Trump Dumps Fox News Debate and Here's Why

[JimBowie1958]

Trump has to show, otherwise all the other candidates get a turn on that doorknob. Trump is not going to let them smear the polish off his shine. He's a shinny doorknob. Dumb as a doorknob, but shinny.

Lol, what does a man have to accomplish to get you ideological retards to recognize his intelligence if it isnt a trifecta of accomplishments like Trump has; making $10 trillion, writing a best selling book and being the star of a TV series for about a decade? This is why no one in the real world gives a fuck what you partisan morons claim to think about anything; you DONT think, you just repeat party talking points and all it 'thought'.

You people are so fucking stupid it is painful to contemplate it.

 

[Flopper]

Rather interesting Trump showed up for both debates that were on the FOX Business Network so it seems to me it's not about FOX News. It seems he's still steamed over the fact Megyn Kelly asked him one question he didn't like and that FOX wouldn't pull her as one of the moderators for this debate. Now we have a primary front runner basically saying I'm going to take my ball and go home not very impressive or presidential in my opinion.

Do you remember the question? It was a hit, set up to take Trump down. I have no problem with Megan Kelly, I think she's a good reporter tries to pursue the truth aggressively. However, she decided to take sides with Trump's opponents, and because of that lost her journalistic objectivity and therefore her ability to moderate fairly, in the last debate.

So then you must feel that questions about a candidate's character and attitude toward women is 'losing journalistic objectivity'.

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In this case she lost objectivity and journalistic principles by deciding to do the establishment's bidding in taking Trump down with that nasty question.

She went after Trump in a very bad way, and Trump isn't the kind of person to forgive and forget. He's going to make an example out of her and FOX news so that nobody fucks with him again.

He has it right.

She did not lose objectivity. She asked a reasonable question. Trump should probably get over it.

Trump was over it the first week, in all honesty the first debate was one attack after another when it came to Trump. They even asked other candidates questions that gave them an opportunity to attack Trump. That's exactly what would happen tomorrow and worse. It wouldn't be a problem if the same kind of questions were asked from the other candidates. But they weren't.

Trump says no because he was treated unfairly. Does he expected to be treated fairly as president? Presidents are punching bags for the media. If a president tried to defend himself against only 1% of the vicious unfair attacks by the media, he would do little else.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Trump says no because he was treated unfairly. Does he expected to be treated fairly as president? Presidents are punching bags for the media. If a president tried to defend himself against only 1% of the vicious unfair attacks by the media, he would do little else.

Trump is doing this not because he got his widdle feewings hoited.

He is doing it because he sees the political advantage to doing it, and he is costing FOX news $18 million in ad revenue and putting the sting to Roger Ailes.

 

[Flopper]

Trump says no because he was treated unfairly. Does he expected to be treated fairly as president? Presidents are punching bags for the media. If a president tried to defend himself against only 1% of the vicious unfair attacks by the media, he would do little else.

Trump is doing this not because he got his widdle feewings hoited.

He is doing it because he sees the political advantage to doing it, and he is costing FOX news $18 million in ad revenue and putting the sting to Roger Ailes.

Pissing off the strongest Republican leaning voice in the media is not a good idea for a Republican candidate. Fox is the only major network to counter liberal leaning media and is a primary news source for Trump supporters.

If Republicans are to win, they need unity after the convention and that is just not going to happen with Trump leading the ticket. Yes, he would get pledges of support, from the party faithful even thou Trump is not going to be faithful to the party but there will be a lot of Republicans staying home on election day.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Pissing off the strongest Republican leaning voice in the media is not a good idea for a Republican candidate.

I feel fairly certain that FOX was already pissed with Trump but merely concealing it for positional advantages.

Fox is the only major network to counter liberal leaning media and is a primary news source for Trump supporters.

True, but you know, that is a funny thing and quite interesting.

The value of the media is to present to the tens of millions interested in the election the image and issues that you want them to broadcast.

Now normally this costs lots of money. But Trump, by refusing to debate, looks even more 'tough' and 'like a strong negotiator' and he hasnt had to pay a dime for it.

Even when trying to ruin Trump, FOX is working to Trumps advantage and making him stronger by bringing his message and reinforcing the image he prefers to the public.

 

[cereal_killer]

Trump says no because he was treated unfairly. Does he expected to be treated fairly as president? Presidents are punching bags for the media. If a president tried to defend himself against only 1% of the vicious unfair attacks by the media, he would do little else.

