[ScottWalkerForPresident2016]

Reminder to those that gloat over the allegedly "dying" mainstream media: They still hold more than enough sway with Americans to make a <1.0% candidate shoot close to the top of the polls in a national presidential election, essentially overnight.

[AU72]

He’ll get his time when he’s the last GOPe candidate standing.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Walker is right about that.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Oh, you BET they do! The Enemy Media loves nothing MORE than to pick the GOPe Candidate for us.

[ifinnegan]

“the original debate rules would have kept Fiorina off stage”

It’s all ginned up.

She’s an RNC GOPe Clintonista.

[Servant of the Cross]

the ... media was going to crown Carly Fiorina GOP debate winner 'no matter what'

This statement is undeniably true.

[4rcane]

if media like someone in a candidate, we need to worry. They have a keen eye in picking who their enemies are who they seek to destroy and Carly is not one of them

[Boogieman]

Sounds like sour grapes to me.

[euram]

They got tired of trying to pumping up Carson, and have now switched to Fiorina. She’s just another Affirmative Action candidate who if she were Mr. Fiorina, would have been in the debate with Jindel, Graham, Santorum, Petoki.

[PhilDragoo]

The candidates should join with the people in rejecting the media as the propaganda ministry of the elite.

[zencycler]

Whether it’s true or not, it makes him look like a weasel to say it.

[Sacajaweau]

Fiorina now thinks she's hot....but this is only a Hillary/Carly setup. The two cats will kill each other.

Then we'll get back to normal....Walker will climb....Cruz will climb...but Trump will remain on top....because no one owns him.!!

[so_real]

And, he is correct. The torch is being passed from Bush to Fiorina. Bush's new job is not to win ... it's to dirty Trump (drag him into mud slinging). And Walker was bypassed as the recipient of the torch because he does not pander to the GOPe.

Many of our FReeper friends seem to think my Governor is GOPe. I will say it is true that Governor Walker is not a firebrand conservative like Cruz; he comes across a bit tepid. But I have never felt he was GOPe. In fact the GOPe was embarrassingly publicly absent from the scene when Walker was facing his recall. Personally I felt like the GOPe had left him to twitch in the wind. It was the grass-roots stalwart conservatives that rose up like a silent majority army that made him the first Governor in our state to ever beat a recall.

Governor Walker knows who has his back and who doesn't. I wish he were more of a firebrand. But I know he is reliable and keeps his promises. He'll have my vote as the nominee. And, that is something Romney did not have, and neither Bush or Fiorina will have.

[detective]

Walker is 100% right.

The CNN moderator had three tactics. One was to encourage attacks on Trump and make him look bad. The second was to set up Carly Fiorina to make her look good. The third was to ignore and diminish conservatives like Cruz and Walker.

The MSM do not like Carly Fiorina. They are only using her as a tool to attack Trump.

[Terry L Smith]

Once again, time on-air squandered by another candidate, whining about one of the OTHER candidates, instead of deflecting it, and expounding on what THEY would bring.

[Grampa Dave]

Irreconcilable Differences (Good Read)
The Zman Blog ^ | 9/18/2015 | Zman
Posted on 9/18/2015, 12:57:10 PM by mojito

...There’s a huge chasm between the ruling class of American society and those over whom they rule. It’s not simply a disagreement over the direction of society. In many respects, the duty of the ruling class is to guide their subjects to the right policies. In a sane society, the people in charge are smarter and more knowledgeable so they better be more right than the masses.

No, the dispute today is over the nature of society and it is an irreconcilable dispute. The ruling class of today imagines a world that does not include a thriving, rambunctious middle class that participates in the decision making. They imagine a world that looks a lot like feudalism, where the people are kept, like pets or farm animals. It’s a world that cannot accommodate the English speaking world’s idea of a citizen.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3338499/posts

[Grampa Dave]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3338497/posts

Mark Levin: “National Media Lovefest” Over Carly Fiorina
RCP Video ^ | 9-18-2015 | RCP transcript
Posted on 9/18/2015, 12:53:14 PM by Sir Napsalot

MARK LEVIN: So I believe the establishment media were poised to declare Fiorina the victor over Trump and most of the field. So she is one of the establishment favorites...

You don’t have to agree with me, but at least let me put some facts out there. The indications were everywhere. Most of the same voices who opposed Trump, and before him Cruz, are singing her praises today. Notice that?

Notice how quickly they have lurched from Bush To Kasich to Fiorina? ......

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com .

[Jane Austen]

Walker has a point.

[Viennacon]

Scott Walker tanked when he refused to take a firm stand against the Mexican invasion. NOBODY WANTS THIS GARBAGE FILLING OUR COUNTRY. THEY TOOK OUR JOBS!

[TomGuy]

FoxNews managed to make room for Kasich, and then the media swooned over him for days after that debate.

CNN managed to add a podium for Fiorina, and the media have been swooning over her since.

Of course, both were set-ups.

Media and GOPelites built up Carson during the last week in hopes that he would be able to dent Trump’s rise. Every time Carson spoke, he came out with outlandish or left-leaning policies. It wasn’t working.

Thus, riseth Fiorina — with instructions to dent Trump.

The media still have stardust in their eyes, but many others who watched Fiorina saw her as cold. No smile. Not endearing. She reminded many of the Hillary persona.

[Reaper19]

I don’t know about that, the media was glorifying Carson for days beforehand. Eithe way there was no way Walker was going to get declared anything significant when they gave him the least amount of talking time of any candidate and less than half of the first place candidate.