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I’ve Lost a Little Respect for Fox News’ Brit Hume After This Attack on Ted Cruz
Rightwing News ^ | Cassy Fiano

Posted on 07/28/2015 9:27:19 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

Mitch McConnell is facing truckloads of criticism after he blocked a law that would defund Planned Parenthood, including from presidential candidate Ted Cruz, who called McConnell a liar on the Senate floor (and rightly so). And for some insane reason, this apparently made Brit Hume at Fox News lose his mind, because Hume decided to respond by attacking Cruz and labeling him a hypocrite.

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Hi, Bret. The first thing you need to know about Ted Cruz’s assault on Mitch McConnell is that it’s not about ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell. It’s about ted Cruz and Donald Trump. Cruz entered the presidential race as the renegade hero of the anti-establishment right, the man who would call out his party’s leadership for what he considered their weak-kneed ways. He raised some serious money early on, but his campaign never quite took off.

Then along comes Donald Trump who not only cruised past Cruz but everyone else in the Republican field. He did it while attacking his fellow republicans with abandon. When Trump himself was under attack for denigrating John McCain’s war record, Cruz refused to criticize Trump. He insisted his stance was born of fidelity to the eleventh commandment made famous by Ronald Reagan, thou shall not speak ill of any fellow republican. Last Thursday on this channel he went so far as to tell Neil Cavuto “scripture teaches that if someone visits evil upon you, you should repay them in kindness”. That’s from first peter, chapter 3.

Two days later ted Cruz is on the Senate floor calling Republican leader McConnell a liar. So much for Ronald Reagan and so much for Saint Peter.

It may have shown Cruz to be an obvious hypocrite, but for one day at least he trumped Trump and that means mission accomplished.

Is Trump paying Hume off or something? Because absent that, this entire rant is completely nonsensical and makes no sense — why should we not call out GOP leadership when they renege on a promise and so utterly fail us?


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1 posted on 07/28/2015 9:27:19 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; MountainDad; aposiopetic; ...
    Ted Cruz Ping!

    If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
    Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!

    CRUZ or LOSE!

2 posted on 07/28/2015 9:27:48 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie

Brit Hume is pulling for Jeb Bush.


3 posted on 07/28/2015 9:28:27 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: SoConPubbie

I saw the same report and lost ALOT of respect for Brit. He was so condescending that the snark was palpably dripping from his lips.


4 posted on 07/28/2015 9:29:25 AM PDT by pgkdan (But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Britt Hume is a member of The Ministry Of Propaganda.
They are all employees of The Cheap Labor Express.
It’s all about keeping The Cheap Labor Express running.

I lost all respect for Hume when it became evident that he was bought and paid for by The Cheap Labor Express.


5 posted on 07/28/2015 9:30:12 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SoConPubbie

I’ve lost ALL respect for Brit Hume and FoxNews.

Establishment Republican mouthpiece out to sink conservatives.


6 posted on 07/28/2015 9:30:18 AM PDT by Eddie01 (you are what you is)
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To: SoConPubbie

Saw Brit AND Charles pulling for JEB.


7 posted on 07/28/2015 9:30:22 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: SoConPubbie

They all want to attack Cruz and avoid answering the question of whether Yertle lied.


8 posted on 07/28/2015 9:30:41 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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To: SoConPubbie

Boycott Faux News, they are no friends of conservatives.


9 posted on 07/28/2015 9:30:54 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SoConPubbie

I never had any.

Brit Hume is an idiot.

And then after him, some fat, dumb blonde creature came on and started making some sort of sounds, and that’s when I realized the TV had been left on the wrong channel, so I shut it off.


10 posted on 07/28/2015 9:31:49 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless)
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To: SoConPubbie

Let’s start a phone campaign to Republican Senators to scurry out from their hidey holes AND SUPPORT TED CRUZ !!!

Mrs. Esopman


11 posted on 07/28/2015 9:32:06 AM PDT by esopman (Blessings on Freepers Everywhere and Their Most Intelligent Designer)
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To: SoConPubbie

I haven’t watched FOX news in over a year, one: I can’t and won’t pay for cable (they are a rip-off) so I don’t really know what they are like anymore, but when I was watching, I noticed they were going to the dark side (liberal) and have wondered if this is the case...

After reading what Brit Hume had to say, glad I saved my money for something I really enjoy, I hear enough of the dark side just being in the grocery store...lol...


12 posted on 07/28/2015 9:32:30 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 (Send 'slob boy of the oval office' back to Kenya ASAP, and save America...)
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To: Enlightened1

George Will pulling for Walker (Will’s wife works for the Walker campaign).

I’ve seen FoxNews cheerlead for the establishment every election cycle since 1998.


13 posted on 07/28/2015 9:32:38 AM PDT by Eddie01 (you are what you is)
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To: pocat

ping


14 posted on 07/28/2015 9:33:16 AM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: SoConPubbie

Fox is a pain in the rear end.


15 posted on 07/28/2015 9:35:11 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder
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To: Enlightened1

The Hume “Hypocrite Argument”, a variation on the Reagan “11th Commandment” was so weak that even Hume had to concede that there was validity to the Cruz arguments at the end of his pitch.

I still give Hume a P- for Pathetic. He is lost to us (if we ever had him.)


16 posted on 07/28/2015 9:35:21 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: SoConPubbie

17 posted on 07/28/2015 9:35:41 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: Enlightened1

I lost all respect for Spit Bume when he viciously attacked Newt Gingrich in 2012. Apparently he got it in his head that Newt had something to do with Hume’s son’s suicide. Nutty!

He’s not that bright or deep of a thinker so I don’t know why Fox News goes to him all the time as their resident guru.


18 posted on 07/28/2015 9:36:05 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Brit Hume is the most arrogant, know-it-all in the room. Unless Chris Wallace and Bill O’Reilly and Megan Kelly are also in the room. Then it’s a toss-up. I haven’t much respect for any of them.


19 posted on 07/28/2015 9:37:04 AM PDT by lakecumberlandvet (APPEASEMENT NEVER WORKS.)
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To: Enlightened1

I think Brett Baier not only pushed back at Hume’s crass analysis, but caused Brit to lighten up and explain himself later, on the Kelly File, that Cruz has been spanking the listless leadership for some time, even BEFORE Donald Trump and added that the base has a reason to be fed up. Or, something to that effect.

But, yes, Hume is a Bush-pusher and is apparently threatened by Cruz blasting at Establishment, because Jeb is Establishment.


20 posted on 07/28/2015 9:37:46 AM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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