01-27-2016, 01:54 PM
Donald Trump dropping out of the next Republican debate because FOX refused to remove the scheduled moderator, Megyn Kelly, from the event is really moronic. So moronic that I've learned to expect that it will help rather than hurt him with his followers.
Trump, in my view, is a really good sucker master and sales person. He's got a very committed following who won't desert him no matter how childish, vague, and false his words and actions; they don't care to even look ahead and envision how such tactics would affect the country if the man was elected President.
The worst of Trump's characteristics, to me, is that he's a cry baby. Braggart, okay. Liar, well -- he's a politician now. Fear monger, pretty fucked up, but he ain't alone. Add cry baby on top of all that and he's just pitiful. I'd actually vote for Cruz over Trump at this point (not Carson though, he's still worse than Trump to me).
Even if you have a low opinion of the media, no one should want to see a President who tries to control it. We don't have state run media here, very thankfully.
Here's FOX's statement following Trump's pussy announcement:
"As many of our viewers know, Fox News is hosting a sanctioned debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday night, three days before the first votes of the 2016 election are cast in the Iowa Caucus. Donald Trump is refusing to debate seven of his fellow presidential candidates on stage that night, which is near unprecedented. We're not sure how Iowans are going to feel about him walking away from them at the last minute, but it should be clear to the American public by now that this is rooted in one thing – Megyn Kelly, whom he has viciously attacked since August and has now spent four days demanding be removed from the debate stage. Capitulating to politicians' ultimatums about a debate moderator violates all journalistic standards, as do threats, including the one leveled by Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski toward Megyn Kelly. In a call on Saturday with a Fox News executive, Lewandowski stated that Megyn had a 'rough couple of days after that last debate' and he 'would hate to have her go through that again.' Lewandowski was warned not to level any more threats, but he continued to do so. We can't give in to terrorizations toward any of our employees. Trump is still welcome at Thursday night's debate and will be treated fairly, just as he has been during his 132 appearances on Fox News & Fox Business, but he can't dictate the moderators or the questions."
Trump, in my view, is a really good sucker master and sales person. He's got a very committed following who won't desert him no matter how childish, vague, and false his words and actions; they don't care to even look ahead and envision how such tactics would affect the country if the man was elected President.
The worst of Trump's characteristics, to me, is that he's a cry baby. Braggart, okay. Liar, well -- he's a politician now. Fear monger, pretty fucked up, but he ain't alone. Add cry baby on top of all that and he's just pitiful. I'd actually vote for Cruz over Trump at this point (not Carson though, he's still worse than Trump to me).
Even if you have a low opinion of the media, no one should want to see a President who tries to control it. We don't have state run media here, very thankfully.
Here's FOX's statement following Trump's pussy announcement:
"As many of our viewers know, Fox News is hosting a sanctioned debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday night, three days before the first votes of the 2016 election are cast in the Iowa Caucus. Donald Trump is refusing to debate seven of his fellow presidential candidates on stage that night, which is near unprecedented. We're not sure how Iowans are going to feel about him walking away from them at the last minute, but it should be clear to the American public by now that this is rooted in one thing – Megyn Kelly, whom he has viciously attacked since August and has now spent four days demanding be removed from the debate stage. Capitulating to politicians' ultimatums about a debate moderator violates all journalistic standards, as do threats, including the one leveled by Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski toward Megyn Kelly. In a call on Saturday with a Fox News executive, Lewandowski stated that Megyn had a 'rough couple of days after that last debate' and he 'would hate to have her go through that again.' Lewandowski was warned not to level any more threats, but he continued to do so. We can't give in to terrorizations toward any of our employees. Trump is still welcome at Thursday night's debate and will be treated fairly, just as he has been during his 132 appearances on Fox News & Fox Business, but he can't dictate the moderators or the questions."