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Fox's Megyn Kelly Rips Whiny GOP Candidates

For a second, I thought you said "choosing a birka for Kim Kardashian," and I thought that was a great idea!

The way I see it is this - if you can't handle unfriendly press, you shouldn't be President. That goes for Obama as much as it does for anybody in the Republican clown car right now. As much as I don't like Trump, at least he can handle the heat. Cruz can't, he automatically goes to whiny. Clinton kind of can, but not entirely. Trump and Clinton seem to be the only ones who recognize that the other party exists and will have to be dealt with.

Personally, I don't think anyone on the Republican side has been beaten up by the media more than Jeb Bush and a lot of it for nothing other than his family connection. And he seems to be handling it just fine. Former Governors are used to being beaten up by the media and Trump is a creature of the media so they can handle it. Clinton, as well, has a lifetime of creating false enemies to fight against in order to hide from real scrutiny, so she's not about to be bothered by a little heat. The other Governors like OMalley and Christie and Huckabee seem to just let criticism roll off their backs and move on. Fiorina also has a history of taking heat and performing well. Cruz and Obama, however, are prime examples of people who aren't used to being questioned and they don't take it well. Even after six plus years, Obama is still very thin skinned.
 
Megyn Kellys new haircut looks awesome.
 
What you're saying seems reasonable, but why is Megan Kelly mocking the candidates? Is she just trying to relate to disenfranchised Republicans or something? Fox News is a conservative network. What could be the explanation for Kelly not giving the story a fair angle?

Sorry to burst your bubble, but that's standard procedure for all debates, not just the Republican ones. The President's campaign staff, included.
 
Look who's talking. The chinese and the russians are walking all over Obama. And Obama is afraid to go on FoxNews.

Congratulations on your boys being just like Obama then. I'm sure that makes you happy.
 
What you're saying seems reasonable, but why is Megan Kelly mocking the candidates? Is she just trying to relate to disenfranchised Republicans or something? Fox News is a conservative network. What could be the explanation for Kelly not giving the story a fair angle?

I have no clue, but every campaign season we go through the same song and dance about how so-and-so is being unreasonable because they care about the temperature of the room (candidates' campaign handlers want to make sure they do not sweat or chill during the debate), the height of the podiums (the shorter v taller candidate issue that is well-known to campaign handlers), duration of response time and quality of questions asked, or where candidates are positioned relative to one another.

Anchors usually do a mediocre job at suggesting that this is all very normal, but even though they give a casual reminder that it is normal they kind of poo-poo it each year like it's somehow ridiculous. Sometimes the anchors go after specific candidates for what they propose as a rule, but kind of conveniently ignore other requests from other candidates.

It may seem incredibly eccentric to the normal viewer or voter, but the reason why these are highly controlled events is because campaigns know that no matter how much the average voter pretends to say what they care about is substance, they really do not. A candidate's visual appearance and physical comfort features prominently in the meta-narrative about each debate. It's a cliche at this point, but you really do see this happen because of the Kennedy v. Nixon debates in 1960. Campaigns have to instead fight tooth and nail to ensure that the presentation is as level of a field as possible for their candidate.
 
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Kelley used her mod chair to chop down Trump (at Ailes' command), Trump called her on it. She tried to lie her way out of it and play the poor wounded girl, no one bought it and long time Kelley watchers started to ditch her show. She's been busy since trying to regain her audience. But hey, as long as the liberals keep watching at least she'll have an audience.

I don't see you denying that Trump actually said the misogynistic claims that were at the heart of Kelley's questions.

Or that Kelley called Trump on those misogynistic claims.

Both of which are the only "lies" that I supposedly said in my original statement.
 
Megyn Kelly looked over the list of demands in the GOP letter drafted yesterday––including specific requests about temperature in the room, the kinds of questions asked, and approval of all on-screen graphics––and just mercilessly mocked it.

After she read through a bunch of them and practically rolled her eyes, Kelly mockingly added, “And then maybe like a foot massage?” She even mimed what appeared to be a nice, soothing neck massage for the candidates too.

FOX’s Megyn Kelly Rips Whiny GOP Candidates: ‘You Want A Foot Massage, Too?’ (Video) |

Looks like Obama is not the only one to notice how whiny the GOP presidential candidates get after a tough debate.

