Posted on 01/28/2016 9:23:41 AM PST by Syncro
January 28, 2016, 10:35 am
By Ann Coulter
Donald Trump is the first alpha male to run for president since L.B.J., but his opponents think it's clever to claim that he's "scared" of Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly because he's said he's skipping this week's Republican debate. This is like attacking 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney for being a libertine - or President Bill Clinton for being boring.
In addition to being the only candidate who will build a wall and deport illegals, apparently Trump is the only candidate who knows how to land a punch.
Whenever you hear someone say Trump is boycotting the debate because of Kelly, remember that he didn't pull out until Fox issued a juvenile press release, saying it had heard from "a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly" and "a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers."
Wow - where did Trump ever get the idea that Fox was treating him badly?
Fox has made a habit of insulting Trump - provided he's not there to respond. After the first debate - which, incidentally, all the polls say Trump won — Fox let it be known that the moderators had been prepared to forcibly remove Trump from the debate if he failed to follow the rules. Brett Baier even revealed their cute little speech before they would escort him to the elevator: "We don't want to have to escort you to the elevator outside this boardroom. But we're locked and loaded."
Trump has gotten along well enough with bankers, unions, mafia dons and New York City bureaucrats to make himself a billionaire. Why him? Why not Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)? And why leak it after it was obviously not necessary?
It's true that Trump has focused his complaints about Fox News's coverage of him on the network's star anchor, Kelly. I assume he's using Kelly as a cat's paw for an attack against the entire Rupert Murdoch enterprise, which is implacably pro-open borders, pro-amnesty and, consequently, anti-Trump.
No one thinks Kelly was up in her office alone, furiously scribbling her questions for Trump. Before that first debate, there were stories all over about the whole Fox News team working on the debate questions.
But most people don't know who Murdoch is. Kelly is a star. By attacking her, Trump anathematizes the entire, pro-amnesty network.
One of the biggest problems facing the nation is that viewers think of Fox as the "conservative" network. If NBC or ABC were this spiteful to Trump, everyone would see it for what it is: political bias. Your enemies can never hurt you; only your "friends" can.
Fox News's bias is more insidious. The hosts avoid stridently attacking Trump. You simply never hear from any pro-Trump guests - unless they're completely ineffective. Immigration-opponents have been aggressively shut out - just as they were when Mr. Amnesty John McCain was running for president in 2008
Read more at The Hill
Shhh, don’t disturb those in dream land. Don’t you know, Cruz is the savior, sent from on high to set all us dimwits straight?!
Is Cruz still stuck in the ‘we’ll have a dialogue’ stage?
When that "wall" is built feel free to come make fun of me. I am not worried at all.
The wall will be built.
And actually, I am throwing that link away. I really dont care what you think.
Enjoy your thoughts, however you arrive at them. The world is a big place. Room for all kinds.
Come back and tell me that in a year.
Someday, a lot of people are going to be denying they supported him.
Hopefully it's not too late. I just don't get how it is that people think FoxNews is against Trump. Where have Jennifer Griffin or Katherine Herridge been if Fox was against Trump? They'd have dug all this up in a heartbeat, and more.
We will see who got it right..you or the polls. When the polls all agree, that's not a quirk. Place your bet carefully or suffer the 'I told you so's.
My bet is on Trump getting elected...it's the way I read the cards and I have yet to be discouraged. I credit the 18 years I have been on this forum for educating me in mattes political
I was reminded recently of the cycle of events that have plagued our elections as long as I can remember....the conservatives are first driven out and once that happens the “most electable” candidate drops out so that the weak RINO skates into the nomination. This time I’m backing the conservative.
So Rip Van Winkle had company during that 20 year snooze...I hope, for your sake, he didn't hog all the covers.
Perhaps a cup of coffee will help you wake up.
I’m backing Cruz but still opposing untrue posts whenever they show up.
Then he should come out and say so.....
Try to keep up snark is only effective if your information is current.
The one that is liked one cycle, hated another.
The business of manufacturing perception has a spin cycle?
Sounds like a laundromat or something.
Hate makes you say stupid things Nick.
About 18 years of reading FreeRepublic. FOX only promotes open borders k-street approved candidates.
What could possibly make you think you will be better informed after watching a cage match designed to harm candidates rather than to inform voters. We haven't had debates for years, we have Turkey Shoots designed to thin the herd. If you really want to be better informed go to the candidates web page and read their posted positions.
Not true.
This isn't about Fox.
It sure is.
It's about Trump hating any woman he can't control and who stands up to his bullying and insults.
Straight from Fox News talking points.
Try this:
Absorb that and get up to speed.While Fox News may love the ratings Trump brings, Hahn believes Murdoch's views on immigration are influencing how the network covers the race.
They quote Breitbart . . .
Trump has shined a spotlight on one of Washington's best kept secrets: namely, Fox's role via its founder Rupert Murdoch in pushing an open borders agenda. The Trump campaign is a direct threat to Murdoch's efforts to open America's borders. Well-concealed from virtually all reporting on Fox's treatment of Trump is the fact that Murdoch is the co-chair of what is arguably one of the most powerful immigration lobbying firms in country, the Partnership for a New American Economy (PNAE).
Also quoting ABC News. . .
Murdoch, Australian born and a naturalized U.S. citizen, has become an outspoken advocate for immigration reform and mass legalization of the country's undocumented immigrants, partnering with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg [a PNAE backer] in this cause.
It’s all over the www
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