Posted on 01/27/2016 12:51:33 AM PST by monkapotamus
Trump said he would host his own Iowa town hall to raise money for veterans and let other networks cover it. One clear sign of the gravity of tonight's development is the sense of confusion that is swirling throughout Fox. The network is split between Kelly's allies like Brit Hume and conservative anchors that are furious that Kelly - who graces the cover of Vanity Fair this month - has become the face of the network. An anchor fumed that Kelly hosted Michael Moore on her program tonight and the lefty filmmaker defended her against Trump. "That would be like Rachel Maddow laughing along with Charles Koch as he trashed Hillary Clinton!" the anchor said. One producer speculated that Fox could go "National Review" on Trump and start attacking him...
No matter how loudly GOP candidates complained about Fox's loutish politics in private, none risked taking Ailes on in public for fear of losing access to this crucial constituency - until Trump, that is. Even if Trump's boycott backfires, he's already achieved a historic victory: Exploding the myth that a Republican candidate can't openly challenge Fox.
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Just curious....why watch the debate now?
What debate?
Trump has instantly turned the “main” debate into the undercard debate.
The real reason is Cruz chews him up one side and spits him out the other. This is just the only excuse he can come up with to hide from the big boys.
Looks like fox is tearing itself apart. Good riddance.
Yeah right. As if this is all about cruz.
Trump been in 6 debates with Cruz. If Cruz hasn’t chewed him up by now, he won’t on the 7th
Proof that corsets never went out of style.
...chuckles...
That figures.
Hardly, but your post proves that you don’t have any idea what you’re talking about and don’t pay attention. That’s a shame; you’re really missing out on quite a lot that is important.
You must have missed last debate
Trump handled Cruz fine
Rubio bested Cruz
Had Rubio not gone with his sangre latino prejudice and joined the Gang of Eight
It would be Rubio and not Cruz chewing on Trumps pants leg from second place
Rubio really screwed the pooch....tarred as pro amnesty forever
Meanwhile Cruz’s soft views on legal visas barely registers
Is that her Mom?
This explains a lot.
I thought Murdoch turned Fox over to his sons?
No, I was right there, commenting like others on the debate thread during it. Cruz made Trump look like an idiot, and if Ted wasn't such a gentleman, could of made it even worse.
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