Why Is Fox News So Invested in Propping Up Donald Trump?

23/2/2017 Why is Fox News so invested in propping up Donald Trump?
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Why is Fox News so invested in

propping up Donald Trump?
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And number two, by being this brash and outspoken, could he say things in a
more graceful way, maybe, but guess what: He's doing a lot of political blocking
for the other candidates. Because he is saying things that need to be said, and if
Share this the other candidates are smartthey might wrap it up in more diplomatic
article languagebut he is actually going out there kind of as the lead rabbit running
around."
As a reminder, here's the sort of thing he's been saying that "statistics back me up on"
and on which other candidates should be "following his lead
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When Lemon replied that the article [Trump cited] is about rape
victims and not perpetrators, Trump responded, "Well, somebody's
doing the raping, Don! I mean, somebody's doing it! Who's doing
the raping? Who's doing the raping?"
The logical conclusion here is that Fox News is considerably more dedicated to the
cause of racist in ammatory rhetoric (and, of course, defending that rhetoric when the
Liberal Menace tries to make a big deal of it) than they are to any speci c need of the
Republican Party to look Not Insane. For them, Donald Trump may be the candidate
they've been dreaming of for some time, a candidate that can nally peel back the
layers of necessary misdirection that more center-seeking Republicans need to coat
their rhetoric with and can nally give their viewers the unvarnished Mexicans are
coming to rape our womenfolk that the Fox nation of elderly lily white unapologetically
conspiratorially minded and racist and pants-wettingly terri ed viewers can wrap their
un-nuanced minds around.
Still, in the aftermath of the Glenn Beck days corporate head Roger Ailes made
considerable noise about wanting to tamp down on the network crazy, seeking to
revert the network back to something a bit more staid and corporate-friendly and a bit
less people-writing-conspiracy-theories-on-chalkboards. That hasn't happened; if
anything the bizarre rants that Beck was known for have migrated out to the other
programs. You don't need Glenn Beck interviewing a faux-historian, now you've got
Sean Hannity interviewing clearly unbalanced armed nutcases out in the Nevada
desert. You've got a network going all-in on Steve King-brand immigration rhetoric.
You've got a pompous, ostentatious asshole opining that Mexican immigrants are
predominantly criminals and rapists and the Fox News shows are falling over each
other trying to praise the guy for saying "things that need to be said."
So I guess the experiment with more responsible programming is dead, then. From
now on we'll just be putting a microphone on the crazy racists and inviting the
audience to throw money at them. Maybe it doesn't make the party look bad after all, if
you believe the Crowley interpretation. Maybe Trump's just saying what the Republican
base really, truly wants the candidates to say.
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Hunter (/user/Hunter) Jul 02 02:49:58 PM (/comments/1398720/56799359#comment_56799359)
Tip Jar
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Trix (/user/Trix) Jul 02 02:51:18 PM (/comments/1398720/56799375#comment_56799375)
Fox News is doing the raping... of my senses!
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TheOverlord (/user/TheOverlord) Trix
Jul 02 04:24:25 PM (/comments/1398720/56800362#comment_56800362)
and unapologetic about it! Their agenda is to

Fox and Republicans are raping America
and unapologetic about it! Their agenda is to
Fox and Republicans are raping America brainwash with religious rhetoric and "family
values" propaganda, create division and hate, all to keep sheeple distracted so they don't
notice they are being robbed blind by corporations and economic policy.
I think Fox News knows that there is no way a Republican is going to win the presidential
race in 2016 and thus they are using the election to shift their propaganda into overdrive.
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Superskepticalman (/user/Superskepticalman) Trix
Donald Trump: the Id of the GOP... Says as a candidate what most Republicans are really
thinking.
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statsone (/user/statsone) Jul 02 02:54:41 PM (/comments/1398720/56799423#comment_56799423)
ratings rst, I haven't seen the removal of the crazy bunch.
as for now, having Trump on air is good for ratings. He is controversial and I am sure ratings are
up.
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Jay Elias (/user/Jay Elias) statsone Jul 02 02:56:31 PM (/comments/1398720/56799445#comment_56799445)
Not only the ratings.. ....but every time the Daily Show or whoever airs one of his crazy
rants, they do so with Fox's anchor and Fox's logo on the screen.
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ivorybill (/user/ivorybill) statsone Jul 02 03:47:47 PM (/comments/1398720/56800018#comment_56800018)
It's obvious Fox News thinks Donald Trump makes good television. Fox has always been
a seamless marriage of entertainment and propaganda. They are drawn to the narcissist
reality-show aspects of this like moths to a ame.
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TrueBlueMajority (/user/TrueBlueMajority) ivorybill
GOPropaganda entertains the low-info voters
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pasuburbdem1 (/user/pasuburbdem1) statsone
pasuburbdem1 (/user/pasuburbdem1) statsone
bingo - and ratings for the debates will zoom
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Rikon Snow (/user/Rikon Snow) statsone
I don't credit rational self-interest when it comes to Fox. I think they are simply
racists.
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Fury (/user/Fury) Rikon Snow
there's only one possible explanation.... A democratic president keeps the

