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Article: Alan Colmes: The man even fellow liberals love to hate; His low-key manner is on display in his new book, 'Red, White and Liberal'
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- October 20, 2003
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NEW YORK (AP) - Alan Colmes has been called an on-air punching
bag, a runt, wishy-washy, a milquetoast and - this one must really
hurt - a conservative at heart.
And these words are from people who usually agree with him.
As Fox News Channel's resident liberal and half of "Hannity &
Colmes," Colmes must feel a kinship with Internal Revenue Service
auditors, process servers or telemarketers.
Conservative fans of Sean Hannity have little use for him.
Liberals want to see him throw a few more haymakers, but that's not
his style.
"People say to me, 'Why don't you fight fire with fire?"' he said.
"You fight fire with water, not fire.'"
Colmes' low-key manner - in the face of Hannity's fire - is ...