Alan Colmes is leaving Hannity and Colmes after 12 years of programming. Which is totally sad, because even though he was limp-wristed and bent over backwards to accommodate conservative viewpoints while Sean Hannity bulldozed through his left-leaning guests, at least the man represented some perspective on a network known for not exactly being fair and balanced.

One wonders if maybe this bow-out is due to Hannity's generous re-up with Roger Ailes' station: though they shared co-hosting duties, it was never a question which one of the duo played more to the sensibilities of a station that thinks Rupert Murdoch is getting a little too centralist.

Early reports suggested ass-man and CNN "personality" Glenn Beck is finalizing a deal with Fox News, and now confirmation. The silver-haired bigot-y blowhard will snag the 5 pm spot on the "fair and balanced" news network beginning this spring, which pits him opposite Chris Matthews' Hardball (assuming his MSNBC contract gets re-upped next year). Can we try to determine an ass-timate for how much Rupert Murdoch will shell out for the opinionated Republican?

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What a perfect way to start off the weekend! Here's Alan Colmes' hate mail, which he has dutifully arranged for your reading pleasure so you can see how the lone liberal(?) on Fox News is treated by his "fans." Did we mention his cohost, Sean Hannity, just got a huge resign deal?

Some juicy items (all spelled correctly!) after the jump:

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Political writer and former Clinton adviser Dick Morris has a little bit of history with Fox's preferred only liberal, Alan Colmes. The two sparred in August when Colmes called out the creepy foot fetishist for defending John McCain's hypocritical Iraq policies, and now the duo are at it again, this time over Sarah Palin's performance in the debate last night:

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Read through some of Alan Colmes' hate mail. Perhaps you've written some of it? "YOU ARE SUCH A LOSER,I CANT BELIEVE THEY EVEN LET YOU ON FOX. YOU ARE’NT FIT TO CARRY SEANS JOCKSTRAP,LIBERAL LOSER…WHY NOT STOP WHINING ABOUT OBAMA NOT GETTING A FAIR SHOT. HE IS A MUSLIM,AND A TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER. AND HIS UGLY WIFE IS A RACE HUSTLING AMERICA HATER, JUST LIKE ALL LIBERALS. GET OVER BEING CALLED UNPATRIOTIC,BECAUSE YOU ARE. JUST ACCEPT IT AND MOVE ON." [Liberal Land]

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