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.
AGREE!!
Rick says to get VA money to help vets toward helping them with mental issues—22 suicides a day
Huckabe says—I’ll just stand here and you’ll get the photos
Huck says Trump Rick and I are competitors, but tonight we stand in unison for the vets who made us free
No one lost their job at the VA, after all the debacles! GRRR!
Santorum may just be the guy needed to clean up the VA.
He loves America too.
LOL!
So glad you agree!
Trump having Santorum and Huckabee on stage. THIS IS A TRUMP EVENT and FNC cannot do a damn thing about it.
This is very historic.
He should ask Bill O to donate a million out of his pocket. Setting up a charity and selling books to support it ain’t the same as writing a personal check.
I do like Rick Santorum.
They’re doing GREAT!!
THIS is what I was praying for. For other candidates to stand united for a worthy cause.
Loving Huck right now!
Santorum and Huckabee have proved they are on the side of VETERANS!!!!!!!!
Great speech by Huck.
Agree. Would be a great job for him.
We’ve got such a great group of candidates this year. ALL of them. Hope they play a role in the Trump administration. Christie as AG. Cruz on SCOTUS.
Huck gives props to Trump for allowing him and Rick to participate-thanks Trump for being so big hearted
That was kinda funny. Then he had to add that he supports another candidate, himself I presume. As if we didn’t know, ugh.
Glad he spoke of the 22 vets a DAY who commit suicide. That is unacceptable.
Now Huckabee, gotta admit, he damn funny. Not my candidate by a mile, but his heart is in the right place on this one.
“we wouldn’t have a free country if it weren’t for the men and women who are willing to take bullets and bombs, for us”.
Amen
54K watching!
I don’t doubt Huck loves America. I’m just not a fan.
Thanks much for the link ;-)
This speaks so well of Trump and Huckabee and Santorum.
But especially Trump .... no other candidate would do this.
The guy that heads the VA now impresses me. He said there are something like 2,300 people he’d like to fire but the rules and regulations won’t allow it. So, they get paid to stay out of the way.
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