Posted on 03/13/2012 10:49:38 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Rick Santorum is frustrated. He’s frustrated with the money Mitt Romney has been able to funnel into his campaign, and he’s royally fed up with what he views as the unofficial endorsement he’s received from Fox News. Of course, Santorum pointed out, it’s not as if any of this has been able to help Romney firmly connect with voters.
Santorum expressed this frustration on Fox News Radio’s Kilmeade and Friends today, where he was challenged by host (and Fox & Friends co-host) Brian Kilmeade.
The man has had a ten-to-one money advantage. He’s had all the organizational advantage. He has Fox News shilling for him every day — no offense, Brian, but I see it. And yet he can’t seal the deal because he just doesn’t have the goods to be able to motivate the Republican base and win this election.
He also voiced his disagreement to recent comments by Fox News contributor Dick Morris, opining that a shorter race — not a long- drawn out one — ends up being better for voters, because it won’t allow the media and Obama’s campaign to publicly “beat up on” candidates.
“On Fox News shilling for Romney 24 hours a day,” said Kilmeade, bringing up Santorum’s earlier point, “I totally disagree with that.”
“You can feel the way you want,” he continued as the two attempted to spoke over one another. “I’m just telling you, there’s no way I agree with that. And you’ve been on as much as anyone.”
Kilmeade later pointed out that Romney’s people “respond when we request, and we’ve been requesting you on this show for about three and a half months, minimum, and we’ve gotten nothing but, ‘yeah, we’ll see.’”
Have a listen, courtesy of Fox News Radio’s Kilmeade and Friends:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/santorum-accuses-fox-news-of-shilling-for-romney-is-called-out-by-brian-kilmeade/
He’s right.
I watch FOX cable news all the time and I have to say Santorum is on to something!
What’s he going to do when he goes up against obama’s billion dollars and the entire press.
He is? Who is?
Obambie does not have a billion dollars.
So the job of an unbiased media is to be biased towards anyone who doesn’t, when they tell him to jump, ask “how high?” Sounds like Kilmeade was trying to make a flimsy excuse for why most of the downscale FOX personalities have been shilling for Mittsky. For the record, I think Hannity and Greta have been fair to all candidates in their own way, and O’Reilly has basically been all over the map from one day to the next.
Obambie does not have a billion dollars.
Fox News is shilling for Romney.... So is Rove, Ann Coulter, Glen Beck, Trump.....
Regards,
GtG
I can see his point. They may have the candidates on equally, but every republican strategist they invite IS pushing Romney. I see it too. In their eyes, it is a done deal. Rove, Morris, O’reilly, and a host of others give him (and Newt) no chance at all. That IS cheerleading for Romney and pushing voters to the “inevitable” candate. You can’t tell me that does not help Romney over the others.
I agree.
“I watch FOX cable news all the time and I have to say Santorum is on to something!”
Brian Kilmeade is a petty little pimp for Romney. He’s as bad, if not worse than Shepard Smith. Maybe they are “lovers,” who knows!
The only people who don’t know this are the people who don’t watch FOX.
Bravo, Mr. Santorum.
BTW, FOX is also guilty of withholding a lot of critical information as well, expecially when it comes to the mudslimes.
Glenn Beck supports Santorum and has given him hours of time on both his radio and internet shows (but never Romney). Today, he actually gave the contribution addresses for those who wanted to contribute to Santorum’s campaign. Never heard him do that before for anyone.
They have been TOTALLY in the tank for Romney since before Super Tuesday. I watched MSNBC last night where they had both a Santorum and Gingrich guy on and they had a big discussion about today and prospects going forward. I watched FOX last night on and off. Nothing. No discussion of the horse race, nothing. When Baier was on and they had the panel discussion about Romney’s weaknesses, not a peep about Romneycare. It’s one of his major weaknesses and it’s not even raised. Fox is the company channel for the Republican party. Seriously, if you want some objective reporting of the Republican race, don’t watch the Republican channel. Gregg Jarrett is one of the worst BTW.
Santorum is going to be a whiner type isn’t he?
I just can’t stand that about him. He rises above nothing. Nothing. Zip. Nada. SQUAT.
He whines about givens for crying out loud. Just grow up and get on with it.
Sadly, I think whining is starting to sell. It’s a time filler for having nothing to say.
Rick Santorum borrows from other candidates to make any case he presents.
GAD! A ghastly candidate.
It took him long enough, but he’s right. Kilmead and the morning show bimbo absolutely gush over nitmitt every chance they have but it has become worse over the last week.
Dick Morris in particular has me reaching for the remote faster than anyone. He was on Hannity last night and kept on talking about how we should all vote for Romney, even if the intended topic had nothing to do with Romney or Santorum.
To make it even more bizarre, Morris also talked about how Utah should oust Orrin Hatch, even calling him (Hatch) a RINO. Now, I’m not a big fan of Hatch but he is far less of a RINO than Romney.
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