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'Shell-shocked' CNBC staffers had long flight home
CNN ^ | 10/30/15 | Brian Stelter

Posted on 10/30/2015 4:20:35 AM PDT by jimbo123

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To: jimbo123

As I said in another thread, CNBC and the moderators got their greatest market share ever and pissed down their legs in front of 14 million people. What started out as a “cage match” ended up with the candidates piling on CNBC and the moderators to the cheers of the audience. I love it!

I would expect to see a LOT more pushing back on the media throughout the rest of the campaign, now that the candidates know it plays well with the electorate.


61 posted on 10/30/2015 5:51:33 AM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: McGruff

“It’s called The Trump Effect.”

Yeah, most here already forget that the only reason the others dared attack the kommiemedia the way they did is that many weeks ago Trump FIRST demonstrated that one could attack the biased media, and not only survive, but actually thrive.


62 posted on 10/30/2015 5:51:49 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Raycpa
They are not ashamed about what they did. They are ashamed what they did didn't work.

Precisely.

63 posted on 10/30/2015 5:53:27 AM PDT by polymuser ( Enough is enough)
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To: paint_your_wagon

Tagline worthy post award!


64 posted on 10/30/2015 5:53:31 AM PDT by John 3_19-21 (The media's blackout of Ted Cruz is his greatest endorsement ! Cruz or Lose.)
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To: Oldexpat

Thought along the same lines. I kept waiting for Trump to ask her if she had a Warren Buffet-shaped sex toy in her nightstand drawer.


65 posted on 10/30/2015 5:55:13 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: DungeonMaster

“A stupid question in a venue that demands a serious answer is a very difficult situation.”

Absolutely. And the only intelligent counter is to call out the question as stupid, ignore it, and move on. Christie was brilliant when he did that very thing, and that fool JB tried to provide a serious answer and thus looked like the fool he really is. So, I guess from that perspective, it was indeed a useful question after all.


66 posted on 10/30/2015 5:56:53 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: envisio

I think that Marxist John Harwood crafted all the questions and Becky and Carl, both dim bulb affirmative action hires, were handed their questions to ask. All if this was orchestrated at the top and coordinated with the Hillary campaign.


67 posted on 10/30/2015 5:57:47 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: jimbo123

When Trump answered his first question, he was putting the mods and Reince on notice.


68 posted on 10/30/2015 6:00:08 AM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: catnipman
Absolutely. And the only intelligent counter is to call out the question as stupid, ignore it, and move on. Christie was brilliant when he did that very thing, and that fool JB tried to provide a serious answer and thus looked like the fool he really is. So, I guess from that perspective, it was indeed a useful question after all.

I liked the comment by one of the radio pundits about Heb saying that all he seems able to do is recite his resume as a politician. That's the last thing that conservatives who are sick of politicians want to hear. That and a really ill timed attack on Rubio who was having a really good moment.

69 posted on 10/30/2015 6:00:39 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Now I understand why my grandparents quit voting.)
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To: bert
"I was wondering yesterday...... whatever happened to Librarian Barbie?"

Your wish is my command:

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70 posted on 10/30/2015 6:03:11 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: ManHunter

“I would expect to see a LOT more pushing back on the media throughout the rest of the campaign, now that the candidates know it plays well with the electorate.”

yep, and the candidates now all know how to take control of future debates: tell the questioner how you feel about the question, then ignore the question, and then spend your allotted time to say what you want to say.


71 posted on 10/30/2015 6:06:12 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: theBuckwheat
Very intelligent analysis. Care to expound on the pathology of a GOPe that allows these ambushes/debates?
72 posted on 10/30/2015 6:08:41 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: ealgeone

“Fantasy football is a tough question??”

Yes. It was the toughest question of the night. Republicans base is white men. They are the primary consumer of fantasy football and would be most affected by it.

The challenge wasn’t what would you do about it so much as how to answer the question without alienating the base.


73 posted on 10/30/2015 6:09:59 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Everyone to the left of those on FR are the radicals. It's our country.)
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To: catnipman
At minute 50/51 in the Reagan/Carter clip I posted above, Reagan talks about being continually outnegotiated by the Soviet Union

Nothing changes

74 posted on 10/30/2015 6:11:21 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: All
"People who want to be President of the United States should be able to answer tough questions," CNBC spokesman Brian Steel said in an email.

Here's the problem: That's gotta go BOTH WAYS! You know, I wouldn't mind if debates devolved into chaos now and then with fighting going on between moderators and candidates. The problem is the absolute certainty that no such treatment would ever occur at a democratic debate.

Ted Cruz said it best when he referred to the questions at the dem debate asking about who is the most handsome, etc. That's my issue. I'd be fine with debates being unfair....as long as they were fair. :)
75 posted on 10/30/2015 6:11:55 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: envisio

Ted Cruz and his brilliant mind, flipped the narrative and broke open the flood gates.

They really hate Ted Cruz, now.


76 posted on 10/30/2015 6:14:23 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Restore Liberty!)
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To: theBuckwheat

We did the same - we use a Roku.


77 posted on 10/30/2015 6:14:45 AM PDT by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch ( I would LOVE to have my old "substandard" insurance back. It didn't cost $1300 a month.)
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To: deport

“three or four topics, 15 or so minutes
each topic and let the candidates address how they would approach the issue,”

Cruz would dominate that. Kasich would have everyone snoring.


78 posted on 10/30/2015 6:16:54 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Restore Liberty!)
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To: miss marmelstein

If they never got another Republican debate - including the general election - and Republicans refused to go on any of their networks, they would learn.

Unfortunately, the GOPe is spineless unless fighting conservatives.


79 posted on 10/30/2015 6:19:17 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Restore Liberty!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Easy answer. “Do you really can’t government getting involved with fantasy football and screwing that up too?”


80 posted on 10/30/2015 6:31:57 AM PDT by ebshumidors
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