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
Continuing your education:
http://www.redstate.com/2016/01/20/meet-last-liberal-person-sarah-palin-endorsed/
I would prefer you borrow a brain since your's don't seem to be working all that well.
Probably Ann’s best piece by far. I admire that she does the homework and digs out the facts and presents them clearly.
I may have to forgive her for Harriet Miers!!
::gulps::
When will someone disclose the name of the person who sent out the snarky press release?
I think that’s very relevant information to know.
WHO at Fox, thought it was funny? (because it just wasn’t) and WHO at Fox, was authorized to send it out?
We need a name.
I’ve never noticed a pro-open borders bias on Fox. What am I missing?
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It is a media and propaganda game called “dynamic silence”. http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_silence
You give it no air time.
See this post, here is an analysis of FoxNews reporting.. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3389600/posts
ad hominem argument
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=ad+hominem
You can do better.
(Thanks!!)
ad hominem argument
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=ad+hominem
You are smarter than this. I read your posts.
Yes and she diligently does her own research.
Yea, she “deviated” a few times...
On one hand I am enjoying the rather heated Trump vs. Cruz debate around here, but...
On the other hand I am concerned that the rancor will lead to a split that will hand the general election to the Rats.
I would like to hear more of “so and so is my number one, but if he doesn’t get the nomination, I will support the eventual nominee.”
The primaries are the time to hash it out, but this round has been so nasty (by both the Trumpeters and the Cruzbots) that I fear for the Republic (Free and otherwise).
Let’s go through the thread and see who has been stalking who, liar.
Give it a rest.
Well then why are you pushing more rancor with the childish nicknames of Trumpeters and Cruzbots?
I was just illustrating the idiocy of attacking each other...sorry your impaired intellect wasn’t able to grasp the concept. ;-)
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