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Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

RE: Trump

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
And whether or not you like Kelly is not important. She is part of FOX news and has been on the schedule for this debate for forever. You can say she's a bitch and has it out for Trump but the truth is she has mega high ratings on FOX. SOMEONE likes her in order to have such high ratings. And because of that FOX is going to defend her. All Trump did was push FOX into a corner. They cannot give in to him or THEY look stupid. And if I were Kelly and they gave in I'd probably be job shopping and FOX knows it. They can't afford to lose someone who brings in such high ratings. So basically Trump set himself up for this. You can't bully everyone into doing what you want. Sometimes people push back.

I am now going to type something that I have never said before & likely will never say again:

Hooray for Fox News!

flan

FNW · Guru

Don't underestimate him. Fox is now reaching out to Trump's family and is panicked over this.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

FNW wrote:
Don't underestimate him. Fox is now reaching out to Trump's family and is panicked over this.

Do you have an article to prove this? Everything I've read says FOX is not backing down. In fact, they just said he is welcome to join but they will not take Kelly off.

And I'm sure his supporters will spin this however they want.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Didn't Trump own or at least partially own fox entertainment?

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

What is all this? What happened?

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Didn't Trump own or at least partially own fox entertainment?

No. And my DH watches FOX 24/7 so I do know what they are saying. At the end of the day it comes down to this. FOX is a business. Yes, they are in politics but they are still a business. And Kelly brings in a lot of money. If you were working for a company, excelled in your job, and brought huge profits to your company and then they rewarded you by giving a "competitor" his way by letting him stomp all over you, you would be looking for another job. And THAT is what this is about. FOX simply cannot fold to Trump. They risk losing a lot of money.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
What is all this? What happened?

Donald Trump is refusing to come to the last debate tomorrow because Megyn Kelly is one of the moderators. He said unless FOX news pulls her off the debate he is not going to be there. FOX won't pull her so he's protesting the debate by not showing up.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
What is all this? What happened?
Donald Trump is refusing to come to the last debate tomorrow because Megyn Kelly is one of the moderators. He said unless FOX news pulls her off the debate he is not going to be there. FOX won't pull her so he's protesting the debate by not showing up.

I love this quote:

Mr. Trump’s main rival in various polls, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, accused Mr. Trump of chickening out of the debate.

“If Donald is afraid to defend his record, that speaks volumes,” he said, before alluding to Mr. Putin: “I promise you, Putin is a lot scarier than Megyn Kelly.”

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Trump's latest insult is that Kelly is a stupid bimbo. Kelly is a lawyer. She is definitely NOT a stupid bimbo.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Trump's latest insult is that Kelly is a stupid bimbo. Kelly is a lawyer. She is definitely NOT a stupid bimbo.

I've lost track of his insults. Can't his campaign manager put a muzzle on him?

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

flan327 wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Trump's latest insult is that Kelly is a stupid bimbo. Kelly is a lawyer. She is definitely NOT a stupid bimbo.
I've lost track of his insults. Can't his campaign manager put a muzzle on him?
flan

They don't make muzzles large enough to fit his swelled head.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

LOLLLLLLLLLLL He offered Fox an olive branch two days ago and said he would debate but then Fox started bashing him. THAT is why he isn't debating. You Trump haters really need to get your information straight.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I know what I've read, tyvm.

This is totally in character for the egomaniac.

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
LOLLLLLLLLLLL He offered Fox an olive branch two days ago and said he would debate but then Fox started bashing him. THAT is why he isn't debating. You Trump haters really need to get your information straight.

Please post the article or info where that information came from. Everyone keeps making these claims and I keep looking for this and there is nothing out there to indicate this.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

His poll numbers will be interesting after this.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I don't think this will hurt him necessarily. But I also don't believe that FOX is begging him to be on. I've been researching this and there is not one iota of evidence to back that up. Every single thing I've read said that FOX will NOT give into him. FOX hasn't bashed him one bit. They have only issued a statement saying they will NOT give into him. I don't think that is bashing as much as it is stating their position.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
LOLLLLLLLLLLL He offered Fox an olive branch two days ago and said he would debate but then Fox started bashing him. THAT is why he isn't debating. You Trump haters really need to get your information straight.
Please post the article or info where that information came from. Everyone keeps making these claims and I keep looking for this and there is nothing out there to indicate this.

And so you take all your "facts" now from articles. Holy cow has your opinion changed in the past 6 months. You do realize liberal media doesn't post those facts. And I don't care if you don't want to hear the truth, you want to hear whatever supports your decided upon opinion. Not worth a debate.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Honestly the debates are getting stupid. Cut the field to 4 . I dont want to hear 8 people giving their 10 sec soundbytes.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

So basically you can't prove that he offered to show up? You have nothing. I am, right now, watching an interview with him on FOX news. He is saying he will not show up for any reason. He has not said anything about FOX trying to work with him. In fact, he said the whole reason he won't show up is because FOX WON'T work with him.

I'd love to hear "the truth" but you're saying the truth is secret because the liberal media won't publish it. And I don't watch liberal media. EVER. If you can show me even one article I'll be more than happy to consider it. But you can't.

