Donald Trumpâ€™s Fox Debate Boycott And The Ridiculous Fox News Response

Many broadcast hours and column inches are sure to be used today and tomorrow regarding the decision by Donald Trump to skip the Fox News debate in Iowa.

Predicatively 90% of those reports will most likely circle around a Donald Trump -vs- Megyn Kelly narrative. Obviously that aspect will be the preferred hook used by Fox News to avoid sunlight; it is also profoundly wrong.

Megyn Kelly, and her sidekick Chris Stirewalt are the visible symptom, not the actual underlying issue. Their partnered 'too-cute-by-half schtick' has been ongoing for several months, including the coordinated antics at the last debate, and in the weeks leading up to the last debate; but again, they are the symptom - not the real issue.

However, it's also more than a little hypocritical for the same republican voices who were shouting at republican nominees in 2011/2012, for walking into traps with CNN's Candy Crowley and ABC's George Stephanopolous, to now be clutching their pearls when 2016 republican frontrunner Donald Trump recognizes the construct in Fox News and avoids it.

Chris Stirewalt is the advance guy, the Fox political debate contractor/producer who is in Iowa setting up the parameters. He's the scout organizing the Muslim activist to confront Donald Trump. He's the guy organizing the Mexican immigrant to question/antagonize the intended target, Trump. Stirewalt puts the agenda script together - Ms. Kelly, Mr. Wallace and Mr. Baier execute the production.

“If she and FOX donâ€™t wake up they are going to put Hillary in the White Hut.”

I think you just nailed it without intending to.

Just like I was so disappointed to find prominent conservative blacks supporting affirmative action (fight racism by being racist!), I think, not-so-deep-down, Dear Megyn just wants to see a woman in the White House. Either that or she just naturally hates alpha-males (no wonder she got along so well that Michael Moore last night).

What I’d love to know, though, is how the left is dealing with all this. The left, after all, hates Fox News as much as their other mortal enemies, like Wal-Mart and meat eating. Have they now had to do a 180 and LOVE Fox News, because Fox News is at war with Trump (who I presume they hate even MORE)?

boy, I hope so. That will sure be mud in their eye. And then watch them grovel when Trump wins the election. Trump could do the same thing to Fox as Obama has and that will basically seal the fate for Fox and they will be out of business in 4 years or relegated to MSNBC status.

What's really sad is that FNC has treated Trump worse than they treat Obama. What does that say for them?

I just don't get the utter hate by some against Trump. His views are aligned with mine on closing the border and building a wall, putting Christianity back in the forefront and not persecuting Christians, keeping out Syrian refugees, honoring the 2nd Amendment, and taking the United States from #3 in the world back up to #1.

It makes sense to not attend your own hanging.

That said, Trump comes from a position of being a citizen, businessman, living and working in the system.... and the system was going to hell in a basket .. No one was trying to put it back together. So Trump decided to leave the businessman position and fix this dying country. He responded and for the first time in a long time, the citizens felt they finally had a leader. We aren’t looking for the normal.. the normal has gone to pot.. we are looking for someone who will bring back a country from the abyss.

If Fox wants to castigate anyone... take obama on for a change.. and hillary.

ibbylu wrote:
Absolutely. I quit sundance long ago.
DT has no core principles or values. He has no character. Grown people do not trash everyone who disagrees with them. Only DT

There are dozens of examples Limbaugh could have used where Trump demonstrated during this campaign that he does not think or approach problems in conservative terms let alone understand them and is unable to bring them up.. But views challanges in a very personal way that could reveal any core convictions he could have but clearly does not.

From the campaign begining with the first debate. His legiirimate battles with Fox and Kelly, and her misogyny complaint Trump goes on CNN following the debate to complain about his treatment .Alas where he could have cited how the press abused Palin as well as other conservatives. Instead must personnaly attack Kelly and brings up Kellys body functions thus confirms her assertions .

His prima donna style announcement to skip the debate because he’s the star of the show amd will not perform with second rate actors will not set well with Iowans or Americans generally.

Because the purposes of a debate is to advance discussions on the future of this country. Not some entertainment comedy venue.

Policy wise Trumps revealing exchange with campaign disrupter and un official spokesman for the Mexican government Jorge Ramos (Univision). who has dual citizenship, which should have but did not, show any conviction on his pronouuncements about Mexico and its relationship with US.

Here Trump could have demanded to know from him If he believes Mexico has legitimate claim to American states ,as well as bring up Mexican treatment of illegals. Then ask why should the US permit land ownership when legal American retirees cannot own land in their own name or vote there.Then boot his buttocks out of there.

Instead what does he do ? Kisses up to him and lets him go .The way the Mexicans are treating Americans reciprocity should be the issue and would dump the quote hispanic unquote krap being passed on as a generic hispanic issue. When actually it is problemes created by the Mexican government which have gone unchallanged.

Then there is the issue where some UK politicians along with Islamists wanted to prevent Donald Trump from even visiting Britan . Here he would have been saluted if he did this. Used the Brits expression to those phoneys; To Piss off, and WISE UP, pointing out the problems they are having there and chiding them for refusing to face reality.

Instead what did he do ? Threatens economic retailiation on a project golf course he has in Scotland.

What really sealed it for me was when Businessman deal maker Trump who also owns Goldman Sachs stock
http://www.freerepublic.com/focua/f-news/3386879/posts

Here he sides with the GOPES and even advocates expanded mandated Ethanol because he thinks dumping this mandated junk inro your gas tank will help him carry IOWA . Which also begs the question of Just how heavily invested is he in Ethanol ?

Apparently those prefering a candidate that supports and wants more government mandates and subsides especially for a product like enthanol which is a boon doggle means nothing to them.
Well it does ro me....

"STIREWALT: Because he makes these claims, like I have journalists call me and say that theyâ€™re sorry and that they were wrong. Which journalists? Who? When? Where? Who is this?"

Than God someone called him out on this nonsense. Trust Fund Donnie does this all the time: "People come up to me all the time and say they agree with me.....I had a friend who was going to have an abortion but changed her mind and now the kid is a superstar!."

Never any names. Never any details. Just his spouting. Do even his ardent followers believe this crap?

I know being a cultist requires faith... but being a Trumpist pretty much means you have to be Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, or Ric Grech.

Hank

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