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Title: Rush: 'Orders from GOP donors to take out Trump'
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URL Source: http://www.wnd.com/2015/08/rush-ord ... -gop-donors-to-take-out-trump/
Published: Aug 8, 2015
Author: Garth Kant
Post Date: 2015-08-08 09:59:26 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
Keywords: donald trump, 2016
Views: 85
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Kelly's TWEETS at source) WASHINGTON – Who won the great debate? According to the mainstream media, the winner was … Fox News. According to Rush Limbaugh, the loser was … Fox News. At least, in the sense that the network may have blown its credibility with conservatives. And Limbaugh said he saw it coming. “Everybody should have known this was gonna happen,” he said. “This is presidential politics, and Republican candidates are where media people score their points. It’s where they build their careers. It’s where they establish their credentials.” The conservative talk-radio giant saw another motivation for the moderators’ attack-dog tactics. He said GOP bigwigs ordered Fox to take out Trump. What do YOU think? Was Fox News out to get Donald Trump? Sound off in today’s WND poll Fox News Debate Moderator Megyn Kelly On Friday, he began by telling listeners how, on the day of Thursday’s debate, he had learned “that big-time Republican donors had ordered to take out Donald Trump in the debate last night.” “We all made a mistake,” he explained. “We assumed that the orders went out to the candidates. But the candidates did not make one move toward taking Donald Trump out. The broadcast network did; the candidates didn’t.” Rush said it was clear that Fox News had it out for Trump when his colleagues refused to pile on, even when given multiple opportunities to bash the front-runner. “Not one of the remaining nine candidates joined Megyn Kelly in taking the shot at Trump. Not one. Yet we have been told that there were orders from Republican donors to take Trump out.” If, in addition to targeting Trump, Fox News was indeed looking to get some love and respect from the left and the establishment media with its relentless attacks on Republican candidates in the Thursday night’s debate, it’s mission was accomplished. The media and much of the rest of the left raved about the performance of Fox moderators Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace. Fox’s focus on itself as the key player in the debates may have been evidenced by the fact that the moderators dominated the on-air time, speaking for 31.7 percent of the two-hour event. That was far more time than any one candidate received. The average was approximately seven minutes per candidate. Trump, under constant fire from Fox moderators, got the most time at almost 11 minutes. Fox News debate moderators, Chris Wallace, Megyn Kelly and Bret Baier Why the Fox fixation on itself? Jeremy Peters of the New York Times offered the theory that Fox saw it as a chance to gain respect and recognition from its leftist peers in the media, although he put it in terms that sympathized with that ambition “For the journalists of Fox News, the debate offered a potentially defining moment in front of millions of people, during one of the most anticipated political events of the year,” he wrote. “This was an opportunity to demonstrate that their network is not, as its critics have charged, a blindly loyal propaganda division of the Republican Party, that Fox journalists can be as unsparing toward conservatives as they are with liberals, and that they can eviscerate with equal opportunity if they choose.” But many conservatives were livid with Fox over the moderators’ incessant attacks on the 10 GOP presidential candidates. A caller on Friday told Limbaugh, “I thought I was watching MSNBC. The moderators methodically torpedo each candidate, with Donald Trump being the biggest target. “And the worst was Megyn Kelly, who you just referenced, who thinks she’s all that and just too cute, asked that ridiculous name-calling question and referenced the nonexistent war on women.” That’s when Limbaugh agreed, saying, “Everybody should have known this was gonna happen. This is presidential politics, and Republican candidates are where media people score their points. It’s where they build their careers. It’s where they establish their credentials.” In an article headlined, “Conservatives are mad at Fox News and Megyn Kelly. They shouldn’t be,” the Washington Post compiled a few tweets representing the conservative fury at Fox across the nation, writing, “This kind of stuff was all over social media Friday morning.” As for which candidate actually won the debate, opinions were all over the map. Opinion appeared evenly divided on whether Trump helped or hurt himself. Many pundits agreed that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio; and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson all performed well and boosted their fortunes. Fox limited the participants to the top 10 in an average of five national polls as of Tuesday. Making the cut were Trump (23.4 percent), former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (12.0 percent), Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (10.2 percent), former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (6.6 percent), Carson (5.8 percent), Cruz (5.4 percent), Rubio (5.4 percent), Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (4.8 percent), New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (3.4 percent) and Kasich (3.2 percent). According to the Drudge Report poll, as of early Friday evening, the landslide winner was Trump. The clear losers? GOP establishment favorites Bush and Christie. Fox News certainly was an indisputable winner in one important respect: ratings. With 24 million people watching, the prime-time debate from Cleveland became the highest-rated cable news program of all time, and Fox News’ most-watched program ever. So who actually won? The only debater declared the clear winner by virtually unanimous acclaim was not even on the prime-time stage: Carly Fiorina. GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina She appeared in the 5 p.m. EST debate for the seven GOP candidates who did not make the top 10 roster for the prime-time debate. But her fortunes looked a lot brighter Friday, as the rave reviews poured in immediately following, and even during, her bravura performance. Poster Comment: ======================================================== Is Donald Trump bullshitting us? Is Megyn Kelly a Murdoch operative? Is he working for the Jews? Are the Clintons in his back pocket? Will he 'hit and run?' Are you being duped from BOTH sides?
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Even Greenwald praises Fox? What do you suppose that's all about?? Narcissism reigns among jewsmedia stars. Speaking of jewsmedia stars, what's Rush's position stance on Trump in general?
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