Posted on 01/27/2016 5:23:36 AM PST by ManHunter
Fox News Moderators have broken and thrown aside the ‘code’ that they never should show bias in the ANY of their media not only debates.
The mask is off and Trump is the one who ripped it off.
Did wittle bitty catfish copy that post from Democratic Underground or Huffington Post?
Trump shows what’s possible. Cruz, IMO, can’t keep up.
And who won’t watch the debate because Trump isn’t there?
It won’t get more then 6 million viewers. It will be a bore fest. Cruz will lose the debate to Rubio who kicked his butt last debate. So no Cruz is not nearly the best debater. He is a bragger with no accomplishments in the Senate.
Trump just cut the viewership of this side show in half. Many Freepers have suggested that Trump hold a Town Hall at the same time and let CNN cover it. If he did he'd erode their viewership even more.
Far be it from me to defend Donald Trump (as I said in my original post, I’ve been a Cruz supporter), but opening the first debate with a direct attack on Trump and maintaining that tone throughout the debate was an absolute embarrassment to Fox. I felt like I was watching the embarrassing antics of Lucille Ball in an old re-run of “I Love Lucy”. It was not the tone or substance of a presidential debate; not about policy, but about who hates Trump more. The country learned more about Megyn Kelly and Fox News than about any of the candidates.
The upcoming debate, which now includes the Muslim apologist “Trump is a Nazi” Nabela Noor, was lining up to be a repeat of the first debate. Megyn Kelly has no problem with Nabela Noor calling Trump a Nazi or the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler (which he isn’t), but Trump calling Rosie O’Donnell a “fat pig” (which she is - at least figuratively) is somehow insulting to all women.
Fox’s and Megyn Kelly’s role in the debates is supposed to be that of a moderator, not a cheerleader or facilitator for one candidate or another and Ted Cruz’s - or anyone’s - opinion of Trump or any other candidate doesn’t interest most voters in the least.
about half the potential audience. The last debate on Fox Business drew 11 million viewers, this one will probably draw 5-6 million. I admit that I never intended to watch...there's been waaaay too many of these staged events with too many losers on the stage.
| ...Cruz is not a coward. Trump, however, is a coward. LOL! There was another guy who was good a calling people cowards. And Cruz is starting to remind me of him. Maybe you remember when George W. Bush spoke in front of Congress in the days after 9/11. In that speech, Bush said something that stunned me. Do you recall? Bush said "the Terrorists are cowards". And that struck me as very untrue. Anybody who would train for months to learn to fly a jet aircraft and then crash it into a building taking his own life is courageous. Sure they may be crazy, but they are certainly courageous. So this is precisely why Cruz is starting to scare me. He sounds exactly like George Bush. Cruz sounds like the kind of guy who would rattle sabres, call Putin a coward, and start World War III. Or get our troops wrapped up in a futile war for no purpose -- no result. We need smart, not somebody so blinded by rage that he doesn't think about future consequences. In the last month we've learned three faults about Cruz that raise big question marks:
And frankly, just as important is experience. Cruz is a lawyer. He can make debating points, but his experience doesn't hold a candle to Trump who owns and has built a $10 billion enterprise employing thousands of people practically from scratch. And Trump is Captain Courageous. He did not serve in combat, but he did graduate from a military academy so understands the mindset. And his whole life he's been a smart, dedicated warrior in business. Good judgement. Smarts. Thinking ahead. Thinking about our vets -- treating and caring for them after they have served -- and more important respecting them before they go into combat to ensure: they have the best training and weapons; the mission is smart and achievable, and the job can be done fast so we get our troops out of harm's way. |
With respect, I’m not so sure it’s a win for Ted Cruz - YET. The spotlight will be on him and whether he sticks to his principles or plays nice with Megyn Kelly and Nabela Noor (whoever the hell she is).
What I’m personally most interested in is: 1) How Ted Cruz comports himself when goaded to beat up on Trump; and 2) How he responds to the commentary of the Muslim apologist that Fox and Google are bringing in to ambush Trump. If he plays the politically-correct, wishy-washy “I know most Muslims are tolerant, loving, peaceful people and Islam is a peaceful religion...” B.S. (i.e., imitates Jeb Bush), I am done with him.
This debate will ultimately (and unintentionally - at least on the part of Fox) wash out more than a couple candidates for good. The question is, will Cruz be one of them?
I think you already know the answer to that question. Trump is a pretty smart strategist and a better tactician than I gave him credit for - not that I’m ready to vote for him in the primary, mind you.
Trump is choosing not to engage with what has emerged as the enemy (Fox News, Google, Megyn Kelly and now Nabela Noor) when he doesn’t have a tactical advantage. He’s already engaged with Hillary (and Bill) and she withdrew after her argument and her husband suffered heavy casualties. The effective range of the “poor (multi-millionaire, egotistical, self-promoting, faux conservative, half-assed attorney) beautiful babe is attacked by Donald Trump” argument is about one meter, as evidenced by Fox’s continually declining ratings and it doesn’t - and won’t - resonate with most voters.
As one person noted above, Trump is playing on everyone else’s chess boards and they don’t even realize it; their strategy and tactics are consistent and they aren’t working.
Using Trump’s words against him doesn’t constitute an ambush in and of itself. If done professionally, using his own words in the context of a question about policy or position (and the “War on Women” is not a policy, a position or even fact) is absolutely fair game. However, facilitating a pile-on of one candidate by all of the others (and Trump and Cruz have been the most frequent targets) is not moderating a debate, but attempting to influence the outcome. I think we can probably agree that it hasn’t worked well at all, given that Trump and Cruz are leading the rest of the pack.
If the media or anyone else really wants to derail Trump’s campaign, ask him very pointed policy questions that highlight his pretty limited knowledge of important policy matters - questions like the one about the nuclear triad, for example.
As with all marketing, its all about demographics.
Fox may pray to pull in a few million Democrat gawkers who only tuned in to make fun of Trump, but that makes absolutely no difference to the people on stage, especially those other than Trump. In short, if I have the Sham Wow guy selling a meat slicer, I might pick up some Vegan viewers that tune in for the wow-factor, but I don’t care, because they aren’t every going to buy the product.
Cruz won’t be picking off Bernie votes, he is going for conservative votes, and those weren’t tuning in for Trump.
Well, recovering the ball from a fumble is always in your favor, but as you say, it ain't no touchdown until you take it across the goal line.
The opportunity is currently an advantage to Cruz, but the opportunity has to be converted to something concrete or the opportunity is meaningless.
No horse head to follow we hope.
Khartoum...Khartoum....
Rumor has it other candidates are thinking about skipping the debate and doing the Trump event instead. That would be a smart move. Who might do that? Carson, Huck most likely and maybe Christy. That would be a hoot.
That would be an interesting turn of events! If nothing else, it would show a few courageous people that they need not continue to kowtow to the media and kiss their asses...
Another sTrumpet flinging insults after someone shares an opposing view. I'm shocked I tell ya. /s
After all the mud Trump has slung at every single other candidate? Keep dreaming.
I wsed YOUR OWN WORDS, bright boy.
Your so called opposing view was filled with Hufffington Post/Democratic Underground pajama boy patter.
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