base in amed...and they go to Fox "news" for their daily dose of hate and fear.
When a republican is in o ce, not so much.
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annieli (/user/annieli) Jul 02 02:54:49 PM (/comments/1398720/56799428#comment_56799428)
FuaxNews & NewsCorp are harvesting eyeballs
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smartalek (/user/smartalek) annieli
Ik. Likewise, ew. Similarly, yuk. . . . .n/t
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gchaucer2 (/user/gchaucer2) Jul 02 02:58:07 PM (/comments/1398720/56799462#comment_56799462)
Colt 45 and paper bag futures forget popcorn -- that is so 2007.
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Mike E (/user/Mike E) gchaucer2 Jul 02 04:26:19 PM (/comments/1398720/56800377#comment_56800377)
And pork bellies n/t
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Mike S (/user/Mike S) Jul 02 03:00:02 PM (/comments/1398720/56799485#comment_56799485)
Sometimes I think they want to keep Democrats in the White House because there is far more
money to be made in the OUTRAGE industry than in the Yay Team industry.
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sean ynn (/user/sean ynn) Mike S
Bingo n/t
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seasidesally (/user/seasidesally) Mike S
Since they know Yay Team ..will quickly devolve into (a) disastrous war, (b) the economy
tanking, (c) people dying in streets for lack of access to healthcare, or (d) all of the above.
Fox is rooting for Hilary as much as Chelsea is.
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EcoLogicLee (/user/EcoLogicLee) Mike S
Exactly And don't forget what happened the last time they had someone in the white
house who actually implemented the stu they say they want -
If another Republican gets into o ce - and the results are as bad as they were when GWB
was there -then they are in the uncomfortable position of defending failure
Much easier to stand on the sidelines and throw tomatoes
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Senor Frog (/user/Senor Frog) Mike S
They Hate Bush Fox News does not like Jeb Bush. Meanwhile, Bush is trying to say as
little as necessary to avoid any land mines that would come back to haunt him during the
general election. Of all the Republican candidates, Trump is the most obvious troll that
could possibly poke Jeb and make him say something that would open the top slot for
someone else. Someone like Walker or Rubio. Bush, meanwhile, with his very lame
response to Trump slandering Mexicans, runs the risk of making the same mistake
Dukakis made vs H W Bush.
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nocynicism (/user/nocynicism) Mike S
Jul 05 02:58:52 AM (/comments/1398720/56818580#comment_56818580)
And that governing stu is so hard!!
It is much easier to do noting but symbolic votes and trash everything the Democratic
President tries to do.
After all our job is to make sure government doesn't work so we can get elected and prove
it.
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tapu dali (/user/tapu dali) Jul 02 03:01:56 PM (/comments/1398720/56799509#comment_56799509)
Keep digging!!! nt
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Ferwynne (/user/Ferwynne) Jul 02 03:07:18 PM (/comments/1398720/56799571#comment_56799571)
It reminds me of the American Idol Scandal When Howard Stern encouraged listeners to vote
for the worst (Sanjaya Malakar) in hopes of ruining the show. Trump could have the same e ect on
the republican party.
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RichM (/user/RichM) Jul 02 03:11:35 PM (/comments/1398720/56799614#comment_56799614)
I'll answer Trumps' question:
"Well, somebody's doing the raping, Don! I mean, somebody's doing it! Who's doing
the raping? Who's doing the raping?"
You are. Speci cally rich old white men who hire illegal immigrant women to save a buck and to
have them wash dishes, clean houses, do the gardening, watch the kids, etc. Knowing that they
can't speak the language, are thankful for their awful job and would get thrown out of the country
if they spoke up. Plus, the legal institutions with their bias towards people like you.
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smartalek (/user/smartalek) RichM
Course, that's 'raping' only metaphorically... ...in most cases.

