Posted on 01/27/2016 5:48:46 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Donald Trump wasted no time Wednesday morning fanning the flames of his newly reignited feud with Fox News star Megyn Kelly.
"I refuse to call Megyn Kelly a bimbo, because that would not be politically correct," the Republican presidential front-runner said in an early morning tweet. "Instead I will only call her a lightweight reporter!"
Trump has taken issue with Kelly since the two faced off in last summer's Fox News debate - the first Republican debate of the 2016 election cycle.
Trump's last throw down with "The Kelly File" host was similarly punctuated by the b-word [Aug 24, 2015].
The rivalry was restarted Tuesday night after the real estate mogul announced through his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, that he would not be participating in Thursday's Republican debate, which is slated to air on Fox News.
In a pre-rally press conference in Iowa City, Iowa, Trump referred to Kelly as a "lightweight" and a "third-rate reporter," and suggested he would be sitting out the debate in favor of a charity event for the Wounded Warrior Project.
Kelly quickly responded on her show by declaring that she would not step down as moderator.
Her network soon followed suit with their own response, accusing Lewandowski of threatening Kelly, and vowing to not to give into "terrorizations."
No, you don’t understand the elegance of his treatment to her. Why don’t you go criticize Hillary and all her obvious and duplicitous hypocritical remarks?
For years people on this site have lamented about how the RNC kowtows to libs during debates.
Cruz supporters should welcome Trump being willing to take them on.
Cruz should abandon the debate and go with Trump.
Scott [Dilbert] Adams explains what a master gamesman Trump really is.
United Nations, you are on notice!
He just exposed FOX for being just as biased as the rest of the alphabetics.
Micheal Moore and the bimbo were yuckin’ it up last night.
Maybe they got a room.
So classy. Making America great!
Lol. A fair question for her: “Miss Kelly, while you were boinking your way up the career ladder, did Brit Hume take Viagra to keep his 70+ old Johnson at least partially erect?”
Oh you mean like Fox inviting and anti-Trump mus-scum to the debate?
A perplexing choice of words. One might have said Bush has a consigliere in Rove, or Hillary in Sid “Vicious” Blumenthal, or Obama in Valjar....yet you chose someone pretty much unknown to most anyone to cast a criminal and link back to Trump as a Don....... your hate-slip is showing.
Her sex-talk interview with Howard Stern where she discusses her breasts and her husband's penis size. Slutty photo shoots and attire.
That wasn’t a threat. He was making a joke about her hiding out after the last debate when Trump made a fool out of her.
But you already knew that.
I don't understand his elegant treatment of her.
Why don't you go criticize Hillary and all her obvious and duplicitous hypocritical remarks?
Because she's not running for the Republican nomination for president and throwing a historic temper tantrum?
Yes, she is.
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GOP Primary Debate
Kelly File, The [Fox News] (USA) - August 6, 2015
EXCERPT
KELLY: Well, let me say this. Trump’s problem is, you know, he’s got — he is obviously beloved and he’s the front-runner. So, the vast majority of the Republicans looking at him —
STIREWALT: About a quarter of them.
KELLY: But they love him.
But the thing is, he can’t just keep going after everybody who attacks him. For him, let’s say he come after me now. He’s in a very awkward position. I have some hard hitting questions about what he has said and done to women. Then he comes after me as the female journalist on the team. It creates an awkward dynamic.
The man who tells you he can handle Mexico, China, North Korea, Muslim terrorists, Vladimir Putin... And he can’t even handle Megyn Kelly?
Turned on FoxNews for the morning headlines. They are in full hit-squad mode against Trump.
Changed the channel to CNN. They also are in full hit-squad mode against Trump, basically defending FoxNews.
Then, of course, some radio talkshow hosts have been attacking Trump for weeks.
That is what hitting 41% in the polls does for a candidate the media and establishment does not like.
Funny thing is that if he’d really be able to get here a Network Anchor lead, she’d bed him in a heartbeat.
Let’s shift to the third dimension and see if the view is different. For starters, tell me what you learned about all the other candidates today.
Nothing?
Trump sucked the oxygen out of the room. Again. And the issue - as always - is something we can jabber about forever. It is jabber-ready by design, so the media and the public will have no time and no brain cycles left to consider his competition.
Admit it - you already think the competition on the Republican side has narrowed to Trump versus Trump. If he stumbles, he loses. If he doesn’t, he wins. But the other candidates and all of their money will not change anything. The presidency is 100% in Trump’s hands to win or lose.
And he hasn’t stumbled (in the 3rd dimension of persuasion) in six months of continuous media attention.
Now keep in mind that one of Trump’s signature moves involves creating situations in which he has two or more paths to win, and no paths to lose. He wins AT THE START by picking his battles.
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/138125409321/trump-fox-news-and-megyn-kelly-explained-master
“And the issue - as always - is something we can jabber about forever.” So, jabber on, CW, jabber on! ;-)
She sat there last night like Venus on the half shell waiting to be covered in flower petals by adoring eunuchs.
Will review posts from 2012 when Romney took Candy Crowley’s strap-on and she didn’t even offer a “reach-around”.
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