Trump is doing this not because he got his widdle feewings hoited.

He is doing it because he sees the political advantage to doing it, and he is costing FOX news $18 million in ad revenue and putting the sting to Roger Ailes.

Pissing off the strongest Republican leaning voice in the media is not a good idea for a Republican candidate. Fox is the only major network to counter liberal leaning media and is a primary news source for Trump supporters.

Trump supporters have since long noticed that Fox has its own agenda (propping up the establishment). Pissing off millions of right leaning Americans is not a good idea for a Republican leaning voice in the media. Trump will be fine, its Fox News and the establishment who will suffer the consequences of their bias.

Fair and Balanced? Pffft

Fair and Balanced..............when our candidate is in the lead.

 

[Pogo]

Do you remember the question? It was a hit, set up to take Trump down. I have no problem with Megan Kelly, I think she's a good reporter tries to pursue the truth aggressively. However, she decided to take sides with Trump's opponents, and because of that lost her journalistic objectivity and therefore her ability to moderate fairly, in the last debate.

So then you must feel that questions about a candidate's character and attitude toward women is 'losing journalistic objectivity'.

​

In this case she lost objectivity and journalistic principles by deciding to do the establishment's bidding in taking Trump down with that nasty question.

She went after Trump in a very bad way, and Trump isn't the kind of person to forgive and forget. He's going to make an example out of her and FOX news so that nobody fucks with him again.

He has it right.

She did not lose objectivity. She asked a reasonable question. Trump should probably get over it.

Trump was over it the first week, in all honesty the first debate was one attack after another when it came to Trump. They even asked other candidates questions that gave them an opportunity to attack Trump. That's exactly what would happen tomorrow and worse. It wouldn't be a problem if the same kind of questions were asked from the other candidates. But they weren't.

Trump says no because he was treated unfairly. Does he expected to be treated fairly as president? Presidents are punching bags for the media. If a president tried to defend himself against only 1% of the vicious unfair attacks by the media, he would do little else.

A past POTUS put it thus:

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" -- Harry Truman
(who also noted, "If you want a friend in Washington ---- get a dog")

Clearly Rump can't take the heat, so took Truman's advice. Splitsville.

 

[JimBowie1958]

A past POTUS put it thus:

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" -- Harry Truman
(who also noted, "If you want a friend in Washington ---- get a dog")

Clearly Rump can't take the heat, so took Truman's advice. Splitsville.

Dude, that is what Trump has done BY SKIPPING THE DAMNED DEBATES!

Sheesh.

 

[cereal_killer]

So then you must feel that questions about a candidate's character and attitude toward women is 'losing journalistic objectivity'.

​

In this case she lost objectivity and journalistic principles by deciding to do the establishment's bidding in taking Trump down with that nasty question.

She went after Trump in a very bad way, and Trump isn't the kind of person to forgive and forget. He's going to make an example out of her and FOX news so that nobody fucks with him again.

He has it right.

She did not lose objectivity. She asked a reasonable question. Trump should probably get over it.

Trump was over it the first week, in all honesty the first debate was one attack after another when it came to Trump. They even asked other candidates questions that gave them an opportunity to attack Trump. That's exactly what would happen tomorrow and worse. It wouldn't be a problem if the same kind of questions were asked from the other candidates. But they weren't.

Trump says no because he was treated unfairly. Does he expected to be treated fairly as president? Presidents are punching bags for the media. If a president tried to defend himself against only 1% of the vicious unfair attacks by the media, he would do little else.

A past POTUS put it thus:

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" -- Harry Truman
(who also noted, "If you want a friend in Washington ---- get a dog")

Clearly Rump can't take the heat, so took Truman's advice. Splitsville.

You make such strong and compelling arguments

 

[JimBowie1958]

In this case she lost objectivity and journalistic principles by deciding to do the establishment's bidding in taking Trump down with that nasty question.

She went after Trump in a very bad way, and Trump isn't the kind of person to forgive and forget. He's going to make an example out of her and FOX news so that nobody fucks with him again.

He has it right.

She did not lose objectivity. She asked a reasonable question. Trump should probably get over it.

Trump was over it the first week, in all honesty the first debate was one attack after another when it came to Trump. They even asked other candidates questions that gave them an opportunity to attack Trump. That's exactly what would happen tomorrow and worse. It wouldn't be a problem if the same kind of questions were asked from the other candidates. But they weren't.