But yes.
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TrueBlueMajority (/user/TrueBlueMajority) RichM
TOP FCUKING COMMENT and it is only the blinders of white male privilege that make
him assume these women are being raped by men from Mexico instead of men here who
are taking advantage of their illegal status and their inability to go to the police
and Don Lemon is such a tool that he didn't have the presence of mind to come back at
Trump with that fact.
someone else who is doing the raping--the men who supervise harvest workers. I am still
searching for the article about that from Harper's magazine a few years back
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Ed Tracey (/user/Ed Tracey) RichM Jul 02 08:21:11 PM (/comments/1398720/56802369#comment_56802369)
RichM, your comment was agged .... ... for inclusion in the Top Comments
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wuod kwatch (/user/wuod kwatch) Jul 02 03:11:55 PM (/comments/1398720/56799621#comment_56799621)
Correct Trump is saying what needs to be said That's the POV of the majority of the dying breed
of tea partiers
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dewtx (/user/dewtx) Jul 02 03:25:59 PM (/comments/1398720/56799761#comment_56799761)
This from the network that backed Sarah Palin. What could possibly go wrong with that? Or
this?
Please proceed.
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Abra Crabcakeya (/user/Abra Crabcakeya) dewtx
That says it all. NT
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Je W (/user/Je W) dewtx Jul 02 06:01:23 PM (/comments/1398720/56801131#comment_56801131)
Backed who? n/t
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neuroguy (/user/neuroguy) Jul 02 03:35:02 PM (/comments/1398720/56799880#comment_56799880)
Ailes has a market that demands a product. Ailes' job is to make money. Trump is delivering that
product.Ailes pushes Trump. Simple.
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tazz (/user/tazz) Jul 02 03:36:00 PM (/comments/1398720/56799886#comment_56799886)
And propping Trump up is a bad thing because? the more he gets propped, the higher he goes
in the polls, the more he gets on the debate stage, the more we get entertained. The odds are he
drops out before he has to o cially declare and show his hand. Until then he only de nes the
republican brand and drives them farther to nominating someone like Huckabee or someone who
has no shot in the general and we can pick o a few reps and senators in the process.
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Fury (/user/Fury) tazz Jul 02 04:13:05 PM (/comments/1398720/56800264#comment_56800264)
I don't think so. Being on top of the polls might change his mind...He might starting
thinking something like:
They like me, they really like me!
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sfcouple (/user/sfcouple) tazz Jul 02 04:16:59 PM (/comments/1398720/56800299#comment_56800299)
Yes, the deadline date for candidates to le nancial statements is the same day
Trump will decide 'to spend more time with his family.' The Donald is enjoying this as
much as Fox's brain dead racists viewers.
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mmacdDE (/user/mmacdDE) sfcouple
This is what the RNC is counting on but it might not happen.
Trump is nothing if not an egotist. He's also losing endorsements, TV shows, and
product placement. If he also pulls out of the race, he's going to look like an idiot
- and a LOSER. Not just a loser, a loser to the politicians, and the RNC will be
saying 'see, told you so'
He won't let ANYTHING make him look like a loser. It won't matter what he has to
spend. I'd be willing to bet he'll break a lot of the rules (and say he didn't know)
and spend a ton of money, but I don't see him dropping out very fast. He might
even stay in til the bitter end.
even stay in til the bitter end.
I could be wrong, but this is Trump we're talking about. It's a toss up as to which
is stronger - his ego or his greed.
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petral (/user/petral) mmacdDE
Except for the intriguing possibility that he doesn't actually have a lot of
money. He's gone bankrupt several times and they say he has to give
the banks almost all of the take to make his deals.
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nocynicism (/user/nocynicism) petral
And he lies about all those properties he says he owns he just

