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.
No sweat, I’m not just misogynistic, I’m misanthropic.
I have heard Trump try to explain it, but he doesn’t know why. It just is. The analyst I referenced said the same thing about that group of people. Most of them are not even aware of it.
This is rich! At 9:06pm, the Trump rally is about to begin and already there were 614 posts here at FR. The Fox debate that started at 7 and 9p had 467 posts.
I clicked on to CNN briefly and caught Hillary yelling something about horses and barn doors.
I turned it off.
Are the SS guys wearing Trump ties? lol
Where are you seeing this?
It's all over but the crying?
Watching Sweatervest fill time on CSPAN, he’s still a decent guy. And made a good point about how Fox News started monetizing the primary right from the get-go, when they excluded the lower-polling candidates from the big debate, because they felt it would be confusing for viewers. If fewer candidates on stage is a good thing, they should love tonight.
You are fine!
I misunderstood the intent of you post, and I am sorry!
Where are you watching?
They will put sound on when Trump starts...don’t want to pay royalties for music playing at event is what I was told...
“At 9:06pm, the Trump rally is about to begin and already there were 614 posts here at FR.The Fox debate that started at 7 and 9p had 467 posts.”
I went to check out that Fox debate thread and most of those 467 posts were about Trump. Many angry Cruzers over there.
CSpan’s gone to Trump rally.
Megyn Kelley got the Eric trump hair do
Candidates rip Faux.
Looks like the spirit of Trump was in that debate.
Youtube Right Side
This is rich! At 9:06pm, the Trump rally is about to begin and already there were 614 posts here at FR. The Fox debate that started at 7 and 9p had 467 posts.
Because we don’t have to watch the debate to know who won.
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