| | Rock duo sings tribute to Fox's 'token liberal'
 Fox News recently announced that its token liberal Alan Colmes will be quitting Hannity & Colmes at the end of the year, after twelve years playing the foil to the far more aggressive Sean Hannity.
Comedy Central's Jon Stewart professed to be broken up over the news, saying, "It has been no easy task being the sole liberal voice on the Fox Network. But through all the tough times, Alan Colmes always had one thing to lean on -- the respect he earned from his colleagues."
Stewart played a clip of Karl Rove telling Colmes, "Please, you're just embarrassing yourself," followed by other Fox figures insulting, belittling, or merely pestering the hapless Colmes.
Stewart then brought on legendary rock duo Hall & Oates to perform a musical tribute to Colmes, to the tune of their 1976 hit, "She's Gone."
Anytime you need a token liberal
Nothin' but a body to fill a chair
The barest shadow of a person
Alan Colmes is always there.
All those years of non-existence
Can really, really run a person down.
Now he's leaving Hannity forever
Alan, please don't go!
You're the only non-douchebag on that show.
By Friday morning, Colmes himself had posted a clip of the performance on his blog, under the heading, "Hall and Oates Reunite On My Behalf, And, Uh, Thanks?"
This video is from Comedy Central's The Daily Show, broadcast Dec. 11, 2008.
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