sells his stupid brand name to use.
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KDfrAZ (/user/KDfrAZ) mmacdDE
This is the sort of situation in which I can see.. ... Trump tripping out
of orbit completely, publicly, and possibly violently.
Yeah, he's a foul bag of hot air. But foul hot air can be damned
explosive.
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Senor Frog (/user/Senor Frog) tazz
Stock Holders Has there been any articles on just how much Trump's companies are due
to lose over the next year or if the company's stock holders are reacting?
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AnnieR (/user/AnnieR) Jul 02 03:36:44 PM (/comments/1398720/56799899#comment_56799899)
This is why the lies Fox spreads are so dangerous. What does the left have to do with Univision,
NBC and Macy's? But now it's out there, and it will be the truth to the right because Fox said so.
This is an outrage. How can we put an end to the propaganda? It's damaging my country and I'm
pissed!
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Gooserock (/user/Gooserock) AnnieR
At Least as Likely Big Repub Donors May Be pressuring some biz's to cut ties, because
they sure don't have any other way to stop Trump, and I don't think they want him
horning in on their Presidential campaign.
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rugbymom (/user/rugbymom) Gooserock
More likely: big business cares more about pro ts than ideology (Hobby
Lobby being the exception). They recognize that Latinos, blacks, and LGBTQ
families spend money -- lots of money -- and that they (and the famed Millenials)
take ethics into account in deciding what to buy from whom. That's why we got
the interracial family on the SuperBowl Cheerios ads, and and same-sex couples
in life insurance ads, and Macy's severing ties with Trump, and even Walmart
greenwashing themselves. They need their broader customer base more than
they need the bigots.
I think this is progress. And anything that drives a huge wedge between the big
business wing of the GOP and the right-wing Christianity / "family values" / anti-
gay anti-black racist sexist anti-abortion wing seems all to the good.
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smartalek (/user/smartalek) AnnieR
Not so fast there... I see some potential upside to being perceived as more powerful
than we actually are.
Why do the majority of non-voters -- most of whom lean our way -- NOT get out and vote
accordingly?
"It won't make any di erence. Nothing ever changes anyway. They're all the same."
THIS trope says otherwise.
Coupled with our recent triumphs on SSM and Obamacare, this could motivate some of
our voters.
On this one, I think their lie works FOR us.
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AfricanLived (/user/AfricanLived) Jul 02 03:38:05 PM (/comments/1398720/56799911#comment_56799911)
Trump and Fox represent ... The ID part of the average GOP'ers brain.
Why is anyone surprised that Trump is doing so well?
THANK YOU FOX AND TRUMP!!!! Keep up the good work!
V/R,
-Anyone who's a Dem.
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88kathy (/user/88kathy) Jul 02 03:41:13 PM (/comments/1398720/56799952#comment_56799952)
Fire the Roof Talker.
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aufklaerer (/user/aufklaerer) Jul 02 03:41:17 PM (/comments/1398720/56799953#comment_56799953)
They use him to suck all oxygen out of the room to kill o the weakest competitors early so
they can t the remainder on a debate stage.
That, and ratings and foaming-at-the-mouth, of course.
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wystler (/user/wystler) aufklaerer
beyond that ... i expect foxnews execs may feel that the surest pathway for JEB! is by
propping up TheDonald
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blueyedace2 (/user/blueyedace2) Jul 02 03:41:42 PM (/comments/1398720/56799959#comment_56799959)
Hunter, you have a way with words.
For them, Donald Trump may be the candidate they've been dreaming of for some
time, a candidate that can nally peel back the layers of necessary misdirection
that more center-seeking Republicans need to coat their rhetoric with and can
nally give their viewers the unvarnished Mexicans are coming to rape our
womenfolk that the Fox nation of elderly lily white unapologetically conspiratorially
minded and racist and pants-wettingly terri ed viewers can wrap their un-nuanced
minds around.
Simply beautiful.
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88kathy (/user/88kathy) blueyedace2
How long before someone mows them down at mass?
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Abra Crabcakeya (/user/Abra Crabcakeya) blueyedace2
Howdy , blueyedace2 NT
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smartalek (/user/smartalek) blueyedace2
