Posted on 01/28/2016 9:23:41 AM PST by Syncro
January 28, 2016, 10:35 am
By Ann Coulter
Donald Trump is the first alpha male to run for president since L.B.J., but his opponents think it's clever to claim that he's "scared" of Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly because he's said he's skipping this week's Republican debate. This is like attacking 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney for being a libertine - or President Bill Clinton for being boring.
In addition to being the only candidate who will build a wall and deport illegals, apparently Trump is the only candidate who knows how to land a punch.
Whenever you hear someone say Trump is boycotting the debate because of Kelly, remember that he didn't pull out until Fox issued a juvenile press release, saying it had heard from "a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly" and "a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers."
Wow - where did Trump ever get the idea that Fox was treating him badly?
Fox has made a habit of insulting Trump - provided he's not there to respond. After the first debate - which, incidentally, all the polls say Trump won — Fox let it be known that the moderators had been prepared to forcibly remove Trump from the debate if he failed to follow the rules. Brett Baier even revealed their cute little speech before they would escort him to the elevator: "We don't want to have to escort you to the elevator outside this boardroom. But we're locked and loaded."
Trump has gotten along well enough with bankers, unions, mafia dons and New York City bureaucrats to make himself a billionaire. Why him? Why not Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)? And why leak it after it was obviously not necessary?
It's true that Trump has focused his complaints about Fox News's coverage of him on the network's star anchor, Kelly. I assume he's using Kelly as a cat's paw for an attack against the entire Rupert Murdoch enterprise, which is implacably pro-open borders, pro-amnesty and, consequently, anti-Trump.
No one thinks Kelly was up in her office alone, furiously scribbling her questions for Trump. Before that first debate, there were stories all over about the whole Fox News team working on the debate questions.
But most people don't know who Murdoch is. Kelly is a star. By attacking her, Trump anathematizes the entire, pro-amnesty network.
One of the biggest problems facing the nation is that viewers think of Fox as the "conservative" network. If NBC or ABC were this spiteful to Trump, everyone would see it for what it is: political bias. Your enemies can never hurt you; only your "friends" can.
Fox News's bias is more insidious. The hosts avoid stridently attacking Trump. You simply never hear from any pro-Trump guests - unless they're completely ineffective. Immigration-opponents have been aggressively shut out - just as they were when Mr. Amnesty John McCain was running for president in 2008
Read more at The Hill
One of which I put in bold.
Ann no longer hot for Krispy Kris?
LOL FOX has always been pro open borders like all the NY based networks are.
Fox had several shows dedicated to the NR hit piece.
Mostly this appears to be Ailes vs. Trump.
The final straw was they made a smart ass remark about him on Twitter, so why would he do them any favors by debating so they can get ratings and cash in? Screw them.
Oh the little fatty Coulter loves donuts
Get a computer and catch up; google “stuff”
Megyn Kelly is Roger Ailes’ pet mouth-piece.
Are you dizzy yet, Annie? That spin doesn’t change the fact that Trump is grasping at straws after he was “insulted” by a girl.
Trump is pro-open borders.
Coulter has gone full David Brock and Ariana Huffington.
Glad that Ann is style a psychic and can read the djt’s mind form a far..
I’ve never noticed a pro-open borders bias on Fox. What am I missing?
Yes as we know here, but there are those that do not.
The point was made that Fox has been putting themselves out there as being the conservative side of the news.
Which they are not.
So many people are going all or nothing in this election.
No wonder the mush mouths have been trampled.
More like Murdoch’s, but yes him too.
Notice how clueless some posters here still are?
Who is Fox attacking? Trump.
Who are they supporting?
Really, following the Fox talking points?
That’s so old and not the issue at all.
"Trump/Romney!" --Ann Coulter
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