Posted on 11/11/2015 2:48:50 PM PST by LS
As many of you know, many months ago I sensed that Donald Trump might be a political force, and I began working on a book about the campaign, mostly focused on Trump. If indeed he continues to lead and wins the nomination (let alone the election), I'll be ready to go to a publisher.
The point is, I try to follow Trump-related stuff closely, both pro- and anti-. Last night I sensed a new strategy in dealing with Trump: Ignore him. Now, it's true that he got a lot of air time. By one account he still barely led Rubio, Cruz, and Kasich. But judging by Freeper comments there was a level of surprise that they seemed to be freezing him out as much as they did Cruz in the first debate.
I thought little of this until watching "The Five" tonight. Admittedly, except for (sometimes) Eric Bolling, "The Five" are notorious Trump haters. Dana Perrino and Greg Guttfeld especially are obvious in their hostility. Often (unfortunately) Juan Williams is one of the few actually pointing out what is happening in Trump's rallies and his continued lead in the polls.
So, I expected more vitriol tonight, except . . . . nothing. I tuned in about 10 minutes into the show. Perhaps all they did prior to that time was talk Trump, but from that point on, they didn't even mention his name. I don't think it came up, even in passing or by comparison, once. According to "The Five," Jindal was good, Christie was "presidential," Bush was good, Rubio was great, Paul made good points, even Carson was good. . . . but not a word about Trump.
We'll see if this continues, or, perhaps, if it's only on Fox. But I sense the new strategy at least on Fox is to pretend The Donald is the invisible man.
Oh, my...that is hilarious!!!
“Carly, girl, Google yourself! You are a LIAR!”
“Rand Paul, with that perm hair”
“Rubio, spending all that money for yourself, on that credit card. You are wasteful! Rand Paul called you out for being wasteful, he should’ve called you out for your credit card spending!”
“And, our man, Donald Trump, is the front runner and he should’ve been asked more questions!” “He was being polite, though. We could see all of this, from the audience.”
The entire video is too funny. Thanks for posting.
Yep. Trump be on O’Reilly and Levin’s show...at 8p E. (BOR must be pre-recorded). I’ll have to DVR and watch BOR later....ONLY because Trump will be on!
Oops....WILL be on.
LOL.
Who?
Thank you for the ping sweet lady!!!
I just looked it up on wiki but I remember when his mother died it was mentioned. I was surprised too.
You must of picked that up from the ladies in the video! LOL
Oh thank you so much for that link...they are so darn good!!! ROFLMAO....
As long as Trump is drawing huge crowds, his campaign can sail above the national media.
;-)
You betcha ;-)
Thanks! Bkmk for later.
:)
Thank you so much for the ping. Now instead of leisurely soaking in a warm bathtub, I will have to watch O’Reilly lol.
Gutfeld was actually not bad during his Red Eye days. Now he has been thoroughly corrupted by Dana PeRino. His new show at night is not funny at all.
Fabulous job posting Trump threads. Morning Joe comes too darn early on west coast! I will have learn how to use the DVR.
Murdock’s new strategy at Fox? LoL.
:)
Darn! I missed Trump on BOR.
Rubio was just coming on, when I turned on TV....what an elitist little brat.
I quickly changed the channel. No ratings, from me for The Rube :)
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