Hunter would be an awesome rock lyricist. Actually, Robert Hunter, longtime lyricist
for the Grateful Dead, hasn't been doing a lot of songwriting these last two decades...
I wonder...
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TrueBlueMajority (/user/TrueBlueMajority) blueyedace2
there's only one Hunter
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regularJoe (/user/regularJoe) Jul 02 03:43:11 PM (/comments/1398720/56799975#comment_56799975)
Yes, Trump is a raving clown
Conventional wisdom is that Donald Trump is a raving clown whose mere presence
in the presidential race is an embarrassment to a party desperately trying to be
seen as serious and responsible...
Yes, Trump is a raving clown -- just like all the other clowns in the clown car. And yes, he would be
an embarrassment to any serious and responsible party. The problem is, the GOP is anything but a
serious and responsible political party.
The modern GOP is a disaster waiting to happen. All we have to do is put them back in charge.
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TRPChicago (/user/TRPChicago) Jul 02 03:43:50 PM (/comments/1398720/56799982#comment_56799982)
The Donald is a celebrity, a pitchman, an ... ... entertainer. He gets page views, looks, attention.
He's their kinda guy. Don't need to know much to understand him completely. He doesn't make
anyone sound stupid if they're really sure of their ground ... and it coincides with his.
Neither Trump nor Fox really cares a lot about being detailed and analytical. That's boring. Be rm,
forthright, positive ... and brook no dissent. The Donald is tailor made for them until, of course, he
makes Fox look as shallow as he really is. Then, it's on to the next demagogue.
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The Dead Man (/user/The Dead Man) Jul 02 03:44:59 PM (/comments/1398720/56799988#comment_56799988)
Trump is that monster from Forbidden Planet and is entertaining in a "bridge collapses killing
hundreds, News at 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12" kind of way.
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Abra Crabcakeya (/user/Abra Crabcakeya) Jul 02 03:45:39 PM (/comments/1398720/56799995#comment_56799995)
Trump , et al - show how the public education systems in most of our country have failed to
teach much. We seem to gotten dumber as a nation.
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MichiJayJay (/user/MichiJayJay) Jul 02 03:46:01 PM (/comments/1398720/56799997#comment_56799997)
CARNIVAL BARKERS!!!!! COME SEE THE DEFORMED FREAK!!!!! ABOMINATION OF NATURE!!!!!!! YOU
WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES!!!! *
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Abra Crabcakeya (/user/Abra Crabcakeya) MichiJayJay
Hey! You're talking about the kind of folks we just gotta elect to higher o ce for life
here in the Alabanana Republic. Richard Shelby , Je Sessions? They stand out even in
these days.
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BenderRodriguez (/user/BenderRodriguez) Jul 02 03:46:23 PM (/comments/1398720/56800003#comment_56800003)
What makes the world go 'round? Money-money-money-money-money.
"The Simpsons" has been on since, what, the late 1940s? And it will remain on the air -- disregard
the fact that it stopped being funny at some point during the Clinton years -- as long as it makes
Fox money.
You think a Jeb!-Walker-Rubio-Cruz-Paul throwdown in August will garner good ratings? Of course
not. But throw The Donald into the mix, and people will watch.
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lgmcp (/user/lgmcp) Jul 02 03:51:40 PM (/comments/1398720/56800047#comment_56800047)
He's perfect tabloid fare. They prefer their bu oons larger-than-life. Think Lucha Libre.
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and unapologetic about it! Their agenda is to

GOPropaganda entertains the low-info voters

bingo - and ratings for the debates will zoom

there's only one possible explanation.... A democratic president keeps the

Ik. Likewise, ew. Similarly, yuk. . . . .n/t

Much easier to stand on the sidelines and throw tomatoes

And that governing stu is so hard!!

Course, that's 'raping' only metaphorically... ...in most cases.

That says it all. NT

They like me, they really like me!

This is what the RNC is counting on but it might not happen.

And he lies about all those properties he says he owns he just

Why is anyone surprised that Trump is doing so well?

THANK YOU FOX AND TRUMP!!!! Keep up the good work!

-Anyone who's a Dem.

That, and ratings and foaming-at-the-mouth, of course.

How long before someone mows them down at mass?

Abra Crabcakeya (/user/Abra Crabcakeya) blueyedace2

there's only one Hunter

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