Further Evidence, If Any Were Necessary, That Conservatives Believe Things That Aren't True

Fox News President Roger Ailes:

I remember when Bill Clinton took over and within a very short time he had to get rid of a couple of appointees," he says, referring to Zoë Baird and Lani Guinier. "And then he got into gays in the military, and suddenly issues became critical and our ratings started to climb back up. I expect a dip over the next couple of months and then a big return to our numbers in late January, early February."

That was late January, early February 1993. Fox News premiered in 1996.

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[Wally]

I am going to stick up for conservatives here and point out that Ailes is definitely a man with an agenda but I'm not sure you could honestly call it a conservative agenda. Pro big business, hawkish, no regulations, sure, but those are just areas where his self-interest happens to coincide with neo-consevatism and theo-conservatism boosts his ratings. True conservative's main issues have historically been balanced budgets, small government and very careful exercise of military intervention.