Posted on 01/28/2016 4:13:23 AM PST by nikos1121
I’m not really sure what will happen tonight. I truly hope that Donald Trump will keep his word and follow through on his decision to not attend the debate and hold a separate forum in Des Moines, but who knows. For now, C-Span says they will cover it.
Sometimes it’s best to walk away from a bad deal and not look back. It’s another opportunity for Trump to “teach us.†I guess we’ll see. Hopefully we won’t get whipsawed all day long and that the Des Moines rally is on and FR people here will participate.
It seems pretty clear to me that Trump was tipped off about an unformatted ambush with other activist questioners, (who may not even be Americans), with their own agendas. Did they intend to pull a Jorge Ramos on him to disrupt—maybe to get him to walk off the stage or say something regrettable?
Whose idea was it in the first place to have these people ask questions? This is the kind of maneuver we’d expect from a more left wing station, not Fox, but we’ve sure learned something this past year, haven’t we about this network, and the people we’ve allowed in our homes day in and day out?
And who wrote that chicken bleep press release that mocked Trump with references to our enemies? Was it Ailes himself? I sense the good people like Jeanine Pirro and Brett Bair are pretty embarrassed this morning. They should all be.
The Fox network intent, as I see it, is more ominous and thinly cloaked and perhaps about other things. Megyn Kelly’s objective was to make her the center of attention over the candidates and her colleagues, but already Rupert Murdoch voices his desire to have Michael Bloomberg enter the race, and we’re hearing of some backdoor dealings of his, and Fox, that favors illegal immigration. I guess we will see what is fact and what is fiction eventually.
Make no mistake, immigration, legal and illegal over the past 25 years, has altered the cultural and political trajectory of our country. Who can say if this is good or bad? It really depends on who you are. I worry that ultimately it will affect our freedoms.
Ted Kennedy and other passive politicians from both sides, and presidents have got the politics wrong about immigration. It used to be that immigrants coming here from wherever, and their offspring proudly said they were “Americans†first. Now, I’m not so sure.
Was that the political intent? To ultimately change the complexion of our nation and endanger our freedoms by pitting us against one another, and to have people coming here not to assimilate with us, but to defy us?
This will all pass, just like it did in 1980 when Ronald Reagan chose not to debate George Bush before the Iowa caucus, and maybe, before it does, it will turn the Iowa caucus on its ear with a surprise winner. I think all of us have seen through the rallies that Iowans are a special brand of people.
Those Iowans, that “usually get out and voteâ€, are a microcosm of the people we used to be, before John Kennedy was killed. They usually vote in the end for “the person who appears to have the best heart.†I think it’s Trump, they might think it’s Carson. I only hope that they do not take his refusal to debate as a personal affront to them.
All of our candidates are true patriots. Any one of them could lead our country better than the people who have led us these past eight, maybe 24 years. Whomever wins the nomination should have our support.
I pray that God gives each of these people the wisdom to do what is best for the people of our country. Can Fox say that the organization and spirit of their debate had that same intent? I truly doubt it.
Will it be a rally ? Let’s hope he exposed what onyx and maggieF posted on other thread You both tweeted it to DT didn’t you or dropped it in his campaign message box?
Looking forward to Trump’s event!!!!!
I believe he made the right decision.
GO TRUMP!
Sorry, hm, I don’t have personal twitter or Facebook accounts.
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I had my doubts about Trumps decision, but now I see he was correct. The “debate” was an ambush!
DonaldTrump .com has a contact email at bottom if you ever need to get hold of campaign If requested they send a weekly summation of activities and notify of upcoming events.
Trump tweeted that two unnamed GOP candidates contacted his campaign about joining his event tonight! LOL
9PM EST
I think Huck should be one of them, maybe Carson too...
I had thought Huck and Santorum. But I think you have it correct Dr Ben is better choice
Did you see the look on his face when Trump said he wasn’t coming? It’s the look of a five year old who just learned that he just missed Santa Claus.
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He’s been threatened into submission IMO
Young family with health issues. He needs the paycheck
He like OReilly had been told to be nice and get him here. I’ll bet he got chewed by bosses for failing. BB does have the leverage BOR has. He’s not got the rating or the money
Brett Baier was in on the first hatchet job. Whether it is his bent or just that all this time in the DC bubble, he still signed onto it.
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