It is funny how the dems portrayed Kelly as a bimbo a year ago and now she is the epitome of truth. She is a glory hound. Always has been, always will be. Her ego overfloweth.
 
It is funny how the dems portrayed Kelly as a bimbo a year ago and now she is the epitome of truth. She is a glory hound. Always has been, always will be. Her ego overfloweth.

What? Criticizing or praising specific actions doesn't compute with you?

What are we supposed to do? Paint our opponents with an "evil" brush and conclude they're wrong even when they're right?

That would be ridiculous...
 
The moderation of that debate was just terrible--by far the worst I have ever seen. Several of the candidates reacted pretty crisply to one of the other of the dim bulbs, as they should have. The moderators were consistently rude, biased, and incompetent. Even so, I think several candidates could have done better afterwards in their comments on the way the debate was moderated.

The best approach, I think, would have been to smile and say the question should not be whether the moderators had treated this or that candidate fairly, but whether they had been fair to the American people. After all, one of them might have noted, the point of these debates is to help Americans understand where each candidate stands on the important issues facing this country, and the best way to do that would have been to ask thoughtful, relevant questions and give each one a reasonable amount of time to answer.
 
The Reps really blew this one.

They are supposed to be the 'tough, no nonsense' kind of party.

And here they are whining like spoiled Hollywood divas...even their own network (Fox) is knocking them.

I don't think it will cost them the election or anything (they have little chance, imo, as the party hierarchy is mostly living in the 80's).

But it sure makes them look rather wimpy.


Once again, I am neither Dem nor Rep.
 
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Hmmm, Republican candidates don't like the conditions they are working under, so they make a list of demands they want met. Kinda sounds like a union. Gotta love conservative hypocrisy. :lol:

You actually compares a debate to a union? Srsly?
 
It is funny how the dems portrayed Kelly as a bimbo a year ago and now she is the epitome of truth. She is a glory hound. Always has been, always will be. Her ego overfloweth.

You could very easily make the same argument for how conservatives watched her as the epitome of truth and praised her for how she "went after Obama," but now do not want a single thing to do with her.

And I think it is a really strong stretch to say that Liberals care for Megyn Kelly - folks just recognize valid points when they are made.
 
It is funny how the dems portrayed Kelly as a bimbo a year ago and now she is the epitome of truth. She is a glory hound. Always has been, always will be. Her ego overfloweth.

It is funny how the cons portrayed Kelly as a witty, intelligent 'news' personality a year ago and now she is a bimbo..... :peace
 
You could very easily make the same argument for how conservatives watched her as the epitome of truth and praised her for how she "went after Obama," but now do not want a single thing to do with her.

And I think it is a really strong stretch to say that Liberals care for Megyn Kelly - folks just recognize valid points when they are made.

That would be a valid argument. Some conservatives like her a lot. I think her only motivation is self promotion. I don't trust her. I think she goes after people to help her ratings rather than going after someone because of something that they screwed up. I think her and Trump have a lot in common.
 
It is funny how the cons portrayed Kelly as a witty, intelligent 'news' personality a year ago and now she is a bimbo..... :peace

I never thought she was a bimbo. I have always thought she was self serving.
 
It is funny how the dems portrayed Kelly as a bimbo a year ago and now she is the epitome of truth. She is a glory hound. Always has been, always will be. Her ego overfloweth.

Just as funny as how the right portrayed Kelly as a well-qualified journalist a year ago and now she's a "glory hound"
 
That would be a valid argument. Some conservatives like her a lot. I think her only motivation is self promotion. I don't trust her. I think she goes after people to help her ratings rather than going after someone because of something that they screwed up. I think her and Trump have a lot in common.

Of course you don't. She's thinking outside the Fox News narrative. :)

Just as funny as how the right portrayed Kelly as a well-qualified journalist a year ago and now she's a "glory hound"

Well said. Conservative logic for you.
 
Just as funny as how the right portrayed Kelly as a well-qualified journalist a year ago and now she's a "glory hound"

They forgot how to persuade, so they've doubled down on enforcing ideological rigidity.

Stop singing their praise in all respects, and you're a RINO traitor.
 
Just as funny as how the right portrayed Kelly as a well-qualified journalist a year ago and now she's a "glory hound"

Quote where I portrayed her as a qualified journalist?
 
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