Fox News CEO Roger Ailes For President in 2012???

I do find it funny that one of the reasons was pay. It would be interesting if he wasn't the republican candidate, and ran as a third party candidate (seeing how he worked for the republican news network). I wonder who they would support?

I'll address the democratic challenger for 2012 first; I don't think there'll be one. Obama will go unchallenged within his own party. I'm of the opinion the democratic party is scared of him....for what it's worth. As for someone suggesting that the CEO of Fox run...I think it was a joke, designed to make Obama fume some more over his recent embarrassment concerning the banning of Fox from an interview. You know, kinda like a poke in the ribs...to watch him further make an a$$ out of himself. lol

Annie I am quite sure no-one takes this article seriously however as far as the media goes we certainly do need fair and balanced news more now than ever before as it is so one-sided it is a sad day for the USA.

I have never even heard of this guy actually. Maybe he's a great ceo, obviously he has done some pretty good things for the news organization, but does that mean he can govern? It demonstartes executive experience, a knowlege of finance and business. but i don't nessesarily see that translating to a good presidency. Even if he could win, it doesn't mean he could govern. Honestly, I don't know enough about this guys beliefs and ideology to make a call.

Potential Presidential candidate names are bantered around all the time. Just because some of his friends say he should run doesn't really mean anything. There are people on this board who are thinking of running in the next election. I know, I know, these aren't serious claims but still you get the point. So do you know who the Democratic Presidential representatives who are going to run against President Obama in the 2012 primaries are? No, probably not. I haven't heard of anyone who as of yet has announced a bid for the Presidency. Obviously, this is just something that someone thought might be a news story but really isn't it because it is really someone's opinion about a friend that they think should run. Kind of like telling someone they should do something but that other person probably won't do it.

"Does the fact that he's been mentioned in such a way kind of take away from the "fair and balanced" claim?" I assume that up until now, you believed that the CEOs of all the news and media outlets had no political affiliations? That is, the head of CBS or NBC or ABC, they have no political ideologies, they don't vote and they purge themselves twice a year in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park to keep themselves pure from the taint of political leanings? Can we have a fair and balanced society if you don't let conservatives own news networks?

Fox News is definitely full of gas. It won't take much viewership here, because people here want change, want genuineness, definitely not a conservative type. There in US, it draws viewers because of its emotional news content, being flabergasted and whatnot. With O'Reilly at the helm of its top programs, it won't have shortage of viewers, might it be republicans or democrats. Many hater of Fox News, admit it or not, watch FOX NEWS! Because they can't stop seeing the O'Relly factor, and many of its programs, they want to get inflamed again and again. They get addicted to watch FOX for the purpose of seeing how far it can get to being a one-sided network. It can go on for maybe more than their lifetime, our lifetime, because the Network gets profits even because of its haters watching their channel. ^^,

If I can vote there, my vote would still go for a democrat candidate. I can vote for a republican if only he/she is not ultra conservative and has the will to effectively command the empathy of the people, in essence, a god-given gift of leadership. I don't like BUSH, his governance, his minions, his deceptions "looking good, nice, being like simple" - oww com'on we know your horns, his overalls. I feel pity for his father, the former president, for having a son to degrade their family's honor and respect. You see, all around the globe, especially there in europe, they won't be deceived anymore by bush junior like character. You've seen, we've seen the protests, the outrage of the world against BUSH..Republicans have carved out a picture for themselves, they pictured themselves in relation to greed, deception, oil, and many more. If those traits are not of republicans, then i can be a fan of them too, but hell its NOT. I'm tired of Bull**** like them. Here in our country, we have politicians just like those republicans, and they are called as "TRAPOS" a short term for traditional politicians. They impede growth, just go for where the money is. But you won't see it coming because just like the republicans in the states, they have double faces, you see they have to make you believe that they are caring and good, for the people, for reform. and after you voted for them, they become what you've known them all along. Gloria Arroyo is one of them, is the worst of them. And a sidekick of BUSH here in the Philippines..and much hated too, hell she beated Marcos as the worst president of the Philippines on record, and to the eyes of the people too.