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posted by martyb on Monday March 11 2019, @10:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the just-line-up-the-sights-on-your-toe-and-squeeeeeeze dept.

Here in the U.S., the presidential election season, like Christmas, seems to start earlier and earlier each time.

In keeping with this, the Democratic National Committee is making waves by announcing that it will exclude Fox News, which has the largest viewership of the major cable news networks by a considerable margin, from debate coverage of DNC presidential candidates.

Thomas Lifson outlines a number of reasons this may not be a good move.

One is that from a historical and strategy perspective:

Presidential debates inevitably favor the challengers. Trump can push them in that direction by agreeing to debates only if Fox News is included. That forces them to either accept FNC or have no debates at all. If they accept, that makes FNC the debate worth watching. The rest are discredited as Democrat "safe spaces,"

And it appears he has pounced and done exactly that from his twitter account:

Democrats just blocked @FoxNews from holding a debate. Good, then I think I’ll do the same thing with the Fake News Networks and the Radical Left Democrats in the General Election debates!

Really all either party has to do is A) not be crazy and/or B) keep their idiot mouths shut to win.

Neither of these seems to be in the cards dealt to either side, so it should be a heck of a ride.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Monday March 11 2019, @03:10PM (3 children)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Monday March 11 2019, @03:10PM (#812697) Journal

    He also didn't immediately start a major war with Syria like HRC would have done.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 11 2019, @05:18PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 11 2019, @05:18PM (#812776)

    But now he's brought in swamp scum like Bolton, and they're fucking with Venezuela now.

    • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 11 2019, @10:53PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 11 2019, @10:53PM (#812958)

      Being better than HRC is not the same as being good. Sort of like saying that Jeffry Dahmer is responsible for fewer innocent deaths than HRC. True, but doesn't make Dahmer a good dude.

      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday March 12 2019, @02:02AM

        by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday March 12 2019, @02:02AM (#813023) Journal

        Need a "NICELY PUT!" mod.

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