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... DINO stands for Democrat In Name Only, a disparaging but seldom-used term for a member of the modern-day United States Democratic Party whose words and actions are thought to be too fiscally or socially conservative. ...

The term Fox News Liberal is also based on the belief, held by many on the left, that the Fox News Channel has a conservative/Republican bias, and that many of the Fox News commentators who claim to be liberal are straw men hired to ineffectively present liberal viewpoints. The FOX News Channel is a US cable and satellite news channel. ... A straw man or man of straw is a dummy in the shape of a human created by stuffing straw into clothes. ...

The term was first applied in 2004 to Alan Colmes, the liberal cohost to conservative Sean Hannity on the Fox News show Hannity & Colmes. Liberal viewers have long found Colmes' quiet, deferential style infuriating, particularly in contrast to the aggressive and outspoken Hannity; and Colmes himself has sometimes taken more right-leaning positions, such as supporting Rudolph Guiliani for mayor of New York City and defending Mississippi Senator Trent Lott after the latter made racially suspect remarks at the 100th birthday party for the late Sen. Strom Thurmond. It hasn't helped Colmes with his liberal critics either that he has also defended Fox's "fair and balanced" slogan as accurate, or that he has been praised by prominent conservatives such as Newt Gingrich and was once chosen as the favorite liberal by posters on a Free Republic forum. Liberal commentator Al Franken lambasted Colmes in his popular book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, accusing him of refusing to ask tough questions during debates and neglecting to challenge alleged erroneous claims made by Hannity or his guests (Franken even jokingly suggested that Colmes is a whipping boy who's forced to do odd jobs around the Fox News studios). 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alan Colmes (born September 24, 1950) is the liberal half of Fox News Channels popular political debate program Hannity and Colmes, along with the conservative Sean Hannity. ... Sean Hannity. ... guests. ... Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III, KBE (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... State nickname: Magnolia State Other U.S. States Capital Jackson Largest city Jackson Governor Haley Barbour (R) Senators Thad Cochran (R) Trent Lott (R) Official language(s) English Area 125,546 km² (32nd)  - Land 121,606 km²  - Water 3,940 km² (3%) Population (2000)  - Population 2,697,243 (31st)  - Density... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... Chester Trent Lott Jr. ... A birthday is the date on which a person was born. ... James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to April 1956 and November 1956 to 1964 as a Democrat and from 1964 to 2003 as a Republican. ... Newt Gingrich Newton Leroy Gingrich, Ph. ... Free Republic is an American Internet forum and activist site for conservatives. ... Al Franken (credit: Bill Hayward) Al Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American satirist, comedian, bestselling author, and radio host with a liberal point of view. ... Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right is a book of political commentary and satire by humorist Al Franken, published in 2003 by Dutton, a subsidiary in the Penguin Group. ... In feudal times, a whipping boy was a boy of the same age but lower rank, raised with a prince or nobleman as a playmate, who was whipped in his place when the young nobleman -to high in standing to be beaten by anyone below his father, who was often...

Mort Kondracke, Susan Estrich, Dick Morris, Ed Koch and Pat Caddell, former U.S. Senator Zell Miller, are Fox commentators noted primarily for their links to past Democratic campaigns, have also been called Fox news liberals for exhibiting similar tendencies and appearing to care more that the conservatives like them and that they continue to appear on television than defending liberalism and the Democratic Party. In Miller's case the label is almost certainly a misnomer since Miller for his entire career as a public official always presented himself a moderate or conservative Democrat. Morton M. Kondracke (born April 28, 1939) is an American political commentator and journalist. ... Susan Estrich is a lawyer, professor, author and frequent Fox News guest. ... Dick Morris appears on TVs FOX News channel. ... Ed Koch Edward Irving Koch, LL.B (born December 12, 1924) was the Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. ... Pat Caddell is a former United States Democratic Party pollster who has had harsh words for his party. ... Zell Bryan Miller (born February 24, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. ...

The 2004 documentary Outfoxed claimed to show that the Fox producers purposely choose unthreatening liberal commentators, both in the interviews with former producers for the network who spoke anonymously and an interview with a former commentator who recalled how he was let go by Fox early in what was supposed to be a long-term arrangement after challenging the case for the 2003 invasion of Iraq too forcefully. Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ... DVD cover of Outfoxed Outfoxed: Rupert Murdochs War on Journalism is a 2004 documentary film by Robert Greenwald that argues that the Fox News Channel has a right wing bias. ... This article covers invasion specifics. ...