Posted on 09/22/2015 9:44:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
He was grumpy last night.
.@oreillyfactor was very negative to me in refusing to to post the great polls that came out today including NBC. @FoxNews not good for me!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
.@oreillyfactor, why don't you have some knowledgeable talking heads on your show for a change instead of the same old Trump haters. Boring!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
I am having a really hard time watching @FoxNews.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
"@seleti00: @realDonaldTrump @FoxNews They attack you more then CNN or MSNBC combined. Just a bunch of old Bush appointee Rhinos."
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
"@diannrr: @megynkelly Do you dream about @realDonaldTrump? He's in your head. Let it go." She is the worst – all anti-Trump! Terrible show.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
"@madscape: @realDonaldTrump @FoxNews and millions will agree with you! Most of us on twitter now view OAN network"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
"@JodiL792: @FoxNews I have been since you started running & I noticed Meghan Kelly's attacks. Stopped watching. Only Hannity 4 sure." Yes!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
"@VickyBrush: Do what most of us are doing! Turn off @FoxNews! There is a major boycott going on with them, anyway. Problem solved!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
"@EdwardChelednik: @realDonaldTrump @FoxNews Hey Donald your not alone. I can't watch it at all. Used to be all i watched.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
"@glendabelle_11: @FoxNews Fox has become a supporter of Liberals!They are Not supporting the GOP candidates-especially Trump! Quit watching
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
"@IgnatiusGReilly: @charlescwcooke @realDonaldTrump @FoxNews will you cry when Marco Amnesty loses nomination?"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
What set him off? Mostly it was NRO editor Rich Lowry ripping on him on Kelly’s show for matters various and sundry, but in particular for running a substance-less campaign on everything except immigration and, more recently, gun rights. “@RichLowry is truly one of the dumbest of the talking heads – he doesn’t have a clue!” tweeted Trump during the segment. To which Lowry replied:
.@realDonaldTrump I had a feeling the talking like an eighth-grader line would get to you
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) September 22, 2015
Watch the clip below from the, er, Birther Report to see which line he means. The eternal question with Trump recurs here: Is he calling Fox out as part of a deliberate strategy or is he calling them out because brawling with people is just sort of what he does? Gabe Malor thinks it’s the former. Trump lost the debate to Fiorina, then he bailed on the Heritage Forum, and he’s been stuck talking about Muslims in his interviews ever since. The past week is the first time he’s showed any vulnerability in the race. So he’s reverting to what worked for him last month, attacking Fox as a mouthpiece for the RINO powers-that-be to goose Trump fans a bit. The conventional wisdom among Trump critics is that his shtick will wear thin as Republican voters digest more of it, week after relentless week. Here’s a fine test of that theory. Nominate Trump and this sort of thing is what you’re signing up for, over and over, potentially until 2020. My own theory is that he’s not doing this as a matter of strategy, to re-create his August heyday, but out of sheer instinct to hit back whenever you’re hit and trust that doing so will always redound to your benefit. It’s worked out pretty well for him so far, no? America hasn’t gotten tired of Trump’s shtick after 35 years in the public limelight. Why would Republican voters get tired of him now?
Two other points worth noting. One: Despite Jindal taking hard shots at him repeatedly for the past 10 days or so, Trump hasn’t hit back hard at him once as far as I know. That suggests Gabe is right and I’m wrong about whether Trump is attacking strategically or instinctively. He knows that squabbling with Jindal will only raise Jindal’s profile; as much as he may want to hit back, he has enough self-discipline to refrain when doing so would actually empower his enemy. Two: The retweeted shot at “Marco Amnesty” from one of his fans maybe presages the next stage in the campaign now that Walker’s gone, namely, the emergence of Rubio as the great establishment hope. If Rubio passes Jeb, Trump will probably turn the rhetorical guns on him full force as the GOP’s ultimate sellout on amnesty. Which might not be so bad for Rubio, actually: The contrast between the young, sunny, pro-immigration Latino and the older, angry, anti-immigration white populist is exactly the sort of dynamic Rubio needs to elbow aside Jeb and frame the primaries for the donor class and the wider GOP electorate as a choice between “the party’s future and the party’s past” or whatever. I’m not the candidate of amnesty, Rubio will say, I’m the candidate of inclusiveness, and he embodies it in a way that Jeb simply doesn’t. Trump’s better off ignoring Rubio for as long as he can and staying focused on Bush, the charmisa-less dynast, as the true face of the establishment.
Seriously all involved and I mean all sound like they’re auditioning for staring roll in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure and not a serious media nor a mature enough candidate running for POTUS. Good grief were scraping bottom.
Are her ratings down? Wonder if FOX News ratings are down overall?
Free at last. Free at last! I have dropped FNC until they really straighten the #@!% up and fly right.
Meh.
I don’t know, she got a really wierd gigantic face, and the way she just randomly yells for no apparent reason really grates on my nerves.
She also has a way of listening to someone talking to her where she sort of snarls her upper lip and shoes her teeth, and she hold this facial expression for the duration of being spoken to. This also drives me crazy.
Those complaints aside, I still can’t seem to stop watching -_-
>Megyn Kelly had been ripping Trump for not taking the bait on Muslims at the rally.<
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Why should Trump have to defend Obama’s “honor” when the latter never had anything good to say about the U.S?
Yes. I found it pleasantly mindboggling that NBS’s poll had Trump as the MOST PRESIDENTIAL Wednesday night.
Yes. I found it pleasantly mindboggling that NBC’s poll had Trump as the MOST PRESIDENTIAL Wednesday night.
Kelly’s show originally started off great, but gradually her show has turned pure GOPe and ‘wimmins issues’, especially anything to do with Trump or Cruz.
Half the time I’m not sure her show is not a View takeoff.
FNC has definitely slipped in our viewing.
Lou Dobbs said early this year that he would have a Cruz free show.
I stopped watching Dobbs then and since then I don’t watch Fox at all. I used to be so devoted to it. Hard to believe, I don’t miss it at all.
The Whiner in Chief
If Hillary complained like this Trump lovers would stomp on her
Not much to miss.
Hannity is good. He is fair to Trump. I think Fox is hesitant to completely burn their bridges with Trump just in case he actually becomes President. I think they are allowing Hannity to be nice to Trump...just in case.
What would those top of the line reporters do if they didn’t have their 3 x 5 cards to read from?
What is OAN?
One America Network. It is on Internet site but I watch it on my Roku.
it seems the NYC effete reporterette news readers are outing themselves as any woman feminists. Any female candidate gets a free pass unless she is traditional family, opposes homosexuals recruiting children, conservative, or anti-illegal alien.
I happened to forget to turn off the TV last night after BOR and I was in the kitchen and next thing you know Cruella Kelly is holding a Trash Trump fest on her show. I walked in and just stood there for about 3 minutes listening the absolute BS before just turning it off. The frenetic effort to destroy Trump is unbelievable.
And the Saudis are also giving millions of dollars to Georgetown University and Harvard. I know about these gifts but I have to wonder how else they are using their money to buy the nations soul. You have probably heard of Muslim school programs that are being practiced in Tennessee and some other states. I wonder if Saudi money is behind that as well? I wonder if local mosques are influencing the schools to indoctrinate kids in Islam?
Sounds like she is using Trump’s name to get ratings.
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