Trump says no because he was treated unfairly. Does he expected to be treated fairly as president? Presidents are punching bags for the media. If a president tried to defend himself against only 1% of the vicious unfair attacks by the media, he would do little else.

A past POTUS put it thus:

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" -- Harry Truman
(who also noted, "If you want a friend in Washington ---- get a dog")

Clearly Rump can't take the heat, so took Truman's advice. Splitsville.

You make such strong and compelling arguments

Yes, Pogo is a Master of the Obvious.

 

[Uncensored2008]

As Fox got wind of Trump considering dropping out of the debate they issued this statement to Mediaite:

"We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president — a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings."

That triggered his statement about being "toyed with" and subsequently dropping out.

So he figured proving Fox right was the way to really get them?

 

[Agit8r]

The situation reminds me of Perot pulling out in '92. I think he realizes that the gag has gone too far

 

[JimBowie1958]

As Fox got wind of Trump considering dropping out of the debate they issued this statement to Mediaite:

"We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president — a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings."

That triggered his statement about being "toyed with" and subsequently dropping out.

So he figured proving Fox right was the way to really get them?

What on Earth do you think FOX asserted that Trump has proven right about?

That they suck at being 'Fair and Balanced'?

 

[JimBowie1958]

The situation reminds me of Perot pulling out in '92. I think he realizes that the gag has gone too far

Trump is positioned as the top candidate for the GOP nomination and the best you can do to combobulate this is to dismiss it as a gag?

lol, how can the GOP lose to people with your skills of analysis?

 

[Pogo]

The situation reminds me of Perot pulling out in '92. I think he realizes that the gag has gone too far

Yup, that part is inevitable. I can't see how it won't be messy, but Rump has never been astute at planning ahead for when his plans go awry.

 

[Uncensored2008]

What on Earth do you think FOX asserted that Trump has proven right about?

That they suck at being 'Fair and Balanced'?

Trump claims he can stand up to Iran, but he can't even stand up to Megyn Kelly?

LOL.

Mitt Romney should have called Candy Crowley a fucking liar to her face - as she was. But ducking the debate is the wrong thing to do.

 

[Pogo]

In this case she lost objectivity and journalistic principles by deciding to do the establishment's bidding in taking Trump down with that nasty question.

She went after Trump in a very bad way, and Trump isn't the kind of person to forgive and forget. He's going to make an example out of her and FOX news so that nobody fucks with him again.

He has it right.

She did not lose objectivity. She asked a reasonable question. Trump should probably get over it.

Trump was over it the first week, in all honesty the first debate was one attack after another when it came to Trump. They even asked other candidates questions that gave them an opportunity to attack Trump. That's exactly what would happen tomorrow and worse. It wouldn't be a problem if the same kind of questions were asked from the other candidates. But they weren't.

Trump says no because he was treated unfairly. Does he expected to be treated fairly as president? Presidents are punching bags for the media. If a president tried to defend himself against only 1% of the vicious unfair attacks by the media, he would do little else.

A past POTUS put it thus:

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" -- Harry Truman
(who also noted, "If you want a friend in Washington ---- get a dog")

Clearly Rump can't take the heat, so took Truman's advice. Splitsville.

You make such strong and compelling arguments

Thank you.

So I'm gettin' a raise, huh Boss?

 

[Agit8r]

The situation reminds me of Perot pulling out in '92. I think he realizes that the gag has gone too far

Yup, that part is inevitable. I can't see how it won't be messy, but Rump has never been astute at planning ahead for when his plans go awry.

That's the power of positive thinking at work

 

[Pogo]

A past POTUS put it thus:

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" -- Harry Truman
(who also noted, "If you want a friend in Washington ---- get a dog")

Clearly Rump can't take the heat, so took Truman's advice. Splitsville.

Dude, that is what Trump has done BY SKIPPING THE DAMNED DEBATES!

Sheesh.

Exactly. That's what I just said.

Might wanna check your controls and see what speed your operators set you on.

 

[JimBowie1958]

What on Earth do you think FOX asserted that Trump has proven right about?

That they suck at being 'Fair and Balanced'?

Trump claims he can stand up to Iran, but he can't even stand up to Megyn Kelly?

LOL.

Mitt Romney should have called Candy Crowley a fucking liar to her face - as she was. But ducking the debate is the wrong thing to do.

OK, that is your opinion, but you stated that Trump proved FOX right about something; what was it?