I'm also not sure how my opinion has changed in the last six months. I have never liked Trump from day one.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Now Trump is on FOX news, because I only watch liberal FOX news, saying he doesn't even want to be president. He's only running because he has to.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Now Trump is on FOX news, because I only watch liberal FOX news, saying he doesn't even want to be president. He's only running because he has to.

WTF?????

confuse

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

He's on O'Reilly and he's mad that O'Reilly is asking him certain questions. On right now.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

What is up with Megyn Kelly's hair?

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
What is up with Megyn Kelly's hair?

I don't know. It looks bad! I liked it long but it's her hair. Some days she has really nice styles but some days not.

JFTR LGS, as much as I disagree with you I totally agree with your position that in life we have to work with or deal with people we don't like or get along with.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Well this is a calculated risk i guess. It now gives Cruz and Rubio front center platforms.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

It may or may not hurt Trump. His supporters don't really seem to care what he does or doesn't do. I think the population that this will affect the most will be the undecided'es.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

However Trump is ahead. He doesnt need to debate. Skipping it makes sense in some ways as well.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Yes. That is true. But a lot of times it comes down to the undecided votes.

weltschmerz · Guru

The bloviating blowhard is skeered of a girl.
"She's gonna be mean to me! Waaah!"

Lindley · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
It may or may not hurt Trump. His supporters don't really seem to care what he does or doesn't do. I think the population that this will affect the most will be the undecided'es.

It may hurt. My husband liked him at first but now likes rubio.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

I doubt skipping the debate will hurt Trump. People are to disgusted with the media to care what they say anymore. The media cooked its own goose a long time ago and they are mad that it's come back to haunt them.
Debates have been skipped before, so what. It won't change my mind.

weltschmerz · Guru

I heard on CNN that vets and the Wounded Warrior people are furious with him.
They don't like being used as political footballs.
Where was that orange clown the rest of time?

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lindley wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
It may or may not hurt Trump. His supporters don't really seem to care what he does or doesn't do. I think the population that this will affect the most will be the undecided'es.
It may hurt. My husband liked him at first but now likes rubio.

My DH loved him when he first came out. Swore he would be the best. I feel the same way now that I did then. He would argue with me about how great Trump is. Now he says he just despises him and won't vote for him at all.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

weltschmerz wrote:
I heard on CNN that vets and the Wounded Warrior people are furious with him.
They don't like being used as political footballs.
Where was that orange clown the rest of time?

Vets are not usually big publicity wh0res.

WYSIWYG · Guru

The moderator of a debate should be neutral. They should not have an obvious ax to grind.
- Lawyerlady

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And "neutral" is not how I would describe Megyn Kelly. At least not where Donald Trump is concerned. I agree with his position on not having her at the debate and disagree that it says anything about what would happen with him in a meeting of world leaders.

No one expects world leaders to be neutral. He wouldn't expect that either. He should be able to expect neutral moderators at a debate though.

WYSIWYG · Guru

I heard on CNN that vets and the Wounded Warrior people are furious with him.
They don't like being used as political footballs.
Where was that orange clown the rest of time?
- weltschmerz

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"Orange clown"? What does former Speaker of the House, John Boehner have to do with Trump?

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

No moderators are neutral. They all have their favorite candidates.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Wounded Warriors is being outed for spending only about .60 of every dollar on the wounded vets.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Wounded Warriors is being outed for spending only about .60 of every dollar on the wounded vets.

Hadn't heard anything about that. But I don't doubt that it could be true. When these helping places get so big then the people getting help become so small.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Bernie Sanders said he would raise taxes naturally. Why is it Dems ALWAYS want to raise taxes? Yet they never talk about actually weeding out fraud and corruption and inefficiency. Oh, they do i a cursory way but they never actually address those points. They just want to take, take, take from hard working Americans. Then they whine about "Big This and BIG that". Well, it is BIG Government that is the greedy PIG.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

weltschmerz wrote:
The bloviating blowhard is skeered of a girl.
"She's gonna be mean to me! Waaah!"

I need to find a way to work this into my conversation!

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Who's playing who? I think Trump is actually going to come out of this ahead now that Fox is groveling.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Who's playing who? I think Trump is actually going to come out of this ahead now that Fox is groveling.

I hadn't heard that.

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I just posted a thread on it.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
I just posted a thread on it.

Sorry...not awake yet...LOL

flan

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

Telling Trump he needs to get his butt in the game or risk loosing points is not groveling.
Especially since Kelly will still be moderating.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

lilyofcourse wrote:
Wounded Warriors is being outed for spending only about .60 of every dollar on the wounded vets.

That's actually not a horrible statistic. Some of those charities are a LOT less than that.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Lawyerlady wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Wounded Warriors is being outed for spending only about .60 of every dollar on the wounded vets.

That's actually not a horrible statistic. Some of those charities are a LOT less than that.

Most of it due to government regulation. My brother works with an off shoot of WW because they need smaller charities to do a lot of the work due to al the government regulations pushed on them.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Wounded Warriors is being outed for spending only about .60 of every dollar on the wounded vets.

That's actually not a horrible statistic. Some of those charities are a LOT less than that.
Most of it due to government regulation. My brother works with an off shoot of WW because they need smaller charities to do a lot of the work due to al the government regulations pushed on them.

No it isnt.

But the two other organizations that help veterans, and I can't remember their name, give .98 and .82 of each dollar.

I understand overhead and the need to take care